A second place behind Jack Perkins in Race 3 was enough to secure Dale Wood a long overdue maiden Dunlop Series round win.

Starting the Winton finale from pole thanks to the aggregate points grid, Wood lost the start to fellow front-row man Perkins and spent all 12 laps tucked in behind the Eggleston Holden.

The result, which further extends Wood’s points lead, comes at the same circuit that the MW Motorsport driver scored his first Dunlop Series race win in 2012.

Perkins took the second step of the overall podium, with Andrew Jones third in both the race and the round.

Matt Stone Racing duo Ashley Walsh and George Miedecke saw the chequered flag in fourth and fifth respectively ahead of Luke Youlden, Drew Russell, Nick McBride, Steve Owen and Paul Morris.

Owen was arguably man of the match having charged through from 27th on the grid.

Casey Stoner was also on the move, cutting his way from 30th to finish 16th.

While the race was free from Safety Car periods, the start was typically wild.

A four-wide squeeze between Miedecke, Drew Russell, Cameron Waters and Geoff Emery saw both Waters and Emery head for the grass at Turn 1.

Emery rejoined sideways at Turn 2 as the field streamed by, although unlike the V8 Supercars Championship race earlier in the afternoon, no further carnage ensued.

Garry Jacobson and Josh Kean did manage to find trouble at the following corner, however, with Jacobson’s Ford dispatched into the Turn 3 gravel after contact.

Wood now leads the standings by 162 points over Ash Walsh with 600 still available across the Bathurst and Sydney weekends.

See below for the full Race 3 result

 See below for the updated points standings