Lowndes completes clean sweep
Date published : 21 Aug 2011 - 07:42:43
Craig Lowndes completed a perfect weekend at Queensland Raceway as he made it three wins from three races to add to his double pole.Lowndes had led throughout yesterday's two shorter races and was similarly in control in today's 65-lap event.He could never relax, though, as James Rosenberg/Stone Brothers Ford driver Tim Slade continued his best V8 Supercars form yet to chase Lowndes all afternoon, finishing just over a second adrift.His Queensland victories were a significant boost to Lowndes' championship hopes, as his points-leading team-mate Jamie Whincup had a nightmare Sunday race.An air intake cover had accidentally been left on his car, forcing him to pit after the warm-up lap and start last. He then incurred a pitlane speeding penalty before fighting back to 10th, despite a last-lap collision with Rick Kelly.Shane van Gisbergen narrowly beat James Moffat to the final podium position as the rookie scored his best V8 Supercar result yet in fourth.David Reynolds was fifth, while Garth Tander charged through from 19th on the grid to take sixth for Holden Racing Team, just ahead of Fabian Coulthard, Alex Davison and Steven Johnson.Results - 65 laps:Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 1h19m06.1660s 2. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford + 1.0743s 3. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford + 33.9553s 4. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford + 35.4370s 5. David Reynolds Kelly Holden + 42.7174s 6. Garth Tander HRT Holden + 46.3973s 7. Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Holden + 46.8949s 8. Alex Davison Stone Brothers Ford + 48.0534s 9. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford + 51.3953s10. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden + 56.6776s11. Russell Ingall Paul Morris Holden + 57.5452s12. James Courtney HRT Holden + 57.6266s13. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden + 59.7677s14. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden + 59.8564s15. Todd Kelly Kelly Holden + 1m00.0558s16. Karl Reindler Britek Holden + 1m03.8566s17. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden + 1m07.2887s18. Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Holden + 1m08.6632s19. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford + 1m12.1440s20. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford + 1m12.8067s21. Will Davison FPR Ford + 1 lap22. Jonathon Webb Tekno Ford + 1 lap23. Warren Luff Dumbrell Holden + 1 lap24. Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash/FPR Ford + 1 lap25. Dean Fiore Triple F Ford + 1 lap26. Jason Bargwanna Brad Jones Holden + 1 lap27. Steve Owen Paul Morris Holden + 2 laps28. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden + 12 laps
