Lowndes wins again in second leg

Date published : 20 Aug 2011 - 07:57:52

Craig Lowndes completed a highly successful day at Queensland Raceway by adding race two victory to his earlier pole position and triumph in race one.Winning the opening leg of the two-part Saturday event had given Lowndes pole for race two, and he made the most of it to lead throughout, shrugging off an early safety car prompted by several opening-lap incidents.Triple Eight took a one-two finish, with Lowndes' team-mate Jamie Whincup moving into second on lap one and staying on the leader's tail to the end.Tim Slade was unable to repeat his race one runner-up spot, but kept the Triple Eight cars within range as he collected a second podium of the day in the James Rosenberg/Stone Brothers Ford.Rick Kelly's Kelly Holden was fourth again, with Steve Owen holding off Steven Johnson and Greg Murphy for fifth.Results - 22 laps:Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 28m44.5740s 2. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden + 1.4471s 3. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford + 2.6710s 4. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden + 9.7887s 5. Steve Owen Paul Morris Holden + 14.2210s 6. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford + 15.2086s 7. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden + 16.2080s 8. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford + 18.8830s 9. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford + 19.4635s10. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford + 23.3178s11. Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Holden + 23.5325s12. Russell Ingall Paul Morris Holden + 23.8576s13. Jason Bargwanna Brad Jones Holden + 25.6306s14. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden + 25.7470s15. Will Davison FPR Ford + 26.4575s16. Karl Reindler Britek Holden + 28.3091s17. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford + 29.9233s18. Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Holden + 30.2405s19. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden + 32.0449s20. Jonathon Webb Tekno Ford + 35.0292s21. Dean Fiore Triple F Ford + 35.2569s22. Alex Davison Stone Brothers Ford + 41.2179s23. Garth Tander HRT Holden + 41.7780s24. Warren Luff Dumbrell Holden + 46.1480s25. Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash/FPR Ford + 1 lap26. David Reynolds Kelly Holden + 4 lapsRetirements: Todd Kelly Kelly Holden 1 lap James Courtney HRT Holden 1 lap