Darwin Supercars: Van Gisbergen dominates Race 2

The series leader set up victory at the start when he out-dragged polesitter Will Davison on the long run to the first corner.

Once in front it was a straightforward affair for van Gisbergen, who took his mandatory service on Lap 14 before cruising to a 1.5s win over Davison.

"It was awesome," said the Kiwi. 

"I got another good start, which was great. Red Bull Ampol Racing, our car is awesome. We just needed to get things right today. The pitstop was great and we just managed the race at the end."

The battle for third boiled down to two very different strategies from Jamie Whincup and Chaz Mostert.

The latter went for an undercut, pitting on Lap 9 and using some clean air to filter up to third from his eighth spot on the grid.

Whincup, who ran fifth in the early stages, went for an overcut, not stopping until Lap 20.

That gave the seven-time series champion the better tyre condition for the run home, he and Mostert staging a tense battle over a number of laps before Whincup finally got past with a bold outside move at Turn 1 four laps from the finish.

Mark Winterbottom joined in on that battle too, although couldn't find a way past Mostert.

Anton De Pasquale fell back to sixth after starting third, followed by Cam Waters, Will Brown, Nick Percat and James Courtney. 

Race results:

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB
2	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1.532
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	6.679
4	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	9.042
5	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	9.532
6	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	9.810
7	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	12.342
8	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	16.617
9	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	17.145
10	44	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	21.681
11	5	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Mustang GT	22.401
12	2	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	24.995
13	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	25.506
14	14	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	28.507
15	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	29.681
16	19	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	30.108
17	7	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Mustang GT	30.395
18	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	30.908
19	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	31.376
20	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	37.623
21	35	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore ZB	40.619
22	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	48.870
23	27	Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	55.455
24	34	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1 lap
25	55	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	7 laps
	22	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB
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