The Bend Supercars: Van Gisbergen wins crash-shortened Race 2

The race got off to a dramatic start when front-row starter Thomas Randle stalled on the line.

As the field scrambled to get past the stricken Castrol Ford, Andre Heimgartner was caught by surprise, smacking square into Randle's right rear quarter.

The high-speed impact not only destroyed both Randle and Heimgartner's cars, but also meant Randle clipped Nick Percat as he tried to sneak by on the outside.

Thankfully all three drivers emerged from their wrecked cars without any serious injuries.

The race was red-flagged while the crashed cars were cleared, before a full standing restart.

The winner from the restart was Mostert, who fired from the outside of the third row to the lead with a bold move up the inside of Turn 1.

James Courtney made a smart start as well to move into second, while polesitter Cam Waters was shuffled back to fifth, behind Anton De Pasquale and Shane van Gisbergen, on the opening lap.

Courtney and De Pasquale were the first of the lead group to pit, each taking their mandatory service on Lap 5.

Mostert then surrendered the lead to cover those cars by stopping a lap later, resuming ahead of both Courtney and De Pasquale.

Waters waited until Lap 11 to make his stop, popping back out between Courtney and De Pasquale in what was effectively fourth place.

Like yesterday van Gisbergen ran long, not taking his stop until Lap 16.

He was able to resume comfortably clear of Mostert and Courtney, before cruising through the next two laps to take a time certain chequered flag.

"It's a shame to see that crash at the start, I'm glad those guys are okay," said van Gisbergen.

"The restart, I didn't get a good start again. We had an awesome race back through. I couldn't believe it when this guys pitted and I got clear air. We were planning to do the undercut then, but they did it an we got clear air. It worked out really well."

Mostert and Courtney were second and third ahead of Waters and De Pasquale.

Broc Feeney finished sixth while Will Brown was the best of the Erebus cars in seventh.

David Reynolds finished eighth, Mark Winterbottom ninth and Bryce Fullwood 10th.

Jordan Boys was the best of the wildcards in a credible 11th while Will Davison recovered from 23rd on the grid, and a spin on the restart lap, to finish 13th.

The Bend SuperSprint continues with Race 3 at 3:40pm local time.

The Bend SuperSprint Race 2 results

Cla	#	Driver	Car
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB
2	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB
3	5	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT
4	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT
5	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT
6	88	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore ZB
7	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB
8	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT
9	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB
10	14	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB
11	49	Jordan Boys	Holden Commodore ZB
12	22	Chris Pither	Holden Commodore ZB
13	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT
14	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB
15	34	Jack Le Brocq	Holden Commodore ZB
16	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT
17	35	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB
18	56	Jake Kostecki	Ford Mustang GT
19	78	Zak Best	Holden Commodore ZB
20	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB
21	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB
22	10	Lee Holdsworth	Ford Mustang GT
23	31	James Golding	Holden Commodore ZB
24	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB
	55	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT
	8	Andre Heimgartner	Holden Commodore ZB
	2	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB
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