GC600 - Sunday Wrap

Day three of the Gold Coast 600 was a very controversial race as officials black flagged many drivers for kerb abuse but the controversy did not yeild a spectuclar finish between Whincup and Winterbottom.

Twenty eight drivers and their international co-stars hit the streets of Surfers Paradise again today and with Jamie Whincup leading the championship again the battle was on with teammate Craig Lowndes. However, coming down to the wire Whincup would find himself battling a very hungry Mark Winterbottom for 1st place.

The circuit is brutual but not as brutual as the officials who were dishing out black flags all day with much critisim. In the drivers briefing it was agreed that only two wheels could go over the kerbs at the backend chicane. Some drivers were not listening, many were calling for, international, Boris Said to be penalised for kerb abuse though the penatly did not come. Darren Turner the most controversial to be black flagged.

After Saturday, Will Davison and his partner in crime Mika Salo were feeling pretty good about Sunday's chances however a punctured tyre ruined opportunity for a good finish. The best word to describe the race would be chaos and Jason Bright was innocently wiped out after the WesTrac car was signalled for a safe spin to go the right way.

It was a $20,000 pay day for Whincup after securing two pole position for a bonus $10,000 and his international superstar Sebastein Bourdais given the Dan Wheldon Trophy, which he recieved very emotionally. Tonight, the drivers can salute goodbye to a great driver and salute goodbye to the Gold Coast for another year.

Results:

1 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom / Richard Lyons Falcon FG 72 01:11:3618 - 02:14:08:1572 102 150
2 88 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup / Sebastian Bourdais Commodore VE2 71 01:11:2264 - 02:14:09:7136 102 138
3 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Lee Holdsworth / Simon Pagenaud Commodore VE2 76 01:11:5300 - 02:14:11:2614 102 129
4 11 Pepsi Max Crew Greg Murphy / Oliver Gavin Commodore VE2 75 01:11:4242 - 02:14:16:8560 102 120
5 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly / Jorg Bergmeister Commodore VE2 76 01:11:6639 - 02:14:19:4365 102 111
6 1 Toll Holden Racing Team James Courtney / Darren Turner Commodore VE2 65 01:11:4998 - 02:14:20:1081 102 102
7 49 VIP Petfoods Steve Owen / Boris Said Commodore VE2 76 01:11:1808 - 02:14:21:6450 102 96
8 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall / Jan Magnussen Commodore VE2 65 01:11:0795 - 02:14:23:0963 102 90
9 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly / Richard Westbrook Commodore VE2 72 01:11:3129 - 02:14:23:4926 102 84
10 47 Lucky 7 Racing Tim Slade / Helio Castroneves Falcon FG 84 01:11:4850 - 02:14:23:7146 102 78
11 16 Stratco Racing David Reynolds / Alex Tagliani Commodore VE2 84 01:11:4621 - 02:14:25:2390 102 72
12 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson / Dirk Muller Falcon FG 76 01:11:6283 - 02:14:25:7292 102 69
13 19 Mother Energy Racing Team Jonathon Webb / Gil de Ferran Falcon FG 78 01:11:3920 - 02:14:25:8078 102 66
14 6 Trading Post FPR Falcon Will Davison / Mika Salo Falcon FG 102 01:10:0851 - 02:14:27:8610 102 63
15 61 Bundaberg Racing Fabian Coulthard / Patrick Long Commodore VE2 94 01:10:6150 - 02:14:29:9115 102 60
16 9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen / Emanuele Pirro Falcon FG 82 01:10:4412 - 02:14:35:2921 102 57
17 14 Jana Living Racing Jason Bargwanna / Allan Simonsen Commodore VE2 90 01:10:6329 - 02:14:47:1937 102 54
18 4 Irwin Racing Alex Davison / Marc Lieb Falcon FG 89 01:11:6034 - 02:14:51:5961 102 51
19 3 Wilson Security Racing Tony D'Alberto / Vitantonio Liuzzi Falcon FG 94 01:10:8161 - 02:14:52:1149 102 48
20 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes / Andy Priaulx Commodore VE2 97 01:11:0606 - 02:15:01:2709 102 45
21 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso / Augusto Farfus Jr Commodore VE2 49 01:11:8587 - 02:14:47:7245 99 42
22 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler / Fabrizio Giovanardi Commodore VE2 66 01:13:2228 - 02:15:06:6059 98 39
23 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander / Ryan Briscoe Commodore VE2 64 01:11:5843 - 02:14:27:1564 82 36
DNF 18 Jim Beam Racing James Moffat / Joey Hand Falcon FG 73 01:11:5764 - 01:54:42:4298 77 0
DNF 12 Westrac Racing Dean Fiore / Gianni Morbidelli Falcon FG 51 01:13:4850 - 01:10:11:7701 51 0
DNF 8 Team Boc Jason Bright / Sarrazin Stephane Commodore VE2 49 01:13:0062 - 01:11:49:3570 51 0
DNF 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Warren Luff / Marino Franchitti Commodore VE2 10 01:14:4973 - 39:40:4682 15 0
DNF 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell / Christian Klein Falcon FG - 00:00:0000 - 00:00:0000 0 0

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