Ashley Walsh picked
up his 5th last-place finish of his career when his #4
Infant's Friend/Snap-On/Repsol Mercedes retired with Suepsnion
failure after 33 of the race's 70 laps.The finish came in Walsh's 12th round start.
David Wall in the
#34 Valvoline/Wilson Security Volvo started the race in the rear,
which, during the first 34 laps, switched between David Walls, Jamie
Whincup in the #1 Red Bull/Caltex Holden, Michael Caruso in the #23
NP300 Navara Nissan, Todd Kelly in the #7 Jayco Nissan, Andre
Heimgartner in the unsponsored #111 Super Black Racing Ford who was
the first to lose a lap, although he and the kelly brothers Todd and
Rick in the #15 Jack Daniel's Nissan got their lap back at the end of
pitstops, Craig Lowndes in the #888 Red Bull/Caltex Holden and Scott
Pye in the #17 Shell Helix Holden, with the order of last-place
finishers going, in order,
Wall, Whincup,
Caruso, Todd Kelly, Heimgartner, Wall, Lowndes then Pye before lap
34.
On lap 34 Ashley
Walsh, who was running 20th at the time, suffered a
rear-suspension failure on the #4 Infant's Friend/Snap-On/Repsol
Merdeces, forcing Walsh to the garage and to the only retirement of
the race.
Rounding out the
bottom five was Walsh's teammate Wil Davison in the #9 Solar
Australia Mercedes, Tim Blanchard in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution/
GB Galvanizing Holden, Jamie Whincup in the #1 Red Bull/Caltex Holden
after a tire delamination late in the race and Michael Caruso in the
#23 NP300 Navara Nissan.
The Bottom Five
Ashley Walsh |
33 Laps |
Suspension |
Will Davison |
69 Laps |
Running |
Tim Blanchard |
69 Laps |
Running |
Jamie Whincup |
69 Laps |
Running |
Michael Caruso |
69 Laps |
Running |
Driver's
Championship
Scott McLaughlin: 4
Andre Heimgartner,
Ashley Walsh: 2
Will Davison, David
Wall, Garth Tander, Lee Holdsworth, Chazz Mostert, Fabian Coulthard:
1
Team's Championship
Gary Rodgers
Motorsports: 5
Erebus Motorsport: 3
Super Black Racings:
2
Holden Racing Team,
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing, Prodrive Racing Australia, Brad Jones
Racing: 1
Manufacturer's
Championship:
Volvo: 5
Holden, Ford,
Mercedes: 3