CRAIG LOWNDES - VF HOLDEN COMMODORE / Car #888

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Qualifying Race 1: Fourth (Fastest Lap – 1:27.0335)
Race 1: Eighth

CRAIG LOWNDES
"We had a great start in the race and were obviously very keen to get ahead of Scott (McLaughlin), which we were able to, and we were running second to Jamie (Whincup). Our pace was really good, at the beginning of the race we were able to pull away from Scotty. He pitted and we reacted to his stop, but he jumped us unfortunately on the out lap of the first stop, then we had a great battle with him. We had good pace, but with three laps to go the rear tyres had basically gone and as I came out of turn five, I jumped on the brakes, locked up the rears and turned myself around. By the time I got going again, both Rick Kelly and Will Davison passed us. Credit to where we are though and to Irish (John McGregor, Race Engineer), we're really looking forward to the battle tomorrow. We're nine points behind, so we've got a little bit of work to do. Game on!"