It was Holden’s day at Phillip Island with a nail-biting win to Garth Tander thanks to a Race 3 victory at the Phillip Island V8 decider by HRT’s Todd Kelly.
Kelly kept the Vodafone duo of Whincup and Lowndes at bay late in the race allowing Tander (4th) to grab a series victory.
Mark Skaife finished 7th in Race 3 despite tyre wear in an excellent debut for his new Commodore race car - chassis #6.
HRT’s combined points lifted the team to 3rd in the Teams Championship, while Garth and Todd helped Holden secure the 2007 Manufacturers Championship.
Series points: Tander (625), Whincup (623), Lowndes (592), R.Kelly (552), Winterbottom (420), T.Kelly (381), Skaife (379).
#2 Mark Skaife
“It’s not often you see a new car perform so well out of the box.
It was a strong weekend for both Todd and myself with good results on the series points ladder and in the Teams Championship.
All this is a good pointer for the red team in 2008.”
#22 Todd Kelly
“The car was great and we only made small changes through the day. The last race was about 50% looking forward and 50% looking back to see what was going on.
Our pit-stops were pretty conservative to avoid trouble and I made up the time on the track.
The priority was to do a good job for the Team and let the other guys do what they had to do.
We used our tyres pretty heavily early on, but the others had to use theirs to catch up so it evened itself out.
A good day all round.”
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