Davison wins Eastern Creek -
DJ Smiles
Will Davison gave the Jim Beam Team of Dick Johnson Racing a much needed boost with a some what surprising round win
at the second round of the V8 Supercar championship.
For Davison, the grandson of racing legend Lex Davison, it was
his first win since gaining the drive with the DJR team. It was also a welcome change of fortune for the team that
has returned from the brink of extinction after being left high and dry financially when their major sponsor, Westpoint, failed.
It was Dick Johnson Racing’s first win since 2001 and bought a smile to Dick’s face after 2 years of hard times. Davison
admitted to being stunned by the victory.
Although Davison only won 1 of the three heats, his mature and consistent performance saw him also achieve
a second and sixth placing giving him the overall round win. Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom
suffered all weekend from a poor qualifying result and was fortunate to achieve second place overall.
The defending series champion Garth Tander scored his first pole position of the year and his first race
win in race one, however errors in car set up left him with an uncompetitive car in race two, ending his
chance of winning.
Davison’s drive was relatively trouble free with plenty of close but clean racing, including a dice
with Mark Winterbottom and another with his house mate, Jamie Whincup. James Courtney made contact with
Paul Morris, with Morris unleashing a stern warning that he has picked on the wrong person this time
and that the incident would be filed away and repaid later. It remains to be seen if V8 Supercar Australia
take any action over Morris’s comments.
| 1 | | Jamie Whincup | 540 |
| 2 |  Rick Kelly | 432 |
| 3 | | Lee Holdsworth | 426 |
| 4 | | Mark Winterbottom | 382 |
| 5 | | Will Davison | 356 |
| 6 | | Craig Lowndes | 339 |
| 7 | | Greg Murphy | 330 |
| 8 | | Garth Tander | 326 |
| 9 | | Mark Skaife | 322 |
| 10 | | Todd Kelly | 308 |
| 11 | | Steven Johnson | 280 |
| 12 | | Jason Richards | 272 |
| 13 | | Shane Van Gisbergen | 268 |
| 14 | | Russell Ingall | 255 |
| 15 | | Steven Richards | 251 |
| 16 | | Cameron McConville | 249 |
| 17 | | Fabian Coulthard | 239 |
| 18 | | James Courtney | 171 |
| 19 | | Andrew Jones | 170 |
| 20 | | Jason Bright | 164 |
| 21 | | Marcus Marshall | 158 |
| 22 | | Michael Caruso | 152 |
| 23 | | Paul Morris | 143 |
| 24 | | Paul Dumbrell | 140 |
| 25 | | Andrew Thompson | 133 |
| 26 | | Shane Price | 130 |
| 27 | | Tony D'Alberto | 108 |
| 28 | | Kayne Scott | 102 |
| 29 | | Chris Pither | 58 |
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