Dumbrell wins first-ever V8 Supercars race

Paul Dumbrell has won his first V8 Supercars race, taking victory in the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge today.

The 28-year-old The Bottle-O Racing driver held off a strong fight from TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup and Orrcon Steel FPR’s Mark Winterbottom.

It was Dumbrell’s first V8 race win and the first V8 Supercars victory for Rod Nash Racing.

The result comes just six days after Dumbrell’s first-ever podium result at Symmons Plains.

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Dumbrell celebrated by jumping onto the roof of his #55 The Bottle-O Falcon.

Whincup took second place, while Jim Beam Racing’s James Courtney finished fourth, maintaining his lead of the V8 Supercars Championship. The gap between the pair in the championship is now 32 points.

Rounding out the top 10 was Russell Ingall (Supercheap Auto Racing), Lee Holdsworth (Fujitsu Racing), Rick Kelly (Jack Daniel’s Racing), Craig Lowndes (TeamVodafone), Shane van Gisbergen (SP Tools Racing) and Will Davison (Toll HRT).

The original start to the race was red-flagged after Toll HRT’s Garth Tander crashed at the fast left hander at the end of the back straight. Tander’s crew will have to work all night to repair the heavily damaged #2 entry.

Here is the video report

V8 Supercars; Race 23; Result

1	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford Falcon FG	32
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VE	32
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG	32
4	18	James Courtney	Ford Falcon FG	32
5	39	Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VE	32
6	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore VE	32
7	15	Rick Kelly	Holden Commodore VE	32
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VE	32
9	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Ford Falcon FG	32
10	22	Will Davison	Holden Commodore VE	32
11	7	Todd Kelly	Holden Commodore VE	32
12	6	Steven Richards	Ford Falcon FG	32
13	17	Steven Johnson	Ford Falcon FG	32
14	14	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore VE	32
15	4	Alex Davison	Ford Falcon FG	32
16	34	Michael Caruso	Holden Commodore VE	32
17	11	Jason Bargwanna	Holden Commodore VE	32
18	47	Tim Slade	Ford Falcon FG	32
19	12	Dean Fiore	Ford Falcon FG	32
20	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford Falcon FG	32
21	8	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VE	32
22	10	Andrew Thompson	Holden Commodore VE	32
23	51	Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore VE	32
24	21	Karl Reindler	Holden Commodore VE	32
25	3	Tony D’Alberto	Holden Commodore VE	32
26	16	Tony Ricciardello	Holden Commodore VE	32
27	30	Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VE	32
28	24	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore VE	24
DNF	2	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VE