Bright wins crash-marred Race 8 in Perth
Team BOC's Jason Bright
Jason Bright has taken his first V8 Supercars victory in since 2006, winning Race 8 of the V8 Supercars Championship at Barbagallo Raceway.
After a delayed start due to the start-line incident Karl Reindler and Steve Owen, Bright romped away to the win ahead of TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup and Bright’s team-mate Brad Jones Racing.
The result made for an up and down race for Brad Jones Racing, who have scored a double podium and a car that is most likely destroyed (Reindler).
The last time Bright won a V8 Supercars race was in 2006 at Bahrain.
Craig Lowndes (TeamVodafone), Tim Slade (Lucky 7 Racing), Alex Davison (IRWIN Racing), Garth Tander (Toll Holden Racing Team), Will Davison (Trading Post FPR), Lee Holdsworth (Fujitsu Racing) and Shane van Gisbergen (SP Tools Racing) rounded out the top 10.
See below for footage of the incident …
See below for the race result
| 1 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:03.8794 |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:08.3346 |
| 3 | Jana Living Racing | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:14.5386 |
| 4 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:16.3668 |
| 5 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:16.6025 |
| 6 | Irwin Racing | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:20.3248 |
| 7 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:21.3080 |
| 8 | Trading Post FPR | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:37.7140 |
| 9 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:43.5462 |
| 10 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:51.0935 |
| 11 | Bundaberg Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:51.9086 |
| 12 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:53.3024 |
| 13 | Orrcon Steel FPR | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:55.8144 |
| 14 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:59.3097 |
| 15 | Mother Energy Racing | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:59.4020 |
| 16 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 50:01.3122 |
| 17 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 50:02.5151 |
| 18 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:06.0253 |
| 19 | The Bottle-O Racing | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 49 | 49:06.3369 |
| 20 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:06.3756 |
| 21 | Triple F Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 49 | 49:20.5694 |
| 22 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:21.5269 |
| 23 | Wilson Security Racing | Tony D’Alberto | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:25.6135 |
| 24 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:55.8409 |
| 25 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE2 | 48 | 49:06.8224 |
| 26 | Toll Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 40 | 50:00.9954 |
| DNF | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Holden Commodore VE2 | ||
| DNF | Fair Dinkum Sheds | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 |