Le Brocq takes out Super2 Race 2 at Phillip Island

Jack Le Brocq has hit back by winning Race 2 of the Dunlop Super2 Series at Phillip Island while Garry Jacobson experienced a scare when he lost a tyre at high speed.

Le Brocq took a comfortable win in the end after Jacobson had shadowed him until the spectacular tyre failure on the penultimate lap, leaving Paul Dumbrell a distant second and Shae Davies third.

Under sunny skies, the MW Motorsport driver won the start and Jacobson slotted into second, but the battle was soon on for third.

Hazelwood drafted up behind Shae Davies, hitting the LOCO Energy Drink Altima in the rear on the very edge of Gardner Straight as they started Lap 2.

However, the Bigmate Commodore driver’s challenge left the door open for Dumbrell to pinch fourth on Lap 3.

Davies managed to hold Dumbrell at bay as the top two disappeared, until the 2014 Super2 champion bravely hung on around the outside of Doohan Corner to take third on Lap 9.

Dumbrell skipped away as Hazelwood resumed his attack, diving past at MG a lap later and making sure that there was no way the MW Motorsport Altima could cling on through the final sweeper.

The South Australian would be issued a five-second post-race penalty, dropping him from third to fifth.

Meanwhile, Jacobson was shaping up for a move on the race leader, but couldn’t find a way past the GoGetta Altima.

Instead, Le Brocq edged away again before Jacobson’s right-rear tyre let go just before turn-in for Doohan Corner, metres after the fastest point (285-290km/h) on the track.

The MEGA Falcon spun and backed through the gravel trap at high speed, consigning the defending series champion to a costly DNF.

“I know as much as everybody else,” said Prodrive team principal Tim Edwards.

“The right-rear tyre failed so obviously (it’s) disappointing. We’ve taken a very, very, very conservative approach to the set-up for this weekend, so what do you do?”

Le Brocq, on the other hand, bagged his second win in three races, consolidating third in points and closing in on leaders Dumbrell and Hazelwood.

“We’ll take any race win any day of the week,” he said.

“It’s good to bring it home then and I’m not sure what happened to Garry but he kept us honest.

“The guys have given us an awesome car and fingers crossed we can back it up in the next two.”

Davies held out Anton de Pasquale for what would become third after Hazelwood’s penalty.

Will Brown impressed again as he drove from 16th to sixth after being handed a 15s post-race penalty for spinning Bryce Fullwood in Race 1.

Richard Muscat, Macauley Jones, Jake Kostecki, and Fullwood completed the top 10.

Fullwood’s series points tally is, however, 35 points lighter after he was found guilty of reckless driving causing contact with Kurt Kostecki in Race 1.

Race 3 is coming up at 1430 AEST before Race 4 on Sunday.

Results: Race 2, Round 3, Phillip Island (Updated)

1	GoGetta Racing/ MWM	Jack Le Brocq	Nissan Altima	16	25:08.9162
2	Eggleston Motorsport	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:16.6485
3	LOCO Energy Drink / MWM	Shae Davies	Nissan Altima	16	25:22.0755
4	Paul Morris Motorsports	Anton de Pasquale	Ford Falcon FG/X	16	25:22.6424
5	Bigmate Racing	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:23.2098
6	Eggleston Motorsport	William Brown	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:23.6697
7	Wilson Security PAYCE GRM	Richard Muscat	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:27.8106
8	PAYCE	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:31.4574
9	Arcoplate Racing	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:41.0755
10	Middys Electrical / MWM	Bryce Fullwood	Ford Falcon FG	16	25:42.6546
11	Arcoplate Racing	Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:42.7562
12	Eggleston Motorsport	Nathan Morcom	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:46.4759
13	SCT Logistics	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:47.1473
14	Alliance Truck Parts	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:47.4198
15	Sprint Cutting Racing	Brodie Kostecki	Ford Falcon FG	16	25:49.6975
16	Wilson Security PAYCE GRM	Mason Barbera	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:54.4666
17	Dragon Motor Racing	Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:59.2322
18	Falcon Spares & Repairs	Matthew Chahda	Holden Commodore VF	16	25:59.4038
19	Auto One Racing	Adam Marjoram	Holden Commodore VF	16	26:00.0075
20	Team Caltex	Renee Gracie	Holden Commodore VF	16	26:11.3618
21	Wynns	Josh Kean	Ford Falcon FG/X	16	26:15.7732
DNF	McQuinn Electrical	Garry Jacobson	Ford Falcon FG/X	14	21:58.3574
DNF	STR Truck Bodies & Trailers	Matthew Palmer	Ford Falcon FG	3	19:50.2995