Love takes fifth Carrera Cup win in a row

Jordan Love took his fifth win in a row in dominant fashion in Race 2 of Round 7 of Porsche Payce Carrera Cup Australia at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

After a strong start, Love put his head down and was not headed for the remainder of the nine-lap race.

Cooper Murray held off David Wall and they finished second and third respectively, while Nick McBride and Thomas Maxwell completed the top five.

Love led cleanly away at the start but further back Dale Wood had a sluggish getaway, with a number of cars having to go around him on the grid.

Wall was immediately defensive under attack from Murray, who dived down the inside at Murray’s Corner at the end of the opening lap to grab second.

Michael Almond had a spin on his own exiting The Chase on Lap 3, dropping from seventh to 17th.

Murray made a mistake at Hell Corner on Lap 8, giving Wall the opportunity to pull alongside up Mountain Straight, however Murray had the inside line and held onto the position.

Love set the fastest lap of the race on the final lap with a 2:06.905s, claiming victory by more than five seconds to the good over Murray.

Adrian Flack took out the Pro-Am class in seventh outright.

The final Carrera Cup race of the weekend takes place on Sunday at 1005 local time/AEDT.

Results: Race 2

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Cls	Laps	Race time
1	777	Sonic / Bob Jane T-Marts/SRG	Jordan Love	P	9	19:08.2731
2	36	Lodge Brothers	Cooper Murray	P	9	19:13.6429
3	38	PAYCE	David Wall	P	9	19:14.1659
4	8	Porsche Centre Melbourne	Nick McBride	P	9	19:16.4254
5	5	Sonic	Thomas Maxwell	P	9	19:18.6146
6	12	O’Brien Electrical and Plumb	Steve Richards	P	9	19:20.9793
7	20	Agas National	Adrian Flack	A	9	19:22.7941
8	27	Wash It	Liam Talbot	A	9	19:24.4973
9	100	Sonic/Polyflor	Dale Wood	P	9	19:27.8407
10	111	Seears Workwear	Cameron Hill	P	9	19:33.1716
11	23	Dayco / Lago Cold Stores	Roger Lago	A	9	19:37.4841
12	4	Grove Group	Stephen Grove	A	9	19:38.4499
13	34	Hyundai Forklifts Australia	Duvashen Padayachee	P	9	19:38.9891
14	6	Garage 1	Tim Miles	A	9	19:41.6300
15	22	BMF	Dean Cook	A	9	19:42.1475
16	13	The Bend Motorsport Park/HTFU	Sam Shahin	A	9	19:45.1482
17	77	Sonic/Bob Jane T-Marts/PSA Aus	Michael Almond	P	9	19:46.0552
18	9	Hallmarc	Marc Cini	A	9	20:10.1787
19	30	DRM Motorsport	David Ryan	A	9	20:10.4692
20	35	Hyundai Forklifts Australia	Indiran Padayachee	A	9	20:29.1405
21	222	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Scott Taylor	A	9	20:34.2631