Whincup Holds off Teammate Lowndes for V8s Title

Jamie Whincup is the 2011 V8 Supercars Champion after salvaging an eighth place finish from a difficult final race at the Sydney Telstra 500. Craig Lowndes, who's won three V8 Supercars titles of his own, finished Race 27 just 0.7s behind race winner Mark Winterbottom in second place. But Lowndes fell 35 points short of his team-mate whincup in the final standings.

Shane van Gisbergen concluded a strong season for the SP Tools Falcon with a podium finish, while Jonathon Webb, Russell Ingall, Michael Caruso, James Courtney, Whincup, Jason Bright and Tim Slade filled fourth through 10th. The race started in bizarre circumstances with half the field electing to pit on the warm-up lap for slick tyres.

Lowndes and Whincup had risen to seventh and ninth respectively in the middle phase of the race, but fell to eighth and 18th in the final stops as the #88 car was forced to wait in line for its tyres and fuel. The pair again made their way through the pack after the restart, as Winterbottom continued to measure the gap to Dumbrell at the front.

The Race 28 results see Winterbottom hold onto third in the championship standings ahead of van Gisbergen and Tander. Rick Kelly moves passed Will Davison for sixth, while Holdsworth, Slade and Courtney round out the top 10, with the Toll HRT pilot bumping Alex Davison to 11th.

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