Erebus takes maiden V8 race victory

Holdsworth and Klimenko relieved after maiden V8 win. Source: CAS Hamish Blair / News Corp Australia

TEARS flowed freely in Winton's pit lane as Lee Holdsworth claimed the maiden V8 Supercars race win for Betty Klimenko's Erebus Motorsport.

Holdsworth made the decisive move to pass Fabian Coulthard for the lead with two laps to go, driving away from the Kiwi to post his first race win since 2010.

Ford's Mark Winterbottom also passed the Lockwood Racing Holden to claim second, with Coulthard fading to third.

Watch all of today's V8 race action in HD at 9:45pm EDT on SPEED (Foxtel channel 512). Watch all three Winton races LIVE and ad-free on Foxtel Go and Foxtel Play.

Craig Lowndes clings to his championship lead despite starting from near the back of the grid, a fighting drive to 16th leaving him with a 19-point lead over Coulthard.

More to follow.

RESULTS - V8 Supercars Race 8, Winton 400
1. Lee Holdsworth (Erebus) 53m03.9676s
2. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) +1.4505s
3. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) +3.3947s
4. David Reynolds (Ford) +4.1908s
5. David Wall (Ford) +8.1626s
6. James Moffat (Nissan) +15.1534s
7. Jason Bright (Holden) +17.3463s
8. Will Davison (Erebus) +21.1077s
9. James Courtney (Holden) +21.6039s
10. Chaz Mostert (Ford) +34.4978s
11. Tim Slade (Holden) +34.7159s
12. Scott Pye (Ford) +37.6298s
13. Dale Wood (Holden) +38.1519s
14. Jack Perkins (Ford) +38.3565s
15. Nick Percat (Holden) +41.3440s
16. Craig Lowndes (Holden) +42.1616s
17. Michael Caruso (Nissan) +46.7349s
18. Rick Kelly (Nissan) +49.8927s
19. Jamie Whincup (Holden) +56.8324s
20. Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) +1m01.1168s
21. Garth Tander (Holden) +1m02.1904s
22. Russell Ingall (Holden) +1m03.6183s
23. Todd Kelly (Nissan) +1m05.5589s
24. Robert Dahlgren (Volvo) +1m21.3276s
25. Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) 31 laps

LIVE BLOG: Here's how Saturday's races unfolded at Winton.

RACE 7

FABIAN Coulthard drove serenely to his first V8 Supercars win of the year at Winton, while all behind him was chaos.

A mid-race restart sparked a series of incidents that caused carnage in the midfield, eliminating James Courtney and Tim Slade, and sparking more restarts and more carnage.

Adding to the drivers' headaches was a Winton track surface that was rapidly wearing out their tyres.

V8 veteran Russell Ingall stole a march on his rivals by pitting for fresh rubber, only to make contact with David Wall as he charged through the field, earning a pit lane drive-through penalty.

'The Enforcer' was third when he pitted to serve the penalty, clawing his way back to tenth before delivering a searing rant over the decision to sanction him.

"It's what I get with this category," Ingall told Seven. "Dopey rules made by dopey idiots. It's alright for these peanuts to sit up in that ivory tower of theirs, and just hand out punishments like that.

"Look at it afterwards then judge it; don't just fire one out and totally screw a good race for us.

"Geez it annoys me. I tell you what, I'd like to drag those guys down, take them over to those spectators over there and see if (inaudible) walk out of it. They'd kick the s*** out of them."

All the action happened in Coulthard's rear view mirror. The Kiwi withstood Shane van Gisbergen's challenges on the restarts to romp to a five second victory, with his Brad Jones Racing teammate Dale Wood taking his first podium finish of his V8 career.

Craig Lowndes was in the thick of the podium battle but suffered among the worst of the tyre degradation, fading badly to eighth ahead of Red Bull teammate Jamie Whincup by the end.

The race seemed a straightforward affair early, until Scott McLaughlin's Volvo blew an engine, the Safety Car taking control of the race while it was retrieved.

When racing resumed, Chaz Mostert ran onto the grass and short-cut the first corner, coming back onto the track in front of James Courtney, who was spun into the FPR Falcon by Michael Caruso.

The front of Courtney's car was hit as it sat broadsides across the track, while teammate Tim Slade was crashed taking evasive action, ending both their races. Compounding Walkinshaw Racing's woes, Nick Percat ran into David Reynolds a few corners later, taking both out of top 10 positions.

RESULTS - V8 Supercars Race 7, Winton 400
1. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 53m03.9676s
2. Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) +5.0197s
3. Dale Wood (Holden) +10.9246s
4. Jason Bright (Holden) +13.7479s
5. Lee Holdsworth (Erebus) +14.2459s
6. Will Davison (Erebus) +17.0852s
7. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) +19.5586s
8. Craig Lowndes (Holden) +23.7499s
9. Jamie Whincup (Holden) +25.4700s
10. Russell Ingall (Holden) +29.4675s
11. David Reynolds (Ford) +34.0476s
12. Chaz Mostert (Ford) +35.5102s
13. David Wall (Ford) +35.9935s
14. Scott Pye (Ford) +38.6656s
15. Garth Tander (Holden) +40.8135s
16. Jack Perkins (Ford) +41.2883s
17. Todd Kelly (Nissan) +41.4788s
18. James Moffat (Nissan) +42.3641s
19. Michael Caruso (Nissan) +43.5667s
20. Rick Kelly (Nissan) +50.9604s
21. Nick Percat (Holden) 31 laps
DNF Tim Slade (Holden) 19 laps
DNF James Courtney (Holden) 19 laps
DNF Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) 6 laps
DNS Robert Dahlgren (Volvo) 0 laps

QUALIFYING

FABIAN Coulthard continued his hot form by sweeping both pole positions for Saturday's V8 Supercars races at the Winton 400, as title leaders Red Bull endured a disastrous morning.

The Lockwood Racing driver headed an all-New Zealand sweep of both sessions, edging out Shane van Gisbergen in the first, before the pair were split by Volvo's Scott McLaughlin in the second.

All three men became the first to lap the three kilometre-long circuit in under 1-minute and 20-seconds, Coulthard making the most of the dry and sunny conditions to demolish the qualifying record by over two seconds with his 1m19.6538s.

Currently third in the V8 standings, Coulthard stands to make major inroads on points leaders Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup after the Red Bull teammates struggled.

Although Lowndes will start fourth for the first 34-lap race, he will start the second from 23rd. The story for Whincup is no better; the reigning V8 champion - who could have potentially equalled or beat Peter Brock's record number of pole positions at Winton - will start 14th and 21st.

The news wasn't much better for title rival Mark Winterbottom, who will start the opening race from 24th.

Coulthard headed a good morning for Brad Jones Racing. Reigning Dunlop Series champion Dale Wood posted his best qualifying results in V8 Supercars with third for the opening race backed up by an 11th, while Jason Bright will start from sixth and 13th.

Last year's race-winning Nissans also proved rapid, James Moffat the best performer with a fifth and a seventh.

Russell Ingall will start both races from 25th following power steering issues that prevented him from setting a quick time in either session.

GRID - V8 Supercars Race 7, Winton 400
1. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 1m20.0444s
2. Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) +0.0288s
3. Dale Wood (Holden) +0.2086s
4. Craig Lowndes (Holden) +0.3115s
5. James Moffat (Nissan) +0.3768s
6. Jason Bright (Holden) +0.5984s
7. Rick Kelly (Nissan) +0.6026s
8. Nick Percat (Holden) +0.6255s
9. Chaz Mostert (Ford) +0.6330s
10. Garth Tander (Holden) +0.6603s
11. Michael Caruso (Nissan) +0.7070s
12. Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) +0.7120s
13. Lee Holdsworth (Erebus) +0.7643s
14. Jamie Whincup (Holden) +0.8199s
15. Tim Slade (Holden) +0.8758s
16. Scott Pye (Ford) +0.9641s
17. James Courtney (Holden) +0.9212s
18. David Reynolds (Ford) +0.9249s
19. David Wall (Ford) +0.9265s
20. Will Davison (Erebus) +1.0047s
21. Todd Kelly (Nissan) +1.1362s
22. Robert Dahlgren (Volvo) +1.3412s
23. Jack Perkins (Ford) +1.3442s
24. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) +1.3968s
25. Russell Ingall (Holden) +1.4013s

GRID - V8 Supercars Race 8, Winton 400
1. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 1m19.6538s
2. Scott McLaughlin (Volvo) +0.1467s
3. Shane van Gisbergen (Holden) +0.3244s
4. Lee Holdsworth (Erebus) +0.3710s
5. David Reynolds (Ford) +0.4612s
6. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) +0.5415s
7. James Moffat (Nissan) +0.5808s
8. Tim Slade (Holden) +0.6203s
9. Chaz Mostert (Ford) +0.6246s
10. Scott Pye (Ford) +0.6256s
11. Dale Wood (Holden) +0.6463s
12. David Wall (Ford) +0.6467s
13. Jason Bright (Holden) +0.6714s
14. Will Davison (Erebus) +0.7209s
15. Michael Caruso (Nissan) +0.7560s
16. Nick Percat (Holden) +0.7824s
17. James Courtney (Holden) +0.7835s
18. Rick Kelly (Nissan) +0.8183s
19. Todd Kelly (Nissan) +0.8661s
20. Garth Tander (Holden) +0.9644s
21. Jamie Whincup (Holden) +1.0122s
22. Jack Perkins (Ford) +1.1297s
23. Craig Lowndes (Holden) +1.2734s
24. Robert Dahlgren (Volvo) +1.3589s
25. Russell Ingall (Holden) NTR

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