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Shane Van Gisbergen wins decisive victory over Supercars in Townsville on Sunday as Red Bull Holden Racing Team finishes a dominant weekend
Holden driver Shane Van Gisbergen
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After clinching pole position earlier in the day, Van Gisbergen emerged victorious from the race with his team-mate Jamie Whincup. the Reid Park circuit wins its first victory since the beginning of the season in Adelaide in March
A safety car within 10 laps of the end, after Nissan Nissan Caruso was placed in a tire barrier after contact with the rookie of Erebus Anton de Pasquale, He finished the race with a five-lap sprint but the Red Bull duo held Scott McLaughlin in check for the result.
Victory means Van Gisbergen (1902 points) leads the leader in the McLaughlin Championship (2033) by 131 points.
This result was good for McLaughlin who started the race in seventh place and who fell back to eleventh place at the end of the first lap
The DJR Team Penske's driver has the strategy of helping He ends the day with a podium.
Whincup doubled his winning performance on Saturday finishing second while the Red Bulls swept all in front of them in North Queensland.
The Red Bull Holden Racing Team finished in second place Whincup now occupies fourth place on the championship ladder leading to the Ipswich SuperSprint at Queensland Raceway later this month.
Craig Lowndes finished an emotional weekend in which he confirmed 2018 his last full-time Supercars season with a fourth place finish.
Veteran Holden was skipped by Whincup in the standings but remains looking for a fourth career championship.
Bathurst champion David Reynolds was sixth in the championship standings.
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