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Lap by Lap: Race 27

25 Aug 2013
James Courtney has led from pole position to beat Fabian Coulthard and Chaz Mostert home in the final race at Winton Raceway.
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Holden Racing Team's James Courtney will start from ARMOR ALL Pole Position with Jason Bright alongside for the final race of the Winton 360. Chaz Mostert and Scott McLaughlin – young guns and race winners at the last event – start on the second row. 

Last race winner Mark Winterbottom is back in the pack, starting from 19th on the grid.

Courtney and Mostert great starts, Bright and McLaughlin terrible starts. Jack Daniel's Todd Kelly's car off on the in-field. Pedders STP Safety Car to be deployed. Looks as if it was Whincup who made contact and Kelly has hit the wall on the in-field.

Scott Pye's car on fire, off the road. Pye out of the car, which is parked near pitlane. Pye was heading into the pits after damage off the start.

Car now being wheeled into the garage. 

Restart – Courtney leads Mostert, Will Davison, Tander, Bright, D'Alberto, McLaughlin, Reynolds, Coulthard, Moffat top 10. 

David Wall has been given a 10 second time penalty after a false start. 

L5 Courtney's set the fastest lap of the race with a 1min23.7870sec, only drivers in the '23s'. 

D'Alberto pushing on despite earlier report of suspected flat tyre. 

L8 Winterbottom down in 21st. Engel turned around, lucky to miss the fence. Incident with Webb under investigation. 

L10 No further action will be taken on the contact with Webb and Engel.

L12 Bright putting pressure on Tander for fourth. Courtney still leads with a 1.4263sec lead over Mostert. Will Davison follows.

Whincup currently 16th, Lowndes 10th. Will Davison the highest placed of the top six in the Championship. 

L17 Reynolds passes McLaughlin, who drops off the road and is overtaken by Coulthard. Reynolds ahead of the kiwi pair in sixth. 

L21 Courtney continues to lead with a gap of 2.7814sec, over Mostert. 

L22 High speed contact, Rick Kelly in the middle of the circuit off at turn five, after contact with Mark Winterbottom. Safety Car called.

L23 Fiore, Whincup, Premat, Slade pitting. Tander, Coulthard, Lowndes, Wall, Van Gisbergen, Winterbottom pitting. 

L24 Coulthard the first of those who pitted rejoined in 13th. 

Post race investigation contact between Winterbottom and Rick Kelly. 

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It's Courtney, Mostert, Will Davison, Bright, Reynolds at the restart. If Will stays in this position, he'll move to second in the Championship. 

L26 Lowndes up the inside of Holdsworth for 14th. 

L27 Bright in the mud. 

Behind the Pedders STP Safety Car – Courtney, Mostert, Will Davison, Reynolds, Moffat, Blanchard, D'Alberto, Caruso, Coulthard, Webb. 

Coulthard already up four positions since pitting and Webb and Tander are behind him. 

Restart lap 29 and Courtney fires away.

Coulthard up to seventh passing D'Alberto. 

L31 Webb off and rejoins in 23rd. 

Two Red Bull and two Fujitsu GRM cars all battling, Lowndes ahead for 13th. 

L32 Will Davison off and has rejoined... showing at the top of the timing. He's complained of something greasy on the track and has rejoined in p3 where he was.

L33 Couthard has passed Davison for third. Tander also up past Reynolds, for fifth. 

Tander past Will Davison for fourth and Coulthard trying the pass on Mostert... 

Final lap – Coulthard's passed Mostert for p2. 

Huge battle between Tander and Mostert, but Mostert holds on to stand on the podium. 

Courtney leads from the front, with Coulthard and Mostert behind. Courtney the 12th winner this season. 

Following are Tander, van Gisbergen, Will Davison, Reynolds, Moffat, Blanchard, Lowndes top 10. 

Whincup 13, McLaughlin 14, Winterbottom 17.

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