Luckless Jones the 'better man' in Townsville

Townsville race victor Chris Pither says Macauley Jones was the "better man" in 2018’s fourth Dunlop Super2 Series round, following Jones' double disaster

Jones took a maiden ARMOR ALL Pole position on Saturday and looked set to turn that into a breakthrough Super2 victory.

The Brad Jones Racing driver led the first eight laps, until his DrillPro Commodore broke a right-rear damper.

He was forced to return to the pits, losing seven laps and leaving the door open for Garry Jacobson, who pounced and won the race.

In an almost carbon copy of Saturday's opener, Jones moved past polesitter Pither to take the lead on Sunday, before suffering an identical failure.

in qualifying.

"I really struggled to nail the throttle out of all the exits and with the different engine it was actually behaving a little bit different as well.

"It was one of those things, we tried to do the best we could with the challenges we had overnight."

Dumbrell has a 136-point lead over Pither in the standings with Jacobson third, 205 adrift.

Following a two-month break, the next round will take place on September 14-16, as part of the RABBLE.club Sandown 500.