Mark Skaife was seventh, with Ford Performance Racing's Steven Richards eighth, followed by Fabian Coulthard and Cameron McConville.
"My race weekend has been a bit disappointing. The car clearly had good pace and as the fuel was going off it was just getting better and better. It seems that every time we make progress we end up having to recover from one situation or another," said Richards, who was involved in a racing accident with Skaife in race 2, when the Holden man out-braked himself and went into the back of the FPR Falcon.
"With the Skaife, I couldn’t see what was going on behind me. All I know is I was on the inside of him and then got a shove from behind. You’re already on the edge through that corner so any contact will turn you around."
McConville also had a fight with Skaife: "Our car was more consistent today on the rear tyres. We had an awesome pit stop and passed Dumbrell and Skaife in race 2 to finish ninth. The top ten is where my car should be," he added.
"In the third race I battled with Skaife from the start and after the stop. Unfortunately I locked-up the right front into Turn 6 and lost 5 spots. I got back past Steven Johnson but the damage was done. Overall though a top ten is good result."
Of the rest Lee Holdsworth came in eleventh, while Craig Lowndes completed the top 12 having fought his way back up from a lowly 28th in race 1. Indeed Lowndes gained 16 places in race 2 and then finished 14th in race 3.
"I really had fun out there in the first race today," said Lowndes. "In some ways it reminded me of my go-karting days. I had an awesome start, which set me up well for a good result. Whilst I did not have great straight line speed we did recover from the engine misfire of yesterday and I hope I have now put all my bad luck behind me."
Former Championship driver Dean Canto meanwhile won the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series event ahead of another ex-main game driver Steve Owen and Seven’s Grant Denyer.
The V8 Supercar Championship now moves to Winton Raceway in Victoria in just under a fortnight’s time.
