John Bowe and Brad Jones finished in first and second, earning the first win for the reformed BJR effort BOC Racing in the second V8 Supercar race at Albert Park.
Todd Kelly and Marcos Ambrose were at the head of the field for race two at Melbourne's Albert Park on Saturday afternoon. Inclement weather throughout the day saw that the circuit was flooded for the race start, making full-wet tyres the standard choice for all but one team.
Ambrose started poorly, losing three positions going into turn one as Mark Skaife, Jason Bright and Russell Ingall passed the Pirtek Falcon. Greg Ritter was the only man to leave the circuit at the first turn, after being squeezed off by the thirty-two car field.
Ambrose re-passed Ingall in the first sector, and many other drivers were attempting to gain position, including Paul Weel, who lost control after receiving a touch from a competitor. Weel was stopped on the circuit, facing the wrong way, leaving team-mate Greg Murphy no option but to leave the circuit, where his car slid across the slick grass into the concrete barriers that frame the Melbourne circuit.
It was obvious that the safety car was to be deployed, though before it was officially called to duty, Ambrose took swift action, passing Jason Bright.
As the field closed-up waiting for the safety-car to guide the horde of V8 entrants through the mess left by the stricken Super Cheap Auto entrants, race leader Todd Kelly was attempting to maintain ideal temperatures in his tyres when he clipped a ripple strip, sending the car sliding into the inside concrete barrier on the main straight.
Kelly was forced to pit, taking the lead HRT Commodore out of contention, leaving Mark Skaife the difficult task of holding Ambrose, Bright and Ingall at bay.
