Top ten for Zukanovic.

The tide has changed for the PCR/Actron Air Racing team at Winton Motor Raceway with both drivers coming away with minimal damage and strong finishes in all three Konica Minolta V8 Supercar races.

Marcus Zukanovic has finished the day seventh overall while his team-mate Kevin Mundy hung on to finish fourteenth overall, after a spin in race two cost him eleven positions.

The tide has changed for the PCR/Actron Air Racing team at Winton Motor Raceway with both drivers coming away with minimal damage and strong finishes in all three Konica Minolta V8 Supercar races.

Marcus Zukanovic has finished the day seventh overall while his team-mate Kevin Mundy hung on to finish fourteenth overall, after a spin in race two cost him eleven positions.

Zukanovic struggled with rear end grip in the first of three races and after running eleventh for most of the fourteen lap race came off at turn three losing six positions to finish seventeenth.

After starting seventh in the controversial reverse grid second race, the young Victorian driver drove sensationally to finish fourth which in turn ensured him a good grid position for race three.

A strong top ten finish in the third race sealed the rookie seventh place on the day and elevated him from sixteenth to eleventh in the championship.

"It is great to have turned things around from Adelaide," said Zukanovic. "I set myself some goals this weekend and I have achieved every one of them so I am stoked.

"My goals were to finish all three races today and finish the day inside the top ten which I did. Going forward I need to work on my race pace and consistency but I think today will help build my confidence in that area.

Zukanovic's teammate Kevin Mundy had a much harder day at the office after being collected by two cars in race two, after an oil spill sent many of the front runners across country.

Mundy worked his way through the field in the third race and sat comfortably inside the top ten for most of the twenty-four lap race. The Sydney based driver ran wide on lap twenty three and conceded three positions to finish the race twelfth and the round nineteenth, climbing six positions in the championship order.

"I am starting to feel a bit like a target," said Mundy. "It doesn't matter what I do someone seems to tip me off. I was really happy with the car this weekend, once the boys found the sensor problem it ran like a dream all weekend.

"It was good to finish all three races and come away with some good points which has moved me six spots up the championship ladder. My main goal for Eastern Creek is to get through the round without being taken off track by another car," Mundy concluded.

Team Manager Paul Cruikshank said he was pleased to have both cars finish all three races.

"After our bad luck leading into the round I am relieved both drivers finished all three races without too much damage." Cruickshank said. They both showed some really good form out there and the cars were really reliable.

The day belonged to Andrew Jones with Luke Youlden and Jose Fernandez joining him on the podium.

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