Ford's Scott McLaughlin has extended his Supercars series lead after claiming first blood at the Ipswich SuperSprint at Queensland Raceway on Saturday.
Pole sitter McLaughlin was never threatened in the 39-lap opener, taking line honours more than four seconds ahead of nearest title threat, Holden's Shane van Gisbergen.
McLaughlin claimed his seventh win of the year and 23rd of his career.
He extended his series lead from 131 to 143 points over van Gisbergen ahead of Sunday's 65-lap Ipswich finale.
Crowd favourite Craig Lowndes was third after starting the grid at 10th.
Remarkably it was Lowndes' 23rd podium finish in 45 races at Ipswich.