The gloves are officially off in the Supercars title fight after Shane van Gisbergen hit back at series leader Scott McLaughlin in Sunday's Ipswich SuperSprint at Queensland Raceway.
Holden's Van Gisbergen got the jump on pole-sitter McLaughlin at the start of the 200km Ipswich round's finale and went on claim line chequered flag by more than two seconds ahead of the Ford star.
Ford's Chaz Mostert was third, his first podium of 2018.
The stage is now set for a championship dog fight between 2016 series winner van Gisbergen and McLaughlin, who narrowly missed claiming his debut drivers' title last year.