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The Toll Holden Racing Team duo of Garth Tander and Will Davison made an impressive fight back in Race 2 at the Hamilton 400 today, with both drivers finishing inside the top ten - Davison in seventh, Tander ninth.

They both had disappointing qualifying sessions earlier today in a revised format to determine grid positions for Race 2. A red flag ended the 20 minute dash early while on their flying lap – Davison relegated to start from 20^th, Tander lined up next to him in 19^th.

From the start of the race the two charged through the field together, chipping away at position one-by-one. They both pitted within a lap of each other for tyres and fuel and after the stops were out of the way it was a race to the end. Davison leapfrogged his team-mate after the stops to sit in 11^th with Tander back in 14^th.

A number of late race incidents allowed the two inside the top ten. Tander was closing in on local lad Greg Murphy but was unable to manoeuvre past. By lap 59 Davison claimed seventh and Tander ninth, the two happy to salvage a result and points, given where they started.

Jamie Whincup won the second race and the Dick Johnson Racing pair of Steven Johnson and James Courtney filled the other two steps on the podium.

Overall Davison picked up 216 Championship points, he slips back to third in the standings. Tander collected 156 points and now occupies eighth position in the Championship.

The next event on the calendar is Winton in North East Victoria in two weeks time.

Will Davison - #22 Toll Holden Racing Team VE Commodore (Qualifying: 20^th, 1:24.7151; Race 2: 7^th, 1:25.0698)

“It's been an up and down day for the Toll Holden Racing Team; I suppose we were the culprits of the new qualifying session earlier, but we finished seventh this afternoon, which was ok. Qualifying was very disappointing, both Garth and I had small issues out of the gate so we couldn't lay our best times down. But we made changes and were both on our best runs – good enough to get somewhere up the front – when the red flag came out. That's the nature of the new rule; it worked against us today, but will work for us another time.”

“I didn't think we'd have to fight through the field like I did yesterday because I knew we had a top three/four car, but starting 12^th and 20^th and finishing fourth and seventh I'll take those points any day. We'll make sure we are stronger at Winton!”

Garth Tander - #2 Toll Holden Racing Team VE Commodore (Qualifying: 19^th, 1:24.7090; Race 2: 9^th, 1:25.1667)

“After qualifying this morning, to get back to where we finished in ninth on such a tight, unforgiving track was pretty good. We struggled in the early part of the race again for some reason and when we made a few changes to car at the pit stop my Toll HRT Commodore was fantastic. Jason Bright held me up for a couple of laps and we lost a heap of time. We never really got a handle on the car this weekend, so it's really been a case of fighting back all the time.”

“To the Toll HRT team's credit, everyone kept fighting and we've got a lot of points and that's the main thing. It shows the resolution of this team – they never give up regardless of what's going on. It would have been great to win both races, but it doesn't always happen like that. We will just have to come out blazing at Winton.”

Hamilton 400 Race 2 results:

1. Jamie Whincup, Team Vodafone

2. James Courtney, Dick Johnson Racing

3. Steven Johnson, Dick Johnson Racing

4. Lee Holdsworth, Garry Rogers Motorsport

5. Fabian Coulthard, Wilson Security Racing

6. Michael Caruso, Garry Rogers Motorsport

7. Will Davison, Toll Holden Racing Team

8. Greg Murphy, Sprint Gas Racing

9. Garth Tander, Toll Holden Racing Team

10. Alex Davison, Stone Brothers Racing

11. David Reynolds, Bundaberg Red Racing

Hamilton 400 Qualifying results:

1. Steven Johnson, Dick Johnson Racing 1:24.1606

2. James Courtney, Dick Johnson Racing 1:24.2377

3. Steven Richards, Ford Performance Racing 1:24.2430

4. Jamie Whincup, Team Vodafone 1:24.2932

5. Michael Caruso, Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:24.2962

6. Lee Holdsworth, Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:24.3214

7. Shane Van Gisbergen, Stone Brothers Racing 1:24.3568

8. Craig Lowndes, Team Vodafone 1:24.3960

9. Fabian Coulthard, Wilson Security Racing 1:24.4171

10. Mark Winterbottom, Ford Performance Racing 1:24.4447

19. Garth Tander, Toll Holden Racing Team 1:24.7090

20. Will Davison, Toll Holden Racing Team 1:24.7151

V8 Supercar Championship Points (after 2 events):

1. Jamie Whincup, Team Vodafone – 600 points

2. Lee Holdsworth, Garry Rogers Motorsport – 498 points

3. Will Davison, Toll Holden Racing Team – 483 points

4. Steven Johnson, Dick Johnson Racing – 462 points

5. Fabian Coulthard, Wilson Security Racing – 354 points

6. Jason Richards, Brad Jones Racing – 324 points

7. Rick Kelly, Kelly Racing – 315 points

8. Garth Tander, Toll Holden Racing Team – 285 points

9. Shane Van Gisbergen, Stone Brothers Racing – 282 points

10. James Courtney, Dick Johnson Racing – 272 points