McLaughlin holds on for Townsville Dunlop Series win

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Speedcafe5:58pm 7 July 2012

Scott McLaughlin V8 Development Series

Scott McLaughlin has held out a charging Nick Percat to take the opening Dunlop Series race win of the weekend in Townsville.

McLaughlin shot to the lead off the startline, and set about building a healthy advantage while Luke Youlden, Percat and Chaz Mostert battled for second.

Percat faced a 3.7s deficit to the leader when he finally displaced Youlden for second on Lap 8 of 14, but was just 0.75s in arrears at the chequered flag.

The result sees McLaughlin overtake Mostert in the points standings to take the series lead.

Mostert fell from pole to fourth thanks to a poor start, but followed Percat past Youlden to score third.

Scott Pye and Ash Walsh also made their way around the fading Youlden late in the going to take fourth and fifth respectively.

Tim Blanchard, David Russell, Andrew Jones and George Miedecke rounded out the top 10.

Marcus Zukanovic and Michael Hector were the only non-finishers, with the latter having made contact with the Turn 11 tyre barrier on the opening lap.

See below for the full Race 1 result

1 Fujitsu Racing Scott McLaughlin Ford Falcon FG 14 17:43.0992
2 Coates Hire Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore VE2 14 17:43.8489
3 Ford Performance Racing Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG 14 17:46.5588
4 Triple Eight Race Engineering Scott Pye Holden Commodore VE 14 17:50.0115
5 Simpro Racing Ashley Walsh Ford Falcon BF 14 17:51.1459
6 Glabal Welding Supplies Luke Youlden Ford Falcon BF 14 17:53.1700
7 Jaylec Automotive Electrical Tim Blanchard Ford Falcon FG 14 17:53.6969
8 Dreamtime Racing David Russell Holden Commodore VE 14 17:54.2638
9 Kitten Racing Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE 14 17:54.9656
10 Bob Jane T-Marts/Sitech George Miedecke Ford Falcon BF 14 17:58.2489
11 Bob Jane T-Marts Rodney Jane Ford Falcon FG 14 18:01.8606
12 Dreamtime Racing Cameron Waters Holden Commodore VE 14 18:06.7890
13 GB Galvanizing/Wilson Tech Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE 14 18:07.3680
14 Go Karts Go Aaren Russell Ford Falcon BF 14 18:08.8156
15 Go Karts Go Drew Russell Ford Falcon BF 14 18:09.8773
16 Drill Pro Daniel Jilesen Ford Falcon BF 14 18:11.6258
17 R & J Batteries Geoff Emery Holden Commodore VE 14 18:12.3158
18 Minda Motorsport Elliot Barbour Holden Commodore VE2 14 18:14.9700
19 Formula Tech/Interquip Racing Brett Stewart Holden Commodore VE 14 18:34.4012
20 Pacific Hoists Nandi Kiss Holden Commodore VE 14 18:56.8146
21 Solo Resource Recovery Aaron McGill Ford Falcon BF 13 17:50.3330
22 Berocca Performance Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 13 18:29.1242
DNF ABC Towing Marcus Zukanovic Holden Commodore VE 12 15:25.4910
DNF Carrington Equipment Group Michael Hector Ford Falcon BF 10 18:22.5137

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