Dramatic Phillip Island win for Tander

Defending champion Garth Tander and Will Davison claimed a dramatic victory in the
Phillip Island 500 on Sunday when leader Craig Lowndes suffered tyre problems on the
final lap.
Lowndes, in a Ford, pulled off a masterly pass on Tander with 15 of the 113 laps
remaining to seize the lead and was cruising to the finish line until turn six of
the final lap of the V8 Supercars event.
As his front tyre began flapping badly Lowndes had no choice but to let Tander
through and the Holden star went on to win by 2.6 seconds.
Mark Winterbottom and Steve Richards, who started from pole, were third in their
Ford Performance Racing Falcon.
Earlier experienced Supercar racer Cameron McConville survived a terrifying 250 km/h
out-of-control ride on Sunday before slamming "once a year drivers."
McConville's Team BOC Holden and the Commodore of part-time driver Steve Owen
clashed at high-speed on lap 21 near the island circuit's high speed turn one while
racing side-by-side in the enduro.
The collision rocked McConville's car off all four wheels before he speared across
the track backwards, through grass and a gravel pit which barely slowed the car.
He swept across part of the track close to turn three and was narrowly missed by the
Holden of David Besnard, who was stunned to see the obstacle hurtling across the
track in front of him.
McConville's broken car finally came to a rest and he was unhurt, but furious at
what he called the "stupid" action of Owen, claiming he was engaging in "amateurish"
tactics with almost 90 laps remaining.