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Holden driver Jamie Whincup makes it five wins from 10 starts at Winton

Paul Gover at WintonNews Corp Australia

JAMIE Whincup has done it again scoring his fifth V8 Supercar win from 10 starts this season.

Other drivers had a chance to beat the two-time champion, but none of them were fast or smart enough to stop the title favourite doing the job when it counted.

Whincup's TeamVodafone sidekick Craig Lowndes blundered at the start and sacrificed the number one starting position, Steven Johnson led until a slow pitstop and a major driving error, and the factory cars from the Holden Racing Team were never in contention.

Whincup was third at the start but jumped to the front with a smooth pitstop on lap 14 and a series of signature quick laps, eventually coming home ahead of Lee Holdsworth in a Fujitsu Commodore and Johnson in the Jim Beam Falcon.

Rick Kelly improved from 11th to fourth, with Paul Dumbrell behind him.

V8 Supercar championship - Race 10 - Winton, 40 laps

1. Jamie Whincup, Commodore

2. Lee Holdsworth, Commodore

3. Steven Johnson, Falcon

4. Rick Kelly, Commodore

5. Paul Dumbrell, Falcon

6. Alex Davison, Falcon

7. Jason Bright, Commodore

8. James Courtney, Commodore

9. Mark Winterbottom, Falcon

10. Fabian Coulthard, Commodore