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IN A race that started with a Gold Coast preacher blessing the entire field, it was Craig Lowndes who walked away feeling most blessed.
Despite entering the Gold Coast 600 - an event he calls "my Achilles heel" - trailing in the V8 Supercar Championship by 120 points, Lowndes today wakes leading Red Bull Racing stablemate Jamie Whincup by six.
And he's there after dominating a chaotic weekend where the damage bill was around $1.5 million. Where even a V8 official was hospitalised with severe burns after the garaged Jack Daniels car he was observing spat dry ice on his ankle.
Having won the Saturday race with co-driver Warren Luff, the Red Bull team then finished eighth yesterday to also claim the Pirtek Endurance Cup.
The results takes Lowndes to 2549 championship points with two rounds still to race - ahead of Whincup (2543), Mark Winterbottom (2461) and Will Davison (2428).
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"If you told me coming into the Gold Coast 600 we'd walk away leading the championship I wouldn't have believed you," Lowndes said last night.
"I said this weekend, this event, was my Achilles heel and I've managed to make up 120 points on Jamie. So for me it's been a fantastic weekend."
Narrowly avoiding a crash with Scott Pye midway through the race, Lowndes conceded he had enjoyed some luck inside a racetrack dubbed 'The Bullring'.
"It was one days of those where we all had some near misses," he said. "We had some battles going on throughout the day but we finished strongly which was great.
"But as far as the championship goes, it isn't over yet. Anything is still possible. There's no doubt Jamie will fight as well as Ford Performance Racing.
"But we've now got Philip Island and then Sydney which are two tracks I really like."
Despite Whincup describing the new Endurance Cup trophy as meaningless on Saturday evening, both Lowndes and Luff insisted they not only supported the concept, but were happy to walk away with the giant, silver trophy made up of car parts.
"Importantly, it also means Craig is now leading the championship," Luff added. "It's been a great weekend for the team and for him."
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