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Red Bull's Craig Lowndes has converted his hard fought pole position into a crushing race one victory at Symmons Plains to open his 2015 V8 Supercars account.

Red Bull's Craig Lowndes will start race one from pole-position at Symmons Plains after coming out on top in a bruising V8 Supercars qualifying battle.

1. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 50 laps 46mins 05.2365secs 2. Craig Lowndes 888/Vodafone Ford 50 laps 3. Todd Kelly Perkins/Jack Daniel's Holden 50 laps 4. Mark Winterbottom FPR/Ford Credit Ford 50 laps

1. Todd Kelly Perkins/Jack Daniel's Holden 50 laps 52mins 25.8991secs 2. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 50 laps 3. Mark Winterbottom FPR/Ford Credit Ford 50 laps 4. Will Davison DJR/Jim Beam Ford 50 laps

There were tears of joy in the Jack Daniel's Racing camp after Todd Kelly came from the heavens to win the first race in the Falken Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains on Saturday.

Just two rounds away from the end of his full-time racing career, Mark Skaife will reach another milestone in his career this weekend as the V8 Supercar Championship heads to Symmons Plains.

Having made his debut in the Sandown and Bathurst endurance events with Jack Daniel's Racing, Fujitsu V8 Supercar front runner Shane Price has been offered a chance to further showcase his talents for Paul Morris' Sirromet Wines team at Symmons Plains.

David Besnard has finally been awarded a race victory, a week after he was relegated to 18th place in a controversial end to the Tasmania Triple Challenge at Symmons Plains.

Usually Marcos Ambrose is the man to talk through a lap of the circuits on the V8 Supercar calendar - but this time the job falls to Stone Brothers Racing teammate Russell Ingall ahead of this weekends race at Symmons Plains...