Tickford Racing driver Waters took maximum advantage of pole position to jump into an immediate lead and took early control the race, to take his second win of the season, and just the third for Ford.
But to do so he had hold off a charging van Gisbergen. The three-time Supercars champion was clearly the best of the Chevrolet drivers during the race, and he had to work hard after running fifth early in the race.
But superior tyre management allowed him to pick off cars over the second half of the race, taking second from David Reynolds with 10 laps remaining.
“Unbelievable, it has been such a shocking year. The emotion on my team’s face says it all-important,” said Waters, who started from pole for the 22nd time in his career.
“I had a bit of fuel saving to do and some tyre saving. He got to my rear bar but he was never going to pass me.”
Source: Autosport