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Courtney has backed off his charge and settled into his place, the Jas Richards car is 6th.

this is traditionally the phase of the race where everyone seems to take their first deep breath since the flag dropped, and take stock of the situation, remap strategy, crunch the fuel numbers etc

Having said that Courtney is back on the charge, and pressuring Dumbrell

L44 Courtney pressing Dumbrell hard for 3rd

Ingall a distant 5th

There is a 30kmh westerly blowing along pit straight

The Dunlop Technicians are saying the debris on the track is causing the tyre problems

L 47 Courtney into third and immediately gaps Dumbrell, Bowe runs wide thru the Chase

Lowndes is 7th behind Canto, Ingall is gaining on Dumbrell.
The Lowndes car pitted on the 3rd safety car, most pitted on the 2nd, they could be in good shape for the last 30 laps

This is a slow race now

The track temp is causing tyre pressures to rise too much for some.

They are running in the high 10s

L52, positions the same,Morrris/Ellery in 8th. Courtney is doing low 10s, the rest are into the 11s

L54 Courtney continues to push

L57 Kelly pits, brake change, driver change.
McConville pits,Murph takes over, brake change