Lowndes Triumphs in Queensland

Morris had to sit in his pit box for 60 seconds for his part in the incident. After the race Morris denied culpabilty and used the Skaife defence to blame Richards for the crash.

" He should have left room for me and we both could have got through the corner." I think he could have prevented it if he had given me some room. The penalty put me a lap down so that ended any chance of a good result. It's disappointing because our car was quick for most of the race," Morris said.

Coincidentally in a support category there a similar incident happened and with different officials judging the matter it was dismissed as a racing incident. This weekend is the first time this kerb has caused problems and with two wrecked race cars I would be surprised if the kerb remains in its present configuration when the V8s return next year.

Mark Skaife's bad run continued and his comments probably sum up his underlying problem of making mistakes under pressure. "I got back in the pack and I had to use the car very hard, I was pressing on really hard and I used the tyres really hard to past Greg Murphy. I had a bit of a lunge at him and just speared off, it was my mistake, I was trying too hard, " Skaife said.

Top Ten Shootout

1 Marcos Ambrose Ford
2 Craig Lowndes Ford
3 Russell Ingall Ford
4 Todd Kelly Holden
5 Steven Richards Holden
6 Mark Skaife Holden
7 Steve Ellery Ford
8 Garth Tander Holden
9 Greg Murphy Holden
10 Max Wilson Holden

Round Seven (Queensland 300 ) Results

1 Craig Lowndes Ford 192
2 Marcos Ambrose Ford 186
3 Garth Tander Holden 180
4 Russell Ingall Ford 174
5 Steven Richards Holden 168
6 Todd Kelly Holden 162
7 Steve Ellery Ford 156
8 Greg Murphy Holden 150
9 Jason Bright Ford 144
10 Steven Johnson Ford 138
11 Glenn Seton Ford 132
12 Mark Skaife Holden 126
13 David Besnard Ford 120
14 Max Wilson Holden 114
15 Rick Kelly Holden 108
16 Craig Baird Ford 102
17 Cameron McConville Holden 96
18 Paul Dumbrell Holden 90
19 Jason Bargwanna Ford 84
20 Brad Jones Ford 78
21 Andrew Jones Holden 72
22 John Bowe Ford 66
23 Simon Wills Holden 60
24 Steve Owen Ford 54
25 Mark Winterbottom Ford 48
26 Paul Morris Holden 42
27 Matthew White Ford 36
28 Jamie Whincup Holden 30
29 Paul Radisich Holden 24
30 Anthony Tratt Holden 0
31 Paul Weel Holden 0
32 Greg Ritter Ford 0
33 Jason Richards Holden 0
34 Alex Davison Holden 0

Series Standings after Seven Rounds
1 Marcos Ambrose Ford 1166
2 Steven Richards Holden 1061
3 Russell Ingall Ford 1051

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