UPDATED: David Russell has been delivered his second win on the trot at Mount Panorama, after Dale Wood – who crossed the line first – was penalised post-race for contact on the opening lap. 

Wood’s five second penalty dropped him from first to fifth position when the race had finished, elevating Russell to the win for the second time this weekend.

It came following another dramatic affair at Mount Panorama with Wood initially crossing the line first having assumed the lead when Marcus Amand clipped the wall at Reid Park while leading, delivering Wood a lead he’d never lose – until the penalty.

Before being promoted, race 1 winner David Russell chased down his Equity One Pro class rival to continue his strong weekend with second, while Dylan O’Keeffe took yet more points out of title rival Harri Jones in third.

In Pro-Am, Matt Belford made it two from two to continue his charge forward in the Carrera Cup race within a race, beating home Stephen Grove and Matt Slavin.

Amand made the best start from the front row of the grid, while Wood jumped from the second row of the grid to slot in behind the international ace on the run up the hill.

Behind there was contact as Caleb Sumich clipped a recovering Lockie Bloxsom, the former’s car jumped into the air after the contact and ultimately falling out of the race.

The race was neutralised early after Sam Shahin hit the wall hard at Reid Park, his The Bend Motorsport Park Porsche pulling to a halt just before the metal grate and bringing out the Porsche Taycan Safety Car. Shahin climbed from the car under his own power.

When the race resumed, Amand pulled away on the restart and looked in control – until a big sideways moment under the tree on the sixth lap saw his TekworkX Porsche hit the wall: Amand out of the race instantly with damage to the left rear suspension following the contact – as Wood claimed the race lead.

With Russell second and ultimately promoted to the win, O’Keeffe was a safe second on ammended results to scythe more margin out of Harri Jones in the chase for this year’s championship; the current series leader only managing 10th position having started a long way down the field on account of qualifying earlier in the weekend.

With the margin more than 80 points coming into the round, it provisionally stands at less than 20 with one race remaining this weekend.

Marco Giltrap backed up his race one podium finish with third and top Porsche Michelin Junior, while Hamish Fitzsimmons continued to impress in fourth

Bayley Hall backed up his race one charge through the field with another in race two as he ended up sixth, with Clay Osborne following him home in seventh.

Glen Wood slipped from fourth on the grid to eighth at the finish while a furiously battling Oscar Targett and Harri Jones rounded out the top-10.

Matt Belford dealt with his second late-race restart to claim another Pro-Am victory, his second of the weekend, ahead of the finale’ tomorrow morning.

Stephen Grove secured second, his best result since returning to the championship earlier this season, while Matt Slavin scored his second, third-placed finish of the weekend.

Starting last, Rodney Jane salvaged championship points with a solid fourth placed finish, with Marc Cini in fifth.

The final race of the Bathurst weekend doubles as the warmup act to Sunday’s Bathurst 1000, with a 9:35am start time. The race will be broadcast live on Fox Sports, Kayo, Channel 7 and Sky NZ.