It was Todd Kelly's twenty-sixth birthday, and what a way to celebrate as he and team-mate Mark Skaife took the #2 HRT Holden Commodor🍰e to victory in an incident strewn Australian V8 Supercar Series Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Mount Panorama.

A sea of red took to the track🅰 after Skaife took his fifth and Todd Kelly took his first race win, one that was gained by shrewd tac൲tics whilst those around diced and and crashed.

Pole-sitter Craig Lowndes put himself out of the running early by pushing hard in the lead and damaging his rear suspension and then was an innocent party as a Paul Dumbrell wheel bounced on to his Betta Electrical Falcon meaning Lowndes and team-mate Yvan Muller drove Peter Brock 1985 style with no frౠont or rear screens.

Marcos Ambrose most certainly and Warren Luff allegedly failed to wear a balaclava meaning pitlane penalties, but that was nothing compared to the smash caused late in the race as Ambrose capitalised on a mistake from Greg Murphy ahead going 🍎up the Mountain after one of many safety car periods. Murph's mistake left a door open, but the pair couldn't get through the next corner as neither conceded and a big smash wrecked their chances for finishing, and those of many behind tooไ.

It was then a race to the finish between Mark Skaife and Jason Richards, one that Skaife won comfortably. Another race, indeed, at Mount Panoraꩲma whi💮ch will be talked about for years.

Top ten
1. Mark Skaife / Todd Kelly
2. Jason Richards / Jamie Whincup
3. Steven Ellery / Adam Macrow
4. Cameron McConville / Andrew Jones
5. Russell Ingall / Luke Youlden
6. Nathan Pretty / Owen Kelly
7. John Cleland / Dale Brede
8. Dave Besnard / Craig Baird
9. Glenn Seton / Dean Canto
10. John Faulkner / Alan Gurr