MOTORSPORT: McLaughlin Mustang dominates again

Not even an unhelpful nerf from his teammate that sent him skittering from the track at high-speed could stop Scott McLaughlin from continuing his winning ways at the Winton Supercars outing over the weekend.

Mclaughlin won Saturday’s 120km race after that unhelpful unload by Fabian Coulthard on lap one, then went lights-to-flag for victory in Sunday’s 200km outing, this time leading his more dutiful team-mate home in a 1-2.

All that brings McLaughlin’s win tally to 10 for the season – a personal record – and he has a 244 point lead over Coulthard with Shane van Gisbergen third, albeit more than 400 points off the pace in his Red Bull Holden Racing Team Commodore ZB.

McLaughlin’s drama was part of a frantic start to the opening race and Coulthard copped a 15-second time penalty in addition to a scolding from his team, including owner Roger Penske, who took time out from Indy 500 prep to send an email on the matter to his Down Under drivers.

But the most debated part of the whole incident was the way Mclaughlin trundled across the infield from turn five to rejoin between turn eight and nine.

While it looked weird, it was all above board and McLaughlin ended up giving up only one position to slot back into third. Which is fair considering he was blameless for leaving the track.

Fellow Ford driver Chaz Mostert applied heaps of pressure to McLaughlin for much of the race but could not find a way past. On Sunday though, Mostert qualified lower down, ran off twice and was never a factor.

David Reynolds scored third for Erebus/Penrite Racing on Saturday despite a five-second penalty for nerfing Walkinshaw Andretti United James Courtney out of the lead.

He was fourth on Sunday as Jamie Whincup managed the pit strategy better to snare the final podium position.

2019 Supercar championship points