Tander takes triple treat in Tassie

Teammate Rick Kelly finished third overall, earning the HSV Dealer Team's first round win since Greg Murphy won the Indy meeting on the Gold Coast in 2004.

Team Manager Ron Crawford attributed the success to neat work in the pit stops. "We owe it to the drivers to get them back in circulation as fast as possible," he said. "The whole team did a fantastic job. Garth drove like a dog chasing a postman and Rick was right behind him. It doesn't get much better."

Tander, Kelly and Richards all broke the race lap record during the final race, with Richards taking the final honours.

After the meeting Tander said: "Three wins from three starts -- it doesn't get much better than that. The car was fantastic all weekend and we didn't change a thing all the way through -- the car just got better and better as the track rubbered in. I have to thank the guys for doing a fantastic job all weekend. We missed pole by just 100th of a second and went on to win all three races, so we can't ask for too much more than that. Richo and I had a really good race.

"Although it wasn't always that close, if you had a bad lap two laps in a row, you would have a battle on your hands. We were both putting 120 per cent, and it was great. For us it was a matter of going hard early, building a little bit of a buffer and pitting early and fast to maintain the lead. It has been a long time between drinks, but it is great. The reason for switching to HSV Dealer Team this season was to win races, and since Darwin, we have been a consistent top five runner."

The HSV Dealer Team expects a good result at the final round, to be held at Phillip Island -- the team's test track -- 25-27 November.