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Jim Beam Racing's Will Davison broke through for his maiden V8 Supercar race win at Eastern Creek this afternoon, and then went on to claim his first round win in V8 Supercars.  

The race and round win is the first for Dick Johnson's team since 2001, breaking a seven year drought and highlighting the improvement and determination of a team well and truly on the rise in 2008.

Following on from a brilliant start in Saturday's opening race, Davison jumped Garth Tander off the line to claim a race lead he never surrendered throughout race two, comfortably driving the number 18 Jim Beam Falcon to victory ahead of Mark Winterbottom.

Starting from pole for race three Davison had to deal with wearing tyres for much of the final race, eventually crossing in sixth position to seal the round win for Jim Beam Racing.

Today's results catapult Davison to fifth on the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship points table after two rounds.

Will Davison Quotes

"Amazing effort by the entire team, this is a sweet victory and I am as pleased for everyone at Jim Beam racing as I am for myself.

"We really lost our tyres in that last race so to hold on for the round win is a feeling I can't quite describe it's just unbelievable.

"Things are reall looking up for Jim Beam Racing, we are definitely going places this year."

Steve Johnson Quotes

"It was a bit of a disappointing weekend for me personally; however I'm thrilled for the team and Will.

"Hopefully we can sort things out and I'll be back up front in New Zealand, I started the year well at Clipsal so there is no reason we can't continue on in a similar fashion."

Dick Johnson Quotes

"It's just an amazing feeling to have that buzz around the garage again; it was a well deserved victory for everyone and Will has done a brilliant job this weekend.

"It's been a while between wins, I'm just extremely proud of the team, we have stuck together and this result is a testament to the hard work of everyone at Jim Beam Racing."

V8 Supercar Top Five after Round Two at Eastern Creek Raceway

1. Jamie Whincup          Team Vodafone            540 points

2. Rick Kelly                 HSV Dealer Team         432

3. Lee Holdsworth         Valvoline Cummins        426

4. Mark Winterbottom     FPR                              382

4. Will Davison             Jim Beam Racing         356

ROUND 3 TOP THREE

1. Will Davison             Jim Beam Racing         356

2. Mark Winterbottom   FPR                              244

3. Garth Tander            Toll HRT                       242