It was held on the weekend of 7 to 9 March at Eastern Creek Raceway, in the outer suburbs of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.

The Holden Racing Team secured the front row, Garth Tander taking the pole from Mark Skaife.

Rick Kelly made a 1-2-3 for the extended Walkinshaw Performance operation with series leader Jamie Whincup the leading Ford in fourth place.

The field was bunched together at the finish after a late race safety car period after a tyre failure caused Steven Richards to crash his Falcon into the barriers at 150 km/h.

The car was destroyed and the team had to revert to a spare for the next race, the Grand Prix support event at Albert Park.