2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400

Race details
Round 13 of 14 in the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship on the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit at Phillip Island, Victoria.
Date	14–16 November 2014
Location	Phillip Island, Victoria
Course	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 4.445 km
Distance	91 (2 x 23, 1 x 45) laps, 404 km
Weather	Fine, Overcast
colspan="4" style="background-color:"#E2F0E8;" | Pole
Driver	R33: Scott McLaughlin R34: Jamie Whincup R35: Jamie Whincup		Garry Rogers Motorsport Triple Eight Race Engineering Triple Eight Race Engineering
Time	R33: 1:31.3935 R34: 1:31.0578 R35: 1:31.1812
Race 1
First	Scott McLaughlin	36:00.0974	Garry Rogers Motorsport
Second	Craig Lowndes	36:00.4736	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Third	Jamie Whincup	36:01.0217	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Race 2
First	Jamie Whincup	35:54.1514	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Second	Craig Lowndes	35:57.7454	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Third	Mark Winterbottom	36:00.5260	Ford Performance Racing
Race 3
First	Scott McLaughlin	1:13:59.6920	Garry Rogers Motorsport
Second	Garth Tander	1:14:00.1440	Holden Racing Team
Third	Mark Winterbottom	1:14:04.6740	Ford Performance Racing

The 2014 Plus Fitness Phillip Island 400 was a motor race meeting for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the thirteenth and penultimate event of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 14–16 November at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, at Phillip Island, Victoria.

It was a horrible start to the weekend for Kiwis Shane Van Gisbergen and Fabian Coulthard as they came together after turn 1 at the start Race 33 Qualifying. Fellow Kiwi Scott McLaughlin claimed pole for Race 33 and converted it to a win. Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mates Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup finished second and third respectively.

Whincup managed to claim pole and win for Race 34. The win for Whincup also meant that he secured the 2014 Championship, and his sixth V8 Supercar Championship title. Closest championship rivals Lowndes finished the race in second place and Mark Winterbottom in third place.

Whincup and McLaughlin started on the front row for Race 35, but it was McLaughlin who took the lead from Whincup at turn 2 on the first lap. At a quarter race distance, the Safety Car was called out after David Wall ran wide at the final turn. This meant that all cars were called in to do mandatory pit stops, as well as Garth Tander taking the lead from McLaughlin in the process. Tander and McLaughlin remained together for the rest of the race until the final lap. After the final corner on the last lap, Tander's car ran out of fuel. This allowed McLaughlin to snatch the lead only metres before the finish line and take the race win, with Tander coasting to second place. Winterbottom narrowly beat pole sitter Whincup to the line to finish third.

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