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After Marcus Zukanovic secured the Ebanc Trade Commodore Cup National Series by winning the first of the eighth round three races at Eastern Creek, he went on with the job, taking out the last round for 2006. Christian D'Agostin secured second in the series while third became a four-way tussle that went down to the wire.

The second of three races ended prematurely when Denis Pana's VS Commodore burst into flames shortly after half distance. The cabin was engulfed by fire which was suspected to have been trigged by oil from a blown gearbox becoming ignited.

Immediately Pana escaped the flame and fume filled cabin he laid prone on the ground, sparking immediate concerns for his welfare. But he was soon attended by medical staff and was diagnosed okay after receiving oxygen.

D'Agostin team mate Geoff Fontaine was third in the early part before Daniel Richert found a way past. The pair was closely followed by the duelling Michael Graham and Stephen White with a gap to Ashley Cooper.

David Gittus' chances of leaving the series with a third place overall received a more than a dent when he was caught up in a second corner (on the opening lap) tangle with Adam Lloyd and Brett Holdsworth.

Lloyd was out on the spot, Holdsworth continued while Gittus was eventually summoned to the pits to effect repairs.

D'Agostin led the third and final race of the season until Zukanovic executed a precision move in the breaking area at turn two on lap three.

A miscue at turn three a couple of laps later by the initial race leader, allowed the hotly pursuing Fontaine and Graham through. Bates was also able to get by but D'Agostin won fourth back with a lap to go.

Bates was right behind at the end and just ahead of Holdsworth who secured third by the barest of margins and clear of series Gittus. Lloyd was eighth and the first of the VH's, just ahead of rivals Allan Hill and Chris Stevenson.

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EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP ROUND EIGHT RACE TWO 6 laps (red flagged)

1 Christian D'Agostin VIC VS Commodore 12:43.8696

2 Marcus Zukanovic (VIC) VS Commodore 12:45.0010

3 Daniel Richert (VIC) VS Commodore 12:46.0001

4 Geoff Fontaine (VIC) VS Commodore 12:47.3911

5 Michael Graham (VIC) VS Commodore 12:49.7127

6 Stephen White (VIC) VS Commodore 12:50.6050

7 Ashley Cooper (NSW) VS Commodore 12:51.5129

8 Tony Bates (VIC) VS Commodore 12:52.6938

9 Brett Holdsworth (VIC) VS Commodore 12:53.4208

10 Jason Domaschenz (VIC) VS Commodore 12:54.9555

11 Allan Hill (NSW) VH Commodore 12:56.2968

12 Chris Stevenson (VIC) VS Commodore 12:57.1036

13 Brian Bancroft (NSW) VS Commodore 12:58.2264

14 Michael Fairlie (NSW) VS Commodore 12:59.4477

DNF David Gittus (VIC) VS Commodore 5 laps

DNF Denis Pana (NSW) VS Commodore 4 laps

DNF Ross McGregor (VIC) VS Commodore 3 laps

DNF Adam Lloyd (NSW) VH Commodore 0 laps

EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP ROUND EIGHT RACE THREE 9 laps

1 Marcus Zukanovic (VIC) VS Commodore 16:23.8670

2 Geoff Fontaine (VIC) VS Commodore 16:24.7239

3 Michael Graham (VIC) VS Commodore 16:24.8528

4 Christian D'Agostin VIC VS Commodore 16:28.1006

5 Tony Bates (VIC) VS Commodore 16:28.4663

6 Brett Holdsworth (VIC) VS Commodore 16:29.2360

7 David Gittus (VIC) VS Commodore 16:40.3717

8 Adam Lloyd (NSW) VH Commodore 16:54.9504

9 Allan Hill (NSW) VH Commodore 16:58.2953

10 Chris Stevenson (VIC) VS Commodore 16:59.9489

11 Michael Fairlie (NSW) VS Commodore 8 laps

12 Ashley Cooper (NSW) VS Commodore 7 laps

DNF Stephen White (VIC) VS Commodore 8 laps

DNF Brian Bancroft (NSW) VS Commodore 4 laps

DNF Daniel Richert (VIC) VS Commodore 3 laps

EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP FINAL POINTS (after 8 rounds)

1-Zukanovic 1096, 2-D'Agostin 974, 3-Holdsworth 877, 4-Gittus 870, =5-Richert 867,=5-Bates 867, 7-Graham 798, 8-Cooper 730, 9-Hill 677, 10-White 576, 11-McGregor 560, 12-Fontaine 541, 13-Lloyd 383, 14-Parker 367, 15-Bancroft 298, 16-Orr 283, 17-Collins 268, 18-Kavich 257, 19-Stevenson 252, 20-Bancroft 235, 21-Watters 231, 22-Domaschenz 216, 23-Cone 184, 24-Parker 178, 25-Pana 172, 26-Harewood 164, 27-Fairlie 81, 28-Simpson 78, 29-Russo 74m 30-Langworthy 70.

EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP SEASON RESULTS

ROUND ONE - WAKEFIELD PARK - MAR 04-05

Race 1: D'Agostin, Gittus, Richert; Race 2: D'Agostin, Richert, Gittus; Race 3: D'Agostin, Richert, Gittus.

ROUND TWO - ORAN PARK - MAY 06-07

Race 1: Richert, D'Agostin, Zukanovic; Race 2: D'Agostin, Richert, Holdsworth; Race 3: Holdsworth, Richert, Zukanovic.

ROUND THREE - PHILLIP ISLAND - MAY 21-22

Race 1: Zukanovic, Holdsworth, D'Agostin; Race 2: Richert, Zukanovic, Holdsworth; Race 3: Richert, Zukanovic, Bates.

ROUND FOUR - MALLALA - JUN 24-25

Race 1: Zukanovic, Holdsworth, Bates; Race 2: Zukanovic, Holdsworth, Graham; Race 3: Zukanovic, Holdsworth, D'Agostin.

ROUND FIVE - EASTERN CREEK - JUL 08-09

Race 1: Zukanovic, D'Agostin, Holdsworth; Race 2: Zukanovic, D'Agostin, Holdsworth; Race 3: D'Agostin, Zukanovic, Gittus.

ROUND SIX - PHILLIP ISLAND - AUG 19-20

Race 1: Zukanovic, Graham, Bates; Race 2: Zukanovic, Graham, Gittus; Race 3: Graham, Holdsworth, D'Agostin.

ROUND SEVEN - ORAN PARK - OCT 28-29

Race 1: Zukanovic, Richert, Bates; Race 2: Zukanovic, Bates, Cooper; Race 3: Zukanovic, Bates, Richert.

ROUND EIGHT - EASTERN CREEK - NOV 25-26

Race 1: Zukanovic, D'Agostin, Graham; Race 2: D'Agostin, Zukanovic, Richert; Race 3: Zukanovic, D'Agostin, Richert.

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