7 Apr 2013

Bright wins V8 race in Tasmania

5:22 pm on 7 April 2013

The veteran driver Jason Bright has scored his first V8 Supercar race in two years after taking out today's opener at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.

Bright's Commodore won the 42-lap run by 3.5 seconds from Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander.

Third was Bright's Brad Jones Racing teammate Fabian Coulthard, who won Saturday's first race.

Bright's last victory was at Winton in country Victoria in 2011.