Mostert and Owen survive the storm to win race 21

Race 21 of the 2017 Supercars championship was held in extremely wet conditions, the skies opening up from dawn to dusk, with the drivers all tiptoeing around the Gold Coast circuit for the first few laps, that is apart from Andre Heimgartner who put in a superb performance to take the lead from pole sitter Chaz Mostert to lead for his entire stint.

However, it didn't take too long and cars started succumbing to the very wet track conditions that included puddles of standing water that even the best of the best monsoon tyre wold fail to disperse.

By the time all was said and done in the time certain race, it was Chaz Mostert and Steve Owen who survived the storm, and a mid-race spin, to claim victory.

Making his 100th Supercars round start, Owen led the field from Lap 1 as all co-drivers started the race. After dropping a spot on Lap 8, Owen was spun by Car 88 on Lap 29 and re-joined in fifth before handing off to Mostert on Lap 35.

“Collecting surfboards is a fair bit of fun. And it was good fun out there with guys like (Paul Dumbrell) at the front, he's sort of got his head screwed on – well, most of the time, apart from the crash – but you know you can go door-to-door with him in these conditions. You can do that and use multiple lines, it was great fun,” Owen said.

The 25-year old took the lead from Waters on Lap 63 following a restart and never looked back, beating the #6 across the line by 2.49 seconds to cliam the coveted Surfboard, which represents the trophy's handed out in this event.

“Pretty tricky conditions there for every driver,” Chaz said, “but this is probably the sketchiest track I've ever driven on in the rain. White lines, zebra crossings, crowns in the road, it was all going on out there. Just proud to get the good result for the guys because the car was very very speedy as you could see out there. It's also great for the team to get 1-2. Ford's wrapped up the manufacturer's championship too, so that's good for them as well.”

Cameron Waters and Richie Stanaway finished second with Tim Slade and Andre Heimgartner rounding out the podium.

Heading into Sunday, Mostert and Owen now lead the Enduro Cup standings with Waters and Stanaway 12 points behind in second place. Mostert also clipped 102 points out of his deficit to Fabian Coulthard's championship lead on Saturday, and now sits just 121 points out of first with five races remaining.

Saturday's race 21 results.