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‘The rain’s crazy’: Waters claims Bathurst 1000 pole after shootout canned
The Ford driver will start at the front for Sunday’s race after Saturday’s top 10 shootout was called off due to unsafe track conditions caused by torrential rain at Mount Panorama.
- by Fraser Barton
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Top 10 shootout cancelled as Skaife back ‘mudlarks’ to prosper in Bathurst 1000
Mark Skaife says the torrential rain sweeping across Mount Panorama could turn this weekend’s race into one of the most hotly contested in years.
- by Caden Helmers
The lion’s last roar as Holden farewells Mount Panorama
The storied rivalry between Holden and Ford will come to an end on Sunday as the iconic lion badge whips around Mount Panorama for the last time.
- by Caden Helmers
Everything you need to know about the 2022 Bathurst 1000
It’s the Melbourne Cup of Australia’s motor racing world and the last time after six decades that the Ford and Holden rivalry will play out on the Mount Panorama circuit.
- by Millie Muroi
Why Scott McLaughlin is revved up for the race of his life
The three-time V8 Supercar champion had a rough ride when he moved to the US in late 2020. Now he’s aiming to win the “greatest spectacle in racing”: the Indy 500.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Love you Australia’: Ex-Supercars champ gets big win in US
Scott McLaughlin at last showed his long move from Australia to the United States was worth the gamble, getting his first IndyCar Series win on Sunday in the season-opening race through the downtown streets of St. Petersburg.
Mostert and Holdsworth surge to victory at Bathurst
Jamie Whincup could not get on the podium in his final Bathurst start, finishing fourth as Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth produced superb drives to win.
- by Michael Lynch
Curious echidna holds up race as Mostert wins Bathurst 1000
Race officials deployed a safety car after the echidna sauntered across the track as the Supercars charged round the twisting, tortuous Mount Panorama circuit.
- by Michael Lynch
Analysis
Jamie Whincup
The sliding doors moment that made Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup is a bona fide legend of the Supercars championship, but his career trajectory was not smooth, certainly at the start.
- by Michael Lynch
Mostert sets blistering pace to smash lap record for Bathurst pole
Chaz Mostert, who won the Great Race in 2014, gets a great chance to repeat on Sunday when he starts from pole position in the Bathurst 1000 after setting a new qualifying lap record.
- by Michael Lynch
Rookie Brown tames the mountain to snatch provisional Bathurst pole
Rookie racer Will Brown produced a sensational lap to top the timesheets heading into Saturday’s Top Ten Shootout at Mount Panorama.
- by Michael Lynch