Van Gisbergen passed Bright on lap 12 and began to pull away from him but could not catch Dumbrell, who was pulling away from the field. Whincup pitted on lap 139, one lap before Winterbottom and Lowndes, who had hit the wall coming out of Forrests Elbow but did not damage the car. The safety car was called again on lap 85 after Murphy ran wide going into Reid Park and made heavy contact with the wall. This year’s Bathurst 1000 marks five years since arguably the greatest race around Mount Panorama in the Supercars era, a race that saw two first-time winners crowned at polar opposite ends of their career timelines.Ten safety car periods, just under eight hours from flag-to-flag and a last lap pass for the lead marked the 2014 edition of the Great Race as an instant classic that will stay in the minds of those who witnessed it for a very long time.It was a race that sparked conversations in workplaces and schools the next day, having run overtime thanks to an unprecedented mid-race break which saw the final laps unfold at a time when most people were tuning in to watch the news, only to find one of the best touring car races coming to a dramatic climax.Part one of this feature will detail the lead up to the race itself, with three days of practice and qualifying providing crucial context of just how insane Sunday’s 1000km race really was.The Supercars field rolled on to the track for the first time on Thursday morning, having their first laps on the resurfaced circuit since the old surface was replaced late in 2013.Over the weekend the track surface would soon become a talking point. On lap 157, Tander made a move at the Chase but he went in too deep, pushing Bright wide and allowing Lowndes into third place. David Wall had a similar problem several laps later.The car of Scott Pye and Paul Morris had used its fuel strategy to great effect to be in contention for a top five finish, with Morris pitting from third place on lap 138 to hand the car over to Pye.
The session would set positions eleven to twenty-nine on the grid, with the top ten drivers advancing to the Top 10 Shootout held on Saturday afternoon. Steven Johnson had a problem with his cool suit which had frozen while Jonathon Webb lost the driver's side window on his car. However, the car of Mostert and Wood was given a pit lane drive-through penalty for not being jacked up while refuelling was taking place, though Mostert later claimed he saw the car up on the jacks.Meanwhile, Paul Dumbrell had made a good start from pole while Mark Winterbottom bogged down and dropped to the back of the top ten. But the winning cars remain superb, powerful examples of the kind of vehicle an … McLaughlin and Bright also pitted on this lap for the final time. Whincup began to push harder with two laps to go, dropping a wheel off the track coming out of the Chase on lap 160. Lap 54 saw cars coming in to complete their third pit stops, with Will Davison taking over from Owen while Luff handed over to Lowndes on lap 55. But six years ago, Bathurst witnessed a lap that is unlikely to be matched for a very long time, and certainly not by a beloved Supercar touring car.
At the same time, a battle was playing out between HRT, Triple Eight and Supercars officials.Given the #2 entry was pulled from the weekend, HRT and Supercars argued that all cars from qualifying on Friday should be bumped up a spot, meaning their #22 car of James Courtney and Greg Murphy would make the shootout.Triple Eight didn’t agree with this logic and filed a protest, successfully denying HRT getting a car into the now Top Nine Shootout as repairs continued on Lowndes’ broken #888 car ahead of the session with work being completed shortly before he was due to roll out.Shane van Gisbergen managed to secure a maiden Bathurst pole after going fastest in the shootout, being the second last car out and putting in the fastest shootout lap in history of 2:06.3267, beating Mark Winterbottom to the pole.Lining up on the second row, Scott McLaughlin put his Volvo S60 ahead of Jason Bright in the Swedish marque’s first visit to Bathurst since the 500km Super Touring race of 1999, also making it three different brands in the top three spots.Provisional pole sitter Fabian Couthard couldn’t back up his qualifying performance, only managing a 2:07.0568 to nab fifth however he was still seven-tenths ahead of Lowndes who managed to qualify sixth in the freshly repaired #888 car.James Moffat gave Nissan its first top ten start at the Bathurst 1000 since 1992 when he put the #360 Norton Hornets Altima into seventh on the grid ahead of Dale Wood’s BJR Commodore and Jack Perkins in the #18 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing/FPR Falcon.With Tander and Luff’s car withdrawn from the weekend, every car was moved up a grid spot from tenth backwards following the shootout as the teams put down their roller doors on Saturday night ahead of Sunday’s Great Race. Bright then ran wide at Griffins Bend, allowing Reynolds into fifth. The two went side by side through the final corner, which allowed Lowndes to get a run on Tander and reclaim fourth place. Scott McLaughlin wins dramatic Bathurst 1000 after final lap shootout over Shane van Gisbergen ... several times over the last couple of hours as …
The car of Dean Fiore and Matt Halliday had retired on lap 145 with gearbox problems.Bright was able to defend Lowndes but this allowed Winterbottom and Whincup to build a lead. David Reynolds led the early part of the session while several drivers went off at the Chase, including Jamie Whincup, Jason Bright and The Top 10 Shootout took place later in the afternoon than in previous years, beginning at 17:00 local time. By Hanan; Posted on March 27, 2020 March 27, 2020; Bathurst 1000, commonly observed as the pinnacle of Australian motorsport or crown jewel of Australian motorsport. Mount Panorama Bathurst 1000 Race Winners. As Luff managed to get out of the car aided by Lowndes and the track marshals, it was clear that both teams would be have to work against the clock to get their cars out for the shootout.When the HRT machine returned to the pits, it didn’t take long for the team to realise the damage was too much to repair, meaning one of the quickest cars of the weekend was pulled out before the shootout began.The Triple Eight crew got to work on Lowndes’ car as soon as it returned, fixing the mostly superficial damage to get him out for the crucial shootout later in the day.
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