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Bathurst winners Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood.

‘Redemption’ as Kostecki and Hazelwood win fastest-ever Bathurst 1000

After a season hampered by setbacks, reigning Supercars champion Kostecki withstood fierce pressure from Broc Feeney to pip his Red Bull rival in an unexpected sprint finish.

  • Emma Kemp

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Bathurst 1000 race leader Brodie Kostecki.

2024 Bathurst 1000 as it happened: Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood claim 2024 Bathurst 1000 championship

Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood claimed victory at the 2024 race after a thrilling finish following a late safety car due to a Matt Payne crash.

  • Billie Eder and Cindy Yin
Brown does a shoey after the Taupo Super400 in New Zealand in April.

The Supercars’ next-gen star who flew his own plane to Bathurst 1000

A win at Mount Panorama on Sunday would put Will Brown within touching distance of a maiden championship, 18 years after first hopping behind the wheel of his mother’s Mini.

  • Emma Kemp
Canpole Corner.

Canpole Corner headlines Bathurst 1000’s colourful campsite circuit

The Great Race is just one great part of the week for the Mount Panorama faithful, with their oysters and backpack boom boxes and home-made Holden saloon doors.

  • Emma Kemp
Jamie Whincup in action at the 2023 Mount Panorama Supercars event (file image).

Perth street circuit to host Supercars from 2026

The WA government on Sunday announced its plan to build a street circuit less than 10 minutes out of the city centre.

  • Joanna Guelas
End of the road

Supercars star Waters ends ‘bad luck’ with Perth win

Cam Waters admits he was hanging by his fingernails before finally breaking through for his first win of the Supercars season in Perth thanks to a Chaz Mostert penalty.

  • Joanna Guelas
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The electric Ford Supervan 4.2 set a new track record at Bathrust this week.

The sound of silence is the future of motor racing

What happens to the world of motor-racing when far-and-away the fastest cars don’t have traditional motors any more?

  • Peter FitzSimons
Shane van Gisbergen celebrates his second straight Bathurst 1000 win.

‘A perfect way to say goodbye’: Van Gisbergen goes back-to-back in Bathurst 1000

Shane van Gisbergen will bow out of Supercars as a three-time Bathurst 1000 champion after becoming the first driver in 15 years to secure consecutive wins at Mount Panorama.

  • Oliver Caffrey
Brodie Kostecki at Bathurst on Saturday.

Bathurst legend warns soft tyres a ‘complete unknown’ before wild Great Race

Dick Johnson says drivers will be “making decisions on the run” in Sunday’s Bathurst 1000, as they relearn how to manoeuvre lighter cars using grippier tyres.

  • Emma Kemp
Spectators watch the qualifying and support races on the Friday before race day at the Bathurst 1000.

Curry, cheap caravans and buried beers: Bathurst 1000 endures for diehard fans

Some parties drive in before the gates open and camp in the holding area. Try telling this lot the Melbourne Cup is more important. Try telling them no one cares about the Bathurst 1000 any more.

  • Emma Kemp

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/supercars-championship-hq1