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NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26:  Jamie Whincup driver of the #88 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF celebrates after winning race 26 and the 2017 Supercars Drivers Championship during the Newcastle 500, which is part of the Supercars Championship at Newcastle Street Circuit on November 26, 2017 in Newcastle, Australia.  (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

Whincup: I celebrated by swimming in ‘piss’

Take note future Supercars champions: don’t celebrate in Newcastle’s fountains after winning the title. Jamie Whincup found out the hard way when he inadvertently gave himself a champagne shower.

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Jamie Whincup (L) and Craig Lowndes from Red Bull Racing team celebrate winning the Supercars Penrite Oil Sandown 500 at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Sunday, November 10, 2019. (AAP Image/Sean Garnsworthy) NO ARCHIVING

Holden onto hope of a fair fight

It has been a season of dominance for the Ford Mustang, but Red Bull Holden Racing Team hope a late-season form surge – and a new off-season testing process – will ensure a more even playing field next year.

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