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Climbing Australian motorsport’s biggest mountain – Bathurst’s Mount Panorama – in a $500,00 V8 Supercar was a “pinch yourself” moment for Sunshine Coast carpenter Jack Sipp.
“To be finally sitting there on the grid in a Supercar was a pretty special moment,” Sipp, 25, said.
“I’ve watched it (Bathurst motor racing) since I was a young fellow.”
He was behind the wheel of a car formerly driven by Supercars legend Jamie Whincup when he lined up for Eggleston Motorsport in the Super2 Series race at the weekend.
“Obviously it was my first time there, so I had to do the right thing and get through the weekend and get in as many laps as I could and bring the car home in one piece,” he said.