Shane van Gisbergen has carried on from where he left off at the end of last year’s Supercars Championship season by taking out the first race of the 2021 year, the Triple Eight driver dominating the opening 250km hit-out to take 150 points home. Backing up the win he had in the 2020 Bathurst 1000, … More »
Van Gisbergen ends six-month pole drought Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey
Last-man out Shane van Gisbergen is in the box seat for a Bathurst clean sweep after he claimed pole position for Race 2.
Van Gisbergen, who won Saturday s race, recorded a 2:05.6175s to oust Tickford Racing ace Cameron Waters in the ARMOR All Top 10 Shootout.
It marked van Gisbergen s 33rd career pole position, and his first since Race 18 at Hidden Valley last year.
The top three were split by just 0.18s, with Dick Johnson Racing s Anton De Pasquale equalling his best qualifying result with his 2:05.8009s.
Chasing a first pole position since Sydney Olympic Park in 2014, De Pasquale s teammate Will Davison clocked a 2:06.3136s to put a three-tenth margin on Mark Winterbottom.
He's begun the season with two wins from two races but Supercars star Shane Van Gisbergen admits the category needs to find a way to spice up on-track action.
Tim Slade out of Bathurst weekend after opening race shunt
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The #3 Blanchard Racing Team car of Tim Slade has been scratched from the remainder of the Mount Panorama 500 weekend thanks to a late-race crash in the opening outing of the season.
Slade has qualified in second and was running strong in fourth place with only a handful of laps to go, applying pressure to the Dick Johnson Racing car of Will Davison until he got crossed up on the run to Forrest Elbow, whacking the outside wall and causing heavy damage to the entry.
Subsequent investigations by the team after the car was returned to their garage confirmed their fears that the chassis can’t be fixed for tomorrow’s race, taking Slade out of the race weekend.
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