{"id":52185,"date":"2025-08-08T05:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T05:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52185\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T05:51:09","slug":"supercars-news-super2-to-hold-qualifying-shootout-at-bathurst-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52185\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Super2 to hold qualifying Shootout at Bathurst 1000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Supercars-Bathurst1000-Super2-214.jpg\" alt=\"Super2 to hold qualifying Shootout at Bathurst 1000\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuper2 will host a Shootout at Bathurst. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n<p>Supercars has announced the inclusion of a Top Five Shootout on the Friday afternoon of the event to set the grid for the opening Super2 race.<\/p>\n<p>It follows the debut of the Top Five Shootout format at Symmons Plains earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBathurst is our biggest stage, and this is a great opportunity for the next generation to make a statement,\u201d said Supercars\u2019 chief motorsport officer Tim Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first ever Super2 Shootout in Tasmania was an impressive spectacle, and having one at Bathurst adds another exciting element to what will be a massive weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re always in awe of the feats our main game drivers achieve in the Bathurst Shootout, and now it\u2019s time for our rising stars to make their own history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Top 10 Shootout is one of the signature elements of the Bathurst 1000 and has been a part of the event since 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Super2 is in action this weekend as part of the Ipswich Super440.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super2 will host a Shootout at Bathurst. Image: InSyde Media Supercars has announced the inclusion of a Top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-52185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}