{"id":363421,"date":"2026-04-04T12:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/363421\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:31:13","slug":"bathurst-6-hour-news-randle-storms-to-bathurst-6-hour-pole-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/363421\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathurst 6 Hour news: Randle storms to Bathurst 6 Hour pole position"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Randle
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThomas Randle stormed to the Bathurst 6 Hour pole position. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

Randle set an impressive 2:18.4879s lap in the closing minutes without even setting a fastest sector.<\/p>\n

Supercars drivers took the first six positions, as Randle knocked Cameron Hill off the top, who in turn displaced Jayden Ojeda by 0.0003s.<\/p>\n

Will Davison qualified in fourth after topping this morning\u2019s final practice session, and former Super 2 driver Cameron McLeod rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

McLeod took the class A2 pole position, setting a new class record just ahead of Zach Bates.<\/p>\n

Bates took over the Camaro from Josh Muggleton who set the class record earlier in the session, 1.9s quicker than pole position last year.<\/p>\n

Glen Ebert took pole position in class A1 for Team Buccini Racing, while Courtney Prince topped class B1 in the other Buccini car.<\/p>\n

Lachlan Mineeff took pole position in the B2 class in the BMW shared with Peter Lawrence and Drew Russell.<\/p>\n

Qualifying was split into two separate sessions, dividing the top and bottom 50% from combined practice times.<\/p>\n

The bottom 50% rolled out in the first session, with several class A and B cars falling into the bottom half.<\/p>\n

James Keene put the #50 VW Golf on class C pole with a new lap record for that class, to beat two A2 class cars.<\/p>\n

Impressively, for much of the first session, Keene was ahead of several class A and B cars.<\/p>\n

Brock Stinson hustled the #77 Toyota GR86 to class D pole position by 1.2s.<\/p>\n

The GR Cup regular ended the first half of qualifying with the fastest middle sector.<\/p>\n

Greg Boyle continued the form shown in the #696 Honda Accord to take class E pole position.<\/p>\n

V8 SuperUtes rookie Ruben Dan fought hard for the class E pole, but it was stolen by Boyle at the last second by 0.9s.<\/p>\n

The Bathurst 6 Hour returns with a 20-minute warm up session at 7:55am AEST before the race start at 11:15am.<\/p>\n

2026 Bathurst 6 Hour Qualifying Results<\/p>\n

Pos.
\nNo.
\nClass
\nDrivers
\nCar
\nFastest Lap Time
\nGap<\/p>\n

1
\n92
\nX
\nThomas Randle
\nBMW M2 Competition
\n2:18.4879s<\/p>\n

2
\n1
\nX
\nCameron Hill
\nBMW M2 Competition
\n2:18.5297s
\n0:00.0418s<\/p>\n

3
\n21
\nX
\nJayden Ojeda
\nBMW M4 F82
\n2:18.5300s
\n0:00.0421s<\/p>\n

4
\n23
\nX
\nWill Davison
\nBMW M3 F80
\n2:19.6253s
\n0:01.1374s<\/p>\n

5
\n6
\nA2
\nCameron McLeod
\nFord Mustang Mach 1
\n2:20.5105s
\n0:02.0226s<\/p>\n

6
\n64
\nA2
\nJosh Muggleton\/Zach Bates
\nChevrolet Camaro 2SS
\n2:20.5160s
\n0:02.0281s<\/p>\n

7
\n60
\nX
\nOscar Targett
\nBMW M4 F82
\n2:20.5605s
\n0:02.0726s<\/p>\n

8
\n24
\nX
\nHayden Auld\/Tyler Everingham
\nBMW M3 F80
\n2:21.2527s
\n0:02.7648s<\/p>\n

9
\n18
\nA2
\nBryce Fullwood
\nFord Mustang Mach 1
\n2:21.5252s
\n0:03.0373s<\/p>\n

10
\n30
\nA2
\nAaron Seton
\nFord Mustang Mach 1
\n2:21.7224s
\n0:03.2345s<\/p>\n

11
\n54
\nA2
\nTim Slade
\nFord Mustang Mach 1
\n2:21.7867s
\n0:03.2988s<\/p>\n

12
\n9
\nA2
\nTyler Mecklem
\nFord Mustang Mach 1
\n2:22.3487s
\n0:03.8608s<\/p>\n

13
\n101
\nA2
\nRyder Quinn
\nChevrolet Camaro 2SS
\n2:23.1909s
\n0:04.7030s<\/p>\n

14
\n51
\nA2
\nRyan MacMillan
\nFord Mustang Mach 1
\n2:23.4372s
\n0:04.9493s<\/p>\n

15
\n115
\nX
\nTom Shaw
\nBMW M4 F82
\n2:23.5850s
\n0:05.0971s<\/p>\n

16
\n25
\nA2
\nLindsay Kearns
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:23.6383s
\n0:05.1504s<\/p>\n

17
\n90
\nX
\nJack Le Brocq
\nBMW M3 F80
\n2:23.6941s
\n0:05.2062s<\/p>\n

18
\n48
\nA2
\nSteve Owen
\nLexus RCF
\n2:24.4454s
\n0:05.9575s<\/p>\n

19
\n16
\nA2
\nAnthony Levitt
\nMecedes-Benz AMG C63
\n2:25.7373s
\n0:07.2494s<\/p>\n

20
\n71
\nA1
\nGlen Ebert
\nBMW M140i
\n2:25.7807s
\n0:07.2928s<\/p>\n

21
\n10
\nX
\nBrandon Madden
\nHSV Holden GTS VF
\n2:26.0626s
\n0:07.5747s<\/p>\n

22
\n143
\nA1
\nHarry Inwood
\nBMW 1M E82
\n2:26.5596s
\n0:08.0717s<\/p>\n

23
\n89
\nA2
\nBraydan Willmington
\nFord Mustang Mach 1
\n2:27.4490s
\n0:08.9611s<\/p>\n

24
\n323
\nB2
\nLachlan Mineeff\/Drew Russell
\nBMW M3
\n2:27.6268s
\n0:09.1389s<\/p>\n

25
\n140
\nA1
\nLiam Loiacono
\nMitsubishi Lancer EV
\n2:27.9036s
\n0:09.4157s<\/p>\n

26
\n222
\nA1
\nCem Yucel\/Iain Salteri
\nVolkswagen Golf R
\n2:28.0116s
\n0:09.5237s<\/p>\n

27
\n999
\nB1
\nCourtney Prince
\nBMW 340i F30
\n2:28.5555s
\n0:10.0676s<\/p>\n

28
\n86
\nB2
\nJoe Heinrich
\nBMW M3 E92
\n2:29.0715s
\n0:10.5836s<\/p>\n

29
\n195
\nA2
\nDale Carpenter
\nHSV Clubsport R8
\n2:30.9872s
\n0:12.4993s<\/p>\n

30
\n42
\nB2
\nMichael Ferns
\nHolden Commodore VF
\n2:31.3123s
\n0:12.8244s<\/p>\n

31
\n57
\nA1
\nStephen Thompson
\nMitsubishi Lancer EV
\n2:31.4809s
\n0:12.9930s<\/p>\n

32
\n19
\nB2
\nChris Holdt
\nBMW M3 E92
\n2:31.7206s
\n0:13.2327s<\/p>\n

33
\n67
\nA1
\nScott Green
\nMitsubishi Lancer EV
\n2:31.9406s
\n0:13.4527s<\/p>\n

34
\n88
\nA1
\nCraig Allan
\nMitsubishi Lancer EV
\n2:32.3541s
\n0:13.8662s<\/p>\n

35
\n91
\nA1
\nMitchell Randall
\nMercedes-Benz AMG A4
\n2:32.4703s
\n0:13.9824s<\/p>\n

36
\n73
\nA1
\nLee Partridge
\nFord Focus RS
\n2:32.7332s
\n0:14.2453s<\/p>\n

37
\n32
\nA1
\nZoe Woods
\nMercedes-Benz AMG A4
\n2:32.9904s
\n0:14.5025s<\/p>\n

38
\n61
\nA1
\nJordan Ormsby
\nMitsubishi Lancer EV
\n2:33.5031s
\n0:15.0152s<\/p>\n

39
\n105
\nB1
\nAaron Zerefos
\nBMW 135i E82
\n2:33.6817s
\n0:15.1938s<\/p>\n

40
\n50
\nC
\nJames Keene
\nVolkswagen Golf R
\n2:33.9449s
\n0:15.4570s<\/p>\n

41
\n77
\nD
\nBrock Stinson
\nToyota GR86 ZN8
\n2:35.3147s
\n0:16.8268s<\/p>\n

42
\n888
\nA2
\nIan McLennan
\nHolden HSV GTS
\n2:35.4374s
\n0:16.9495s<\/p>\n

43
\n33
\nB1
\nDavid Worrell
\nKia Stinger 330 GT
\n2:36.0229s
\n0:17.5350s<\/p>\n

44
\n80
\nD
\nStiaan Kriel
\nMazda RX8 Series 1 R
\n2:36.5175s
\n0:18.0296s<\/p>\n

45
\n70
\nD
\nAllan Jarvis
\nVolkswagen Polo Gti
\n2:38.0934s
\n0:19.6055s<\/p>\n

46
\n13
\nA2
\nGregory Keam
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:38.2044s
\n0:19.7165s<\/p>\n

47
\n2
\nD
\nMichael Hazelton
\nBMW 125i E82
\n2:38.3259s
\n0:19.8380s<\/p>\n

48
\n43
\nC
\nTristan Ellery
\nHSV Holden Astra VXR
\n2:39.7986s
\n0:21.3107s<\/p>\n

49
\n82
\nD
\nJake Lougher
\nMazda RX8 Series 1 R
\n2:40.8302s
\n0:22.3423s<\/p>\n

50
\n83
\nD
\nHayden Jackson
\nMazda RX8 Series 1 R
\n2:41.0135s
\n0:22.5256s<\/p>\n

51
\n125
\nD
\nEdan Thornburrow
\nToyota GT86 GTS
\n2:41.0473s
\n0:22.5594s<\/p>\n

52
\n85
\nD
\nNick Winsor
\nToyota 86 GTS ZN6
\n2:42.0283s
\n0:23.5404s<\/p>\n

53
\n128
\nD
\nLuke Vanna
\nSubaru BRZ Z-1
\n2:42.1791s
\n0:23.6912s<\/p>\n

54
\n17
\nD
\nRobert Scott
\nMazda RX8 Series 1
\n2:42.2172s
\n0:23.7293s<\/p>\n

55
\n55
\nD
\nDaniel Flanagan
\nSubaru BRZ
\n2:42.9806s
\n0:24.4927s<\/p>\n

56
\n696
\nE
\nGreg Boyle
\nHonda Accord Euro CL
\n2:43.1355s
\n0:24.6476s<\/p>\n

57
\n161
\nE
\nRuben Dan
\nMazda 3 SP25
\n2:43.9327s
\n0:25.4448s<\/p>\n

58
\n185
\nD
\nWilliam Powers
\nToyota GT86 GTS
\n2:44.8351s
\n0:26.3472s<\/p>\n

59
\n20
\nE
\nCarter Fox
\nMazda 3 SP25 BL S1
\n2:45.4325s
\n0:26.9446s<\/p>\n

60
\n4
\nC
\nAndrew Martin
\nHSV Holden Astra VXR
\n2:45.5892s
\n0:27.1013s<\/p>\n

61
\n15
\nD
\nAshwin Dyall
\nToyota 86 GTS ZN6
\n2:45.7499s
\n0:27.2620s<\/p>\n

62
\n78
\nC
\nOskar Butt
\nHSV Holden Astra VXR
\n2:46.3638s
\n0:27.8759s<\/p>\n

63
\n5
\nD
\nDouglas Westwood
\nToyota GR86 ZN8
\n2:46.5650s
\n0:28.0771s<\/p>\n

64
\n35
\nE
\nJake Hextell
\nMazda 3 SP25 BL
\n2:47.8621s
\n0:29.3742s<\/p>\n

65
\n76
\nE
\nMatthew Southwell
\nMazda 3 SP25 BL S1
\n2:48.1008s
\n0:29.6129s<\/p>\n

66
\n53
\nE
\nRod Tippett
\nMazda 3 SP25 BL S1
\n2:48.9090s
\n0:30.4211s<\/p>\n

DSQ
\n3
\nB2
\nIan Joyce
\nHolden VF SSV
\n2:28.3248s<\/p>\n

DSQ
\n84
\nC
\nJames Hay
\nVolkswagen Scirocco
\n2:38.7105s<\/p>\n

DSQ
\n99
\nA1
\nCameron Laws
\nBMW M2 F87 N55
\n2:27.0278s<\/p>\n

2026 Bathurst 6 Hour \u2013 Start time, how to watch, TV times & more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Randle stormed to the Bathurst 6 Hour pole position. Image: InSyde Media Randle set an impressive 2:18.4879s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[188822,111,139,69,9335,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-363421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bathurst-6-hour","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-slot2","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}