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<\/p>\nOn Sunday, the familiar sounds of roaring engines will echo across the hills surrounding the famous Mount Panorama circuit when the green flag waves for this year’s Bathurst 1000. <\/p>\n
The dozens of drivers and co-drivers will be looking to etch their names in history as winners of the great race. <\/p>\n
Australian supercar circuit is ready for the big event on the summer, reports 1News correspondent Jacob Johnson. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
So who are the drivers to watch out for? <\/p>\n
Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood (No. 38 Dick Johnson racing) <\/p>\n
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Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood win the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000 (Source: Photosport)<\/p>\n
Bathurst best: Kostecki \u2013 1st (2024); Hazelwood \u2013 1st (2024)<\/p>\n
Can last year’s Bathurst 1000 winners go back-to-back with a new team and car? <\/p>\n
Their maiden The Bend 500 win last month would suggest the Dick Johnson Racing duo are capable. <\/p>\n
Kostecki will take some beating at Mount Panorama, the track where he is most comfortable regardless of the car. <\/p>\n
Kostecki has also claimed Bathurst 1000 pole position since 2023. <\/p>\n
Shane van Gisbergen was the last driver to secure consecutive victories, the Kiwi winning in 2022 with Garth Tander and then again in 2023 with compatriot Richie Stanaway.<\/p>\n
Broc Feeny and Jamie Whincup (No.88 Red Bull Ampol)<\/p>\n
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Jamie Whincup driver of the #88 Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Broc Feeney driver of the #88 Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 celebrate after winning the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 in 2023. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n
Bathurst best: Feeney \u2013 2nd (2024); Whincup \u2013 1st (2006, ’07, ’08, ’12)<\/p>\n
Feeney leads the championship after an outstanding performance in the Sprint Cup and was primed to take out The Bend 500 with Whincup before a re-fuelling issue derailed his campaign. <\/p>\n
The 22-year-old seems to have some bad luck when it comes to endurance races and is already familiar with experiencing heartache at Mount Panorama. <\/p>\n
Still, Feeney’s qualifying pace is lethal, and he poses a real threat to Kostecki. <\/p>\n
Should he claim his first Bathurst 1000 win, he’ll deliver Whincup his first win since 2012. <\/p>\n
The pair finished second last year.<\/p>\n
Cam Waters and Mark Winterbottom (No.6 Monster Energy) <\/p>\n
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Cam Waters and Mark Winterbottom (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n
Bathurst best: Waters \u2013 2nd (2020, ’21); Winterbottom \u2013 1st (2013)<\/p>\n
Maybe the return of Tickford’s favourite son Mark Winterbottom is just what Cam Waters needs to end his “Bathurst 1000 bridesmaid” era. <\/p>\n
Winterbottom, now retired from full-time driving, looked like he never left when helping Waters to a second-place finish at The Bend 500. <\/p>\n
Waters kicked off his bid for a maiden championship in stunning fashion by claiming the first three races but has since struggled to return to the top of the podium. <\/p>\n
He fell short of a Bathurst 1000 top-three finish last year, finishing fourth with co-driver James Moffat.<\/p>\n
Matt Payne and Garth Tander (No.19 Penrite Racing)<\/p>\n
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Matt Payne and Garth Tander (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n
Bathurst best: Payne \u2013 6th (2022); Tander \u2013 1st (2000, ’09, ’11, ’20, ’22)<\/p>\n
There’s no reason why Matt Payne can’t win this year’s Bathurst 1000, especially when his co-driver is Garth Tander. <\/p>\n
The two finished third at The Bend 500 with minimal fuss. Payne is second in the championship and will be out to cause trouble for Feeney. <\/p>\n
With just 158 points separating him and Feeney, the New Zealander can finish at the top of the order if he prevails at Mount Panorama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday, the familiar sounds of roaring engines will echo across the hills surrounding the famous Mount Panorama…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-64884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64884","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=64884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}