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On this day: career-defining title charge begins at Winton Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey
The next venue of the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship has been a happy hunting ground for Mark Winterbottom.
No active driver has more wins at Winton Motor Raceway than Winterbottom, whose four victories are matched by Jamie Whincup.
Whincup and Red Bull Ampol Racing don’t have an affinity with the rural Victorian circuit; he hasn’t won there since 2012, and the team since 2017 through Shane van Gisbergen.
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Winterbottom scored poles at Winton in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012, but had to wait until 2013 to win his first race at the circuit.
Andre Heimgartner overcomes penalty to score maiden Supercars win
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Kelly Grove Racing is back on the top step of the Supercars Championship podium once again as Kiwi Andre Heimgartner took the team’s first win since 2018 at The Bend Motorsport Park, scoring his first ever Supercars victory in the process.
Coming off the back of taking pole in a wet qualifying session and a podium at the circuit in 2020, it was a strong drive for the Auckland-born pilot who overcame a five second penalty after a pit lane infringement to take a maiden main game victory.
Mostert was the quickest off the line, the Walkinshaw Andretti United driver beating pole-sitter Heimgartner to Turn 1 as Shane van Gisbergen gained three spots to get up to fifth behind the two Dick Johnson Racing cars of Anton de Pasquale and Will Davison. As Mostert led through the Turn 4 kink, he ran wide which allowed de Pasquale through to the lead though he went too deep into Turn 5, relinquishing first place to
Andre Heimgartner claims wet pole position at The Bend
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Andre Heimgartner claimed the Supercars Championship pole position at The Bend in wet conditions for Kelly Grove Racing, two tenths clear of Walkinshaw Andretti United driver Chaz Mostert.
Will Brown claimed his so far best qualifying position in third, with Anton De Pasquale and James Courtney in fourth and fifth.
DJR driver Will Davison claimed sixth position ahead Cameron Waters, both over a second from pole, while championship leader Shane van Gisbergen rounded off the top eight for Triple Eight Race Engineering.
Race 9 starts at 16:05 local time.
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