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Van Gisbergen completes historic Bathurst triple crown Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey, Pics by @Bathurst6Hour
Shane van Gisbergen has carried his winning form into production cars with victory in the Bathurst 6 Hour.
The Red Bull Ampol Racing driver combined with Shane Smollen and Rob Rubis to claim the win aboard a Class X BMW M4.
The win helped van Gisbergen become just the second driver, after Paul Morris, to win all three major endurance races at Mount Panorama.
The #97 leads after the start
The 2016 Supercars champion also defeated Tander and Supercars rival Chaz Mostert in the opening Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS on Saturday, before being pipped by Tander on Sunday morning.
The agency will oversee the firm’s brand, retail and trade activations.
Thinkerbell’s appointment comes as the automotive parts retailer kicks off a five-year naming rights deal with Supercars and sponsorship of the Bathurst Repco 1000.
The Repco Supercars Championship, as it will now be called, last week signed a three-year strategic partnership with open web discovery and recommendation platform Taboola.
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Thinkerbell chief executive Margie Reid said the agency will build on Repco’s recent “transformation”.
“Repco’s passion for motorsport and the automotive industry was infectious during the pitch process,” she said. “They’ve been on a process of transformation recently, and we look forward to working together with them to further enliven the brand with a big dose of Measured Magic.”
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