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Kiwi completes Supercars dream at The Bend AAP 8/05/2021 Ed Jackson © PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO New Zealander Andre Heimgartner has enjoyed his maiden Supercars victory at Tailem Bend. New Zealand's Andre Heimgartner has claimed his first Supercars win, less than three years after he was contemplating starting life as a finance broker. The Kelly Grove Racing driver was days away from quitting racing in 2018 when he was handed a career lifeline to replace Todd Kelly at the-then Nissan Motorsport team. On Saturday that faith was repaid when Heimgartner won the 24-lap race at S...

Jamie Whincup keeps up Triple Eight dominance, ends SVG streak with Race 7 win 1 day ago Jamie Whincup has taken his first win of 2021 and 123rd in total with a strong display in the first of two Supercars Championship races today at Symmons Plains, ending the winning streak of Triple Eight team-mate Shane Van Gisbergen in the process. Coming in to the race qualifying second on the grid, Whincup was able to harass pole-sitter Cam Waters throughout the race, getting a leg up on the Tickford Racing driver late in the 44 lap outing to take the race lead. Leading home a one-two finish for Triple ...

Shane van Gisbergen blitzes qualifying in Tasmania 1 day ago Shane van Gisbergen produced an astonishing performance in qualifying at Symmons Plains as he stormed to a fourth pole of the Supercars season in record-breaking fashion. The session would see the first appearance of a new qualifying format, with the field split in two for the opening phase of running. Two groups of twelve cars would hit the track for a five minute blast to determine who would make it through to Q2, with the leading eight drivers from each group continuing on in the session. In Group A, WIll Davison was the first m...

Cam Waters tops practice at Symmons Plains 1 day ago Cam Waters was the man to beat in free practice as the Supercars Championship returned to action in Tasmania for the first time since 2019. The Tickford Racing man led the way in both sessions around the compact Symmons Plains circuit, leaving it late to secure his place at the head of the times in the final seconds of the opening 30 minutes of action. A lap of 50.8468s in the closing moments proved to be enough to put his Ford Mustang on top of the times ahead of DJR’s Will Davison in a session that saw the whole field covered by just e...

Sensational six: SVG dominates Tassie opener Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey Shane van Gisbergen has claimed a record-equalling sixth straight win in 2021 in an assured performance at Symmons Plains. Van Gisbergen’s bid for victory came after he managed to recover from a poor start to regain the lead from Cameron Waters early on. Waters led the early stanza of the race, only to be overtaken at Turn 6 by the championship leader. The Tickford Racing driver battled to sixth, with Jamie Whincup making it a Red Bull Ampol Racing one-two. The earl...