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Van Gisbergen ends six-month pole drought Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey Last-man out Shane van Gisbergen is in the box seat for a Bathurst clean sweep after he claimed pole position for Race 2. Van Gisbergen, who won Saturday's race, recorded a 2:05.6175s to oust Tickford Racing ace Cameron Waters in the ARMOR All Top 10 Shootout. It marked van Gisbergen's 33rd career pole position, and his first since Race 18 at Hidden Valley last year. The top three were split by just 0.18s, with Dick Johnson Racing's Anton De Pasquale equalling his best q...

He's begun the season with two wins from two races but Supercars star Shane Van Gisbergen admits the category needs to find a way to spice up on-track action.

SVG does the double on the mountain Repco Supercars Championship By James Pavey Shane van Gisbergen has completed a dominant sweep of the Repco Mt Panorama 500, with the Red Bull Ampol Racing driver cruising to victory in Race 2. Van Gisbergen felt at home on the mountain when it mattered on the weekend, claiming two wins and a pole to assert himself as the 2021 championship favourite. Waters out-dragged van Gisbergen off the line and edged into an early lead, but the #97 shadowed the #6 Monster Energy Mustang's every move. Through lap 8, several midf...

Tim Slade out of Bathurst weekend after opening race shunt 2 months ago The #3 Blanchard Racing Team car of Tim Slade has been scratched from the remainder of the Mount Panorama 500 weekend thanks to a late-race crash in the opening outing of the season. Slade has qualified in second and was running strong in fourth place with only a handful of laps to go, applying pressure to the Dick Johnson Racing car of Will Davison until he got crossed up on the run to Forrest Elbow, whacking the outside wall and causing heavy damage to the entry. Subsequent investigations by the team after the car was r...

Waters started the race from pole position and had opened up a healthy lead in the opening laps before a safety car triggered by De Pasquale colliding with a wall in The Cutting changed both drivers' days. A sluggish pitstop under the safety car allowed Van Gisbergen to jump Waters for the lead, with the Tickford Racing driver eventually rejoining in fourth place. The reason why his pitstop was so slow became evident just two laps later however when Waters pitted again and drove his Ford Mustang straight into the garage. A power-steering failure was the cause and effectively ended Waters'...