Bathurst 1000 fan favourite revived for 2022

One of the astir iconic liveries of the 1990s has been revived for adjacent weekend's Bathurst 1000 - the Wayne Gardner Racing Coke Commodores.

PremiAir Racing has released imagery of the revised Coke livery to beryllium piloted by Chris Pither and rookie Cameron Hill for the large race.

The livery is the aforesaid 1 now-legendary commentator Neil Crompton and erstwhile satellite 500cc motorcycle satellite champion Wayne Gardner took to the podium successful the 1995 variation of the Great Race.

Pither said the livery was 1 of the astir recognisable of that era.

"It is simply a genuinely iconic car, instantly recognisable, and of course, it evidently has a batch of synergy for america being backed by Coca-Cola," helium said.

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"I americium precise blessed with the look and I can't hold to spot what we tin bash portion flying these colours astatine the Great Race this year."

The archetypal squad was established erstwhile Gardner bought Bob Forbes' squad - who to that constituent were moving a azygous GIO-backed Commodore for Crompton - astatine the extremity of the 1993 season.

Gardner is simply a considered a spot of a pioneer of making the power from 2 to 4 wheels.

Running the squad from Mona Vale successful Sydney's bluish beaches, Gardner and Crompton spent the adjacent 4 seasons arsenic teammates, and combined astatine Bathurst successful each of those seasons.

They finished 3rd successful '95, 4th successful '96, and were starring the '97 variation erstwhile the Commodore's motor blew up astatine Forrest's Elbow.

Dick Johnson Racing has released the commemorative livery it volition tally astatine this year's Bathurst 1000, wherever the squad volition coincidentally people its 1000th contention successful the championship.

The livery pays homage to the livery the squad carried during the 1998 campaign, spearheaded by Dick and Steve Johnson successful the celebrated No.17, and John Bowe and Cameron McConville successful the No.18.

That contention was the archetypal clip the father-and-son operation shared a car together.

The squad was founded successful 1980 erstwhile Johnson famously struck a boulder rolled onto the way by fans connected the tally retired of the cutting portion starring the race.

Fans from crossed the state past donated to Johnson for him to physique a caller car for the 1981 season. Johnson past teamed up with John French to triumph the 1981 Bathurst 1000 to implicit a fairytale instrumentality to the track.

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Team 18 person released their livery for the No.20 car to beryllium driven by Scott Pye and Tyler Everingham.

The livery volition besides beryllium connected the car astatine the Gold Coast 500.

"I'm excited for Bathurst, it's a way everyone looks guardant to going to and to spot everyones look erstwhile we revealed the car made it each the much special, truthful I'm looking guardant to getting up to the upland adjacent week," Pye said.

Will Brown's repaired Commodore volition athletics a revised livery astatine the Bathurst 1000.

Erebus Motorsport were kept engaged aft the astir caller circular astatine Pukekohe, wherever Brown suffered a monolithic clang aft being hip-and-shouldered disconnected the roadworthy by Mark Winterbottom.

There was immoderate uncertainty the squad would beryllium capable to decorativeness the physique successful clip for the Great Race, which would person forced them into a spare chassis - which was already scheduled for usage by the Greg Murphy and Richie Stanaway wildcard.

The squad has reverted backmost to the achromatic base, with fluoro orangish highlights.

"It's breathtaking to rotation retired a caller livery for Bathurst, peculiarly aft what's been a monolithic squad effort to get the car backmost together," Brown said.

He volition thrust with Jack Perkins.

In the different car, Brodie Kostecki volition thrust with David Russell.

Erebus Motorsport unveiled the wildcard livery astatine a instrumentality time successful August.

The wildcard was expected to person happened for past year's race, but COVID-19 restrictions successful New Zealand hindered the question plans of some drivers.

Murphy retired from full-time driving astatine the extremity of the 2012 season, and has spent a bulk of clip since past successful a reporting relation with Fox Sports during the Supercars telecasts.

James Courtney's Tickford Racing introduction is different to person adopted a rolling sponsorship exemplary for this season.

Snowy River Caravans primitively signed connected for lone 2 contention meetings successful Perth and Winton, but person since extended the concern done to the extremity of 2022.

Chaz Mostert has had a tumultuous play aboard the Optus Commodore. He led the title aft the archetypal round, but has since slid down the order.

But, he's inactive the defending Bathurst champion, and with Fabian Coulthard successful the car alongside him, they volition beryllium 1 of the favourites travel Sunday afternoon.

Reigning Bathurst champion Lee Holdsworth volition this twelvemonth squad up with rookie Matt Payne, who volition instrumentality his spot astatine Penrite Racing adjacent twelvemonth erstwhile Holdsworth retires.

Reynolds meanwhile, won the contention successful Penrite colours backmost successful 2017 portion driving for Erebus Motorsport. He's driving with Matt Campbell.

James Golding has impressed connected his midyear instrumentality to the Supercars fray.

He volition squad up with Dylan O'Keefe.

Thomas Randle's Castrol Mustang is 1 of the champion looking cars connected the grid.

Co operator Zak Best took a daze rod arsenic a wildcard astatine The Bend earlier this year, truthful these 2 could beryllium a smoky travel Sunday afternoon.

Jake Kostecki has been a spot up and down successful his archetypal full-time Supercars campaign. He volition thrust with his member Kurt.

Cousin Brodie volition besides thrust for Erebus Motorsport.

The Red Bull liveries person been immoderate of the astir memorable the bid has seen since the vigor drinks institution entered the athletics a decennary ago.

But that mightiness conscionable beryllium due to the fact that fans person seen truthful overmuch of it.

Young prima Broc Feeney will thrust with the GOAT, Jamie Whincup successful 1 car, but the operation of Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander successful the different is astir apt the strongest successful the field.