Chaos reigns as Holden scores last Bathurst win

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Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander person made history, becoming the past pairing to triumph the Bathurst 1000 successful a Holden.

The erstwhile factory-backed drivers survived trying conditions and a slew of information car interventions to instrumentality triumph successful an enthralling 161-lap contention of attrition.

It marked the 2nd Bathurst 1000 triumph for van Gisbergen aft his 2020 triumph portion it was triumph fig 5 for Tander.

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Last year's winner, Chaz Mostert, finished 2nd for Walkinshaw Andretti United with Fabian Coulthard to marque it a one-two for the Red Lion.

Cameron Waters and James Moffat completed the podium for Tickford Racing and led location Ford's efforts successful their Mustang.

"I conscionable privation to spell bash different skid, that was sick," said van Gisbergen.

"I can't convey the squad enough. Garth was conscionable connected it this year. It was precise cool.

"Andrew [Edwards, engineer] this twelvemonth has been epic, conscionable each circular getting much and much portion of the squad and doing specified a large job.

"Now he's won the astir ever races successful a play arsenic an engineer. It's beauteous sick."

In winning the Bathurst 1000, van Gisbergen acceptable a caller grounds for the astir wins successful a play with 19 to his name.

He moves retired to an unassailable pb successful the Supercars title with 4 races remaining astatine the Gold Coast and Adelaide, making him champion-elect.

For Tander, who sits level with Steven Richards for Bathurst 1000 wins with five, it was the cleanable send-off for Holden.

"I don't truly cognize what to say, to beryllium honest," said Tander.

"Yeah, nary words, close now. I can't truly judge it. The guys did specified a large job.

"Shane astatine the extremity of the race, however helium tin bash that, conscionable his absorption and quality to punch retired laps similar that, earnestly awesome to watch. Such an honour to beryllium a portion of this.

"Like you said, the past Commodore ever present astatine Bathurst, that'll descend successful a small spot aboriginal I think. Can't judge it."

It marked the last triumph nether the Gen2 regulations, which volition beryllium replaced successful 2023 with the Gen3 regularisation acceptable that volition spot the Holden Commodore replaced by the Chevrolet Camaro.