Bathurst 1000 wrap - Part I

Tuesday 07 December, 2021
Photos: Daniel Kalisz and Jack Martin
The Repco Bathurst 1000 once again provided motorsport fans across the nation with a highly entertaining race meeting as Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth won one of the biggest prizes in Australian motorsport. 
  
However while the 161-lap great race capped off another solid season for Supercars, the Repco Supercars Championship season finale hosted the final round for many other national categories. 
  
Following on from the six-day motorsport extravaganza at Mount Panorama, motorsport.org.au recaps the categories outside of Supercars and the Dunlop Super2 and Super3 Series.  
  
Click here for Supercars' Bathurst 1000 recap.
  
Click here for a Dunlop Super2/Super3 recap.

Porsche Carrera Cup 

After competing in the Porsche Junior Shootout in Portugal, Cooper Murray enjoyed a welcome return to Australia with round honours in the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Series final round. 
  
Qualifying in fourth place, Murray made up two positions throughout the race, replacing David Wall throughout the race, before pipping series leader Cameron Hill by three tenths to finish in second place behind pole sitter Harri Jones.  
   
In an epic second race battle, Murray pulled off some brilliant moves against Jones to win the final race of the year and cap off what has been a brilliant campaign. 
  
Not long after losing his place to Murray, Jones ended up losing another place to Aaron Love, who finished in five seconds ahead of him and five seconds behind Murray. 
  
Hill finished the race in P19 but had done enough in the lead up to secure the title in what was a huge effort. 
  
In Pro-Am, former GT champion Geoff Emery sealed the title in the most dramatic of circumstances in the second outing, snatching the race lead and ultimately the title from Sam Shahin on the final corner of the season.  
  
With Shahin winning the opening three races of the weekend, he won both round four and five, but due to the final lap incident in the final race, the class title is still provisional and will be confirmed in the coming weeks. 

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S5000 Tasman Cup 

After an impressive return for the iconic Tasman Series at the Beaurepaires Sydney Supersprint last month, the S5000 run category had four races to decide a champion. 
  
And by the end of the weekend, it was Aaron Cameron who took out the $30,000 prize despite being involved in a big crash during the final race of the season. 
  
Cameron got the round off to the perfect start with pole position, however he was unable to convert it into a win as he finished the opening race of the final round in third behind fellow Team GRM teammates James Golding and Nathan Herne. 
  
Neither driver made the podium in an incident filled second race as Tim Macrow bounced back from a race one DNF to win the fifth race of the series - Spaniard entry Roberto Merhi and Luis Leeds rounding out the podium ahead of Herne, Golding and Cameron. 
  
In the third race, all three drivers made it back to the podium to replicate the first race finishing order as the first race, putting Golding within reach of Merhi and leader Cameron on the standings. 
  
In the final chaotic race, Cameron was involved in a clash with Herne early on, which brought out the safety car and sent him to the back of the grid. When the race resumed, Cameron was once again in the thick of the action, this time hitting Leeds and forcing the race to be red flagged.  
  
As a result of the red flag, the race was declared and no points awarded – that non-result saw Cameron handed the title ahead of Mehri and Golding, while Golding took out round honours.  

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TCR Australia Series 

Chaz Mostert was a busy man in Bathurst and the 2021 great race winner also left Mount Panorama as the 2021 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series champion. 
  
With his main commitment being Supercars, Mostert only featured in the first race and did what he had to do to score enough points to secure the title. 
  
That left a handful of other talented drivers to compete for the minor season positions – the first of three races going to another driver on double duties – Aaron Cameron.  
  
Unlike S5000, Cameron was in the spotlight for all the right reasons as he won race one and finished second in races two and three to secure the runner-up position behind Mostert.  
  
Taking out the event’s remaining two races was Jordan Cox with the Garry Rogers Motorsport leapfrogging Luke King and John Martin as a result to snatch third.  
  
Michael Caruso ended the weekend with two third place finishes, race one behind Cameron and Ben Bargwanna and race three behind, while Jason Bargwanna rounded out the race two podium behind Cox and Cameron.  

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National Trans Am  

Nathan Herne was a busy boy at Bathurst with the teenager competing in three categories over the six days– however his most complete performance came in the Turtle Wax  
  
With title rival Aaron Seton not taking part in the round, Herne was left to run rampant, and the New South Welshman did just that as he won all three races and secured the series win in the process. 
  
Although he enjoyed a clean sweep of wins, it was all won in the first race where he passed polesitter Tim Brook early and went on to charge home to a six second victory over Brook, while Kyle Gurton rounded out the podium 
  
It was the same podium for the remaining three races as Brook and Gurton just couldn’t pass the stubborn 19-year-old, Herne capping off a strong season with the title.  

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