Garth Tander

The fact a Holden reigned in the Commodore's last stand was a fitting finale as Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander further etched their names into ...

In the last couple of laps, I just got Andrew to talk a bit more and stayed concentrated. A brand which once carried the tag of “Australia’s driving future” is without one of its own. Garth was just on it this year, and Andrew this year has been epic, now he has won the most ever races in a season as an engineer,” van Gisbergen said. “It’s a team effort and a fan effort, all the support for Holden, it’s special. We didn’t quite have the tool we needed to do the job last year and he gave us the car we needed to get the job done. All you’ve got to do is give Shane the right tool to do the job and he’ll get the job done.”

Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander have won the 2022 Supercars Bathurst 1000, with a thrilling final stint from van Gisbergen delivering victory for the ...

Van Gisbergen started to stretch an advantage, setting a 2:06.2 to set the fastest lap of the race, to which Mostert responded with a 2:06.3 the next lap around. The top three began to escape, with Feeney holding up Waters, Holdsworth and the pair of Dick Johnson Mustangs, until a wide moment at The Chase allowed Waters and Holdsworth to pass. A mix of co-drivers and main-game drivers took the restart on lap 46, with Moffat stepping into the #6 trying to defend from the #99 Erebus car with Kostecki still at the wheel. On board replays suggested a missed downshift while braking for the Elbow caused the car to burst into wheelspin, with Nick unable to control the slide, tagging the wall on both sides of the track. The track began to dry on the resumption of action, with the #100 Dick Johnson Racing car with Tony D’Alberto at the wheel, as the only car not to stop. The fifth Safety Car of the afternoon was called immediately after, required to retrieve the #96 Brad Jones Racing Commodore from the gravel trap at Pit Entry. This backed up the group behind, with Mostert looking to break through, aborting a move at the Cutting before throwing it down the inside of Kostecki at the Elbow. Kostecki ran wide at the apex, getting on to the grass, and getting bogged in the sodden grass. Goddard speared across the track, colliding with the #8 Brad Jones Racing car of Dale Wood, and leaving Matt Campbell in the #26 Grove Racing Commodore nowhere to go. Whincup hit a puddle and burst into wheelspin at the same time De Pasquale put two wheels on the grass, and in the melee the #9 got a tap and spun ahead of the group, with #88 pitched into a spin as well. An alternate strategy to put Coulthard in against the main-game drivers to allow Mostert the opportunity to race against the co-drivers later in the race saw them finally break through the back end of the top 10, fighting again with the #99 Erebus Motorsport Commodore, and the #6 Tickford Racing Mustang. They had to contend with a 5 second penalty for an unsafe release early in the day, and were off strategy to try and compensate.

A so far chaotic Repco Bathurst 1000 was led at halfway by Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander. The 2020 winners moved to the front during the fifth of six ...

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James Moffat is fourth in Cameron Waters' #6 Monster Energy Mustang despite being spun earlier by Brodie Kostecki and Matt Payne is fifth in Lee Holdsworth's # ...

Brodie Kostecki was in place by then to assume the lead, but when Jones beached the #96 ZB Commodore at pit entry, a Safety Car was called on Lap 57 and all ahead of #97 came into the lane. Feeney dropped from ninth to 18th when he had an off at The Chase on Lap 48, as van Gisbergen disappeared at the head of the field to a lead approaching five seconds. Will Davison got the wave-by and the #17 Mustang was thus back on the lead lap in 22nd as the race restarted on Lap 45, and officials gave word of no further action on Percat-Blanchard. Waters’ lead was almost two seconds when a Safety Car was called on Lap 31 in response to Alex Davison going off at The Chase, hitting the barriers, and getting stuck in the mud. Whincup was 20th after his early visit to the pits and D’Alberto 21st with a new steering arm after he was also caught in the Lap 1 incident, while Perkins took the wave-by ahead of the Lap 10 restart to get back on the lead lap in 24th. A third Safety Car was called on the next lap in order to recover the #56 Tradie Mustang after Jake Kostecki got himself bogged at The Chase.

Tander is currently at the wheel and leads by almost eight seconds from the #99 Erebus Motorsport Commodore of Brodie Kostecki/David Russell. Jamie Whincup (#88) ...

[#RepcoSC] [#Bathurst1000] [pic.twitter.com/qEAbrbtBHt] [October 9, 2022] Kostecki was subsequently issued a 15-second penalty. [#RepcoSC] [#Bathurst1000] [pic.twitter.com/lyP7XWs6N3] [October 9, 2022] [#RepcoSC] [#Bathurst1000] [pic.twitter.com/cEY04eoPsq] [October 9, 2022] [#RepcoSC] [#Bathurst1000] [pic.twitter.com/v3HIpSYNFT] [October 9, 2022] [#RepcoSC] [#Bathurst1000] [pic.twitter.com/jYBjf7OVNP] [October 9, 2022] [#RepcoSC] [#Bathurst1000] [pic.twitter.com/Kyimp36BCU] [October 9, 2022] The next two cars to lose ground were the #20 (Scott Pye/Tyler Everingham) and #31 (James Golding/Dylan O’Keeffe), both of whom were running solidly. The next to come unstuck was Moffat, who was spun by Brodie Kostecki at the Cutting soon after the latest restart, but miraculously kept the Monster Mustang out of the wall (albeit dropping to 21st). Alex Davison has gone off the track at The Chase and looks to be stuck in the mud— Supercars (@supercars) [Reactions to opening lap chaos](https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/elephant-in-the-room-amid-early-bathurst-chaos/) Clear of the chaos, Lee Holdsworth (#10) – one of nine primary drivers to start the race – grabbed the lead ahead of Fabian Coulthard (#25), Warren Luff (#2), Greg Murphy (#51) and slow-starting pole-sitter Moffat.

With Tander's win, he joins the likes of Peter Brock, Mark Skaiffe, Jim Richards and Larry Perkins as the only drivers to win at Mount Panaroma five times or ...

“Surviving that first part of the race with the rain and the change of the conditions just showed how tricky it was, in the second stint, being able to gap the field and give the team plenty of strategy options, I felt like that helped a little bit towards the success. “When we had the win in 2020, I didn’t know how much I contributed, this year the car was fast, and I hit the ground running in that first practice. “When you transition from the primary driver to the co-driver, it’s hard to know where you fit in to it all.

The former factory-backed drivers survived trying conditions and a slew of safety car interventions to take victory in an enthralling 161-lap race of attrition.

That left van Gisbergen and Mostert to duke it out for the win. With pressure from Waters, Feeney bowled a wide at The Chase and ceded position. Such an honour to be a part of this. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by A mistake at Hell Corner with two laps to go ultimately condemned Mostert's hopes and van Gisbergen came across the line to win by one second. Garth was just on it this year. It was very cool. In the midst of the pit stop sequence, top 10 runner Will Davison smashed into the wall at Griffin's Bend and brought out what was to be the eighth and final safety car. Waters looked to have pace on the leaders and quickly caught the leading trio only to make a mistake at Hell Corner and lose ground. In winning the Bathurst 1000, van Gisbergen set a new record for the most wins in a season with 19 to his name. A crash on lap 119 for Todd Hazelwood at Griffin's Bend brought out the safety car for a seventh time. [Shane van Gisbergen](https://wwos.nine.com.au/shane-van-gisbergen) and [Garth Tander](https://wwos.nine.com.au/garth-tander) have made history, becoming the last pairing to win the [Bathurst 1000](https://wwos.nine.com.au/bathurst-1000) in a Holden.

Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander lead the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 at the midway point despite copping a five-second penalty early in the race.

It's been a long road for the Melbourne native but, after two lengthy battles, he's finally got a full-time drive to look forward to On the face of it, picking an 18-year-old rookie to replace arguably the greatest Supercars driver of all time is a risky move. His decision to leave Brad Jones Racing was the biggest shock of the Australian Supercars silly season so far.