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3 days ago | speedcafe.com | Simon Chapman

With less than 10 minutes to go in the race, the Safety Car was drawn when the #9 Class A2 Ford Mustang buried itself in the gravel trap at The Chase. It was quickly retrieved and set the stage for a one-lap, winner-takes-all shootout between race leader Cameron Crick and Jayden Ojeda. With just a few minutes left on the clock, race control raised the stakes when it ordered Ojeda to pass the three lapped cars ahead of him. That put the #1 BMW M4 behind the #118 BMW M2 in the queue.

4 days ago | speedcafe.com | Andrew van Leeuwen

It was effectively between Crick and Jayden Ojeda, with Crick setting a new lap record (2:21.8817) on that final lap as he charged to an emotional victory by eight tenths of a second. It was a record-setting win as well, Crick and Campbell having come from 66th on the grid – farther back than anyone in a Bathurst enduro before. “I can’t believe it really. Unbelievable,” said Crick. “When we did that tyre, I thought we were done. The other set was pretty average too.

4 days ago | speedcafe.com | Andrew van Leeuwen

The car, which Davison shared with Tim Leahy and Beric Lynton, was hit with a restart infringement in the first half of the race. The drive-through penalty was served within three laps as per the rules. However, was later rescinded following a request for review from the team. That created an awkward situation given fault had been admitted, but the car served the drive-through by then. Adding to the controversy is that the car sat second, 90 seconds off the lead with a litte more than an hour to go.

4 days ago | speedcafe.com | Andrew van Leeuwen

The first half of the race was a stop-start affair with constant intervention from the safety car. The cautions started after just 15 minutes, initially when the #3 ended up stuck in the sand at Hell Corner, with another following before the first hour was done with the #4 Astra stranded at the Elbow. Two noteworthy cars prompted the next stoppage with #92 BMW M2, which led early after the team elected to start its Pro driver Thomas Randle, going into limp home mode.

5 days ago | speedcafe.com | Andrew van Leeuwen

The #21 Ford Mustang of Zak Best, Brianna Wilson and Chris Delfina qualified seventh outright, and first in Class A2, only to face a rear-of-grid start due to an alleged technical breach relating to the differential. The team has appealed the disqualification, however, and will now start from its seventh place, with the appeal to be heard at a later date. “We’ve appealed that and we believe we have a case,” said Delsfma on the broadcast.