The Top 10 Shootout for tomorrow’s Bathurst 1000 has been called off after constant heavy rain fell on the circuit after Practice 6. A significant downpour occurred through support category action immediately following the Supercars Practice, resulting in a cancellation of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia feature race and the Dunlop Super 2 race as well.
The rain eased slightly with a track inspection at 4:30pm local time showing slightly improved track conditions, however concern around the rivers of water, particularly at Hell Corner and The Chase, kept the session in doubt. With heavier conditions following at what would have been the start of the session, the Shootout was officially called off.
Sums up the current situation rather well #RepcoSC #Bathurst1000 pic.twitter.com/ob6NINpFmn
— Supercars (@supercars) October 8, 2022
The cancellation of the Top 10 Shootout means that the grid will be set from the results of Qualifying. Cameron Waters and James Moffat in the #6 Tickford Racing Mustang will start on pole, with last years winner Lee Holdsworth with Matt Payne starting alongside in the #10 Grove Racing Mustang. The other half of last-year’s winning duo, the #25 Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore of Chaz Mostert, driving with Fabian Coulthard, will start in third, while Shane Van Gisbergen will take a three-place grid penalty after his contact with Macauley Jones in qualifying, dropping him from fourth to seventh.
This moves the wildcard #51 Erebus Motorsport Commodore of Richie Stanaway and Greg Murphy to the second row, followed by Will and Alex Davison in the #17 Dick Johnson Racing Mustang, then Nick Percat and Warren Luff in the #2 Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore in 6th. Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander will start the #97 Triple Eight Race Engineering Commodore from 7th, next to James Courtney and Zane Goddard in the #5 Tickford Racing Mustang. The top 10 is completed by two cars from Erebus Motorsport: The #99 of Brodie Kostecki and David Russell, then the #9 of Will Brown and Jack Perkins.
Raceday will feature a 20 minute warm-up session at 8:00am AEDT (UTC+11), followed by race start for the Bathurst 1000 at 11:15am.
