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Teams swing changes as 1000km looms
Teams head into the unknown on Sunday as 161 gruelling laps loom, with four engines changed overnight.
This weekend's event has largely been held in warm conditions, with race day set to run under sunny skies.
Heading into the race, just two cars — the Ryan Wood Toyota and Rylan Gray Ford — have found the concrete in a big way, but that hasn't stopped teams ringing the changes.
Triple Eight (#88 Ford), Dick Johnson Racing (#38 Ford), Brad Jones Racing (#14 Toyota) and Objective Racing (#11 Ford) all changed engines overnight in a bid to leave no stone unturned.
Triple Eight boss Jamie Whincup said his team was "throwing the kitchen sink" at the Broc Feeney/Nick Percat Ford, which has been off the pace relative to the weekend front-runners.
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The Triple Eight ace and high profile co-driving recruit Nick Percat were among the pre-event favourites.
However, the #88 Ford Mustang showed no signs of being a threat at any point throughout the weekend.
Placed an average of 18th across the six practice sessions, Feeney was a shock omission from Saturday’s Shootout with just 12th in Friday qualifying.
Their struggle was made all the more mysterious by the fact the sister Will Brown/Scott Pye entry qualified sixth and finished second.
“[The pace] wasn’t there, that’s for sure,” Feeney told the Cool Down Lap podcast.
“I probably thought we were a bit better than what we were today to be honest.
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Engine changes, rebuilds set stage for Bathurst Saturday
TOYOTA teams have expedited the anticipated move to execute scheduled pre-race engine changes at the Repco Bathurst 1000.
Reliability has been a question mark all season for the Supraâs 2UR-GSE V8, although a triumphant run in The Bend 500 alleviated some of those concerns.
Nonetheless, it was assumed that Walkinshaw TWG Racing and Brad Jones Racing may look to swap over motors following Saturdayâs track action to have the freshest possible unit at their disposal for the 161-lap Great Race.
Instead, engine changes were executed last night for the Walkinshaw TWG #1 of Chaz Mostert/Fabian Coulthard and the Brad Jones Racing #8 of André Heimgartner/Bryce Fullwood.
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