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To mark 10 years since the inception of the Peter Brock Trophy, this week’s Pirtek Poll asks you to choose your favourite Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from the last decade.
The time period has produced a string of thrilling finishes and emotion-charged results, each adding another chapter to the race’s legend.
Take a look back at the races below before casting your vote on the Pirtek Poll.
2006
Winners: Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup
Margin: 0.5868s
In a result fitting of the occasion, Lowndes teamed with Whincup to take victory in the 2006 running of the Great Race one month to the day since the death of his mentor Brock.
The result, which came 10 years after Lowndes’ only other Bathurst win to that point, remains regarded as the fan favourite’s crowning achievement.
2007
Winners: Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup
Margin: 0.6238s
Arrival of rain in the closing stages of the 2007 event produced one of the most thrilling climaxes in Great Race history.
Leader Mark Winterbottom was one of a number to come unstuck in the tricky conditions before Lowndes defeated a determined Steven Johnson to take another famous victory.
2008
Winners: Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup
Margin: 2.4978s
While the previous two years provided tense finishes, 2008 was notable for the level of domination displayed by Lowndes, Whincup and Triple Eight.
The duo sealed a three-peat in commanding fashion, becoming just the third combination to secure a hat trick at Bathurst behind the 1978-80 success of Peter BrockJim Richards and ’82-’84 streak of Brock/Larry Perkins.
2009
Winners: Garth Tander/Will Davison
Margin: 0.7599s
The Holden Racing Team struck back in emphatic style in 2009, with its Garth Tander/Will Davison entry leading a quartet of Commodores to the flag.
The first to be run with E85 fuel, the resulting increase in the number of pitstops proved a distinctly different strategic equation for teams, while mid-race rain further spiced up the action.
2010
Winners: Craig Lowndes/Mark Skaife
Margin: 0.1733s
A new regulation preventing primary drivers from pairing up paved the way for a new level of domination from Triple Eight.
Forced into a 79 lap triple-stint to the flag after co-driver Skaife aggravated an old back injury, Lowndes led home team-mate Whincup in a one-two for the now Holden Triple Eight squad.
2011
Winners: Garth Tander/Nick Percat
Margin: 0.2917s
After rookie co-driver Percat survived a mid-race collision with the Griffins Bend wall, Tander held off a late charge from Lowndes to take his third Bathurst crown.
Lowndes had blazed from seventh to second over the final 21 laps, falling just 0.29s short of victory in what remains the closest competitive finish of all time.
2012
Winners: Jamie Whincup/Paul Dumbrell
Margin: 0.3129s
In front of a record crowd drawn to the mountain for the race’s 50th year celebrations, Whincup held off David Reynolds in another thriller decided by mere tenths of seconds.
Running uninterrupted by Safety Cars across the final two stints, Whincup relied on all his experience to save fuel and keep the clearly faster Ford at bay on a day where tyre failures were the talk of the paddock.
2013
Winners: Mark Winterbottom/Steven Richards
Margin: 0.4744s
Ten years after both the formation of Ford Performance Racing and the Bathurst debut of Winterbottom, the team and driver finally broke through for maiden Bathurst victories.
The win came in the sweetest possible circumstances as Winterbottom held off arch rival Jamie Whincup in another tense final lap showdown.
2014
Winners: Chaz Mostert/Paul Morris
Margin: 4.9360s
Undoubtedly the wildest Bathurst of all-time, 2014’s eight-hour epic culminated in Mostert overtaking an out-of-fuel Whincup for the win on the very last lap.
The result came despite an early crash from co-driver Morris, who came unstuck on a deteriorating Griffins Bend surface that required a red flag stoppage to repair.
2015
Winners: Craig Lowndes/Steven Richards
Margin: 1.3654s
The 2015 edition of the Great Race will be remembered as much for Whincup’s defiance of team orders as for Lowndes’ sixth Bathurst crown.
Electing not to follow Lowndes in under the final yellow and instead complete another lap saw Whincup pass the Safety Car – triggering a drive-through penalty.
