Top bookmaking firm Ladrokes.com.au has assessed Red Bull Racing Australia’s twin Commodores as pronounced favourites for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
On the back of the Brisbane squad’s Sandown 500 victory and its phenomenal strike rate at the mountain, the #1 Commodore of Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell are on the top line of betting at $3.
Their 2-1 quote comes on the back of their Sandown triumph and their victory in the 161-lap Bathurst enduro last year.
Lowndes, who has won Bathurst five times, and his experienced team-mate Warren Luff, are expected to push for equal or outright favouritism in the #888 machine once practice begins on the traditional Thursday of Bathurst week.
There has been some solid wagers placed on Red Bull extending his imposing Bathurst record which stands at five victories in 10 attempts.
Ford Performance Racing’s two Falcons of Mark Winterbottom/Steve Richards (#5) and (#6) Will Davison/ Steve Owen are both at $8 and are the only other entries under double figures in an otherwise wide open betting race.
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Although the Holden Racing Team has experienced a topsy-turvey run this year, its #22 factory Commodore to be driven by 2010 series champion James Courtney and four-times Bathurst winner Greg Murphy is on the fourth line of betting at $13.
The sister #2 HRT car of Garth Tander and Nick Percat (who won the race in 2011) are next at $14.00.
For those punters looking for a value bet you need look no further than the #17 DJR Falcon which will be helmed by Chaz Mostert and Dale Wood and is at the leviathan odds of $501.
At the time this story was published the results of the Pirtek Poll favoured the #888 Red Bull Holden of Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff narrowly from the #22 Holden Racing Team Commodore shared by James Courtney and Greg Murphy with just over 2200 votes cast.
The next most popular car is the #5 FPR Falcon of Mark Winterbottom and Steve Richards with reigning Bathurst champions Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell the next most popular attracting just over 10 per cent of the poll.
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