Pye completed 25 laps of The Mountain, setting a session-best 2:05.6647s on his 24th lap.
Whincup was 0.0442s in an eventful session for the seven-time champion, who spun at Hell Corner a third of the way into the 60-minute session.
The #88 Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro spun before parking backwards in the gravel trap.
Whincup found himself in more strife with an investigation pending over a potential red flag procedure infringement.
Whincup also takes a trip to the beach at Turn 1 🚩
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Behind the Triple Eight duo was Mark Winterbottom in the #6 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang.
Grove Racing’s Garth Tander was fourth in the #100 Mustang while Zach Bates was an impressive fifth in the #888 Triple Eight Camaro wildcard.
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Whincup’s off wasn’t the only one to get beached at Hell Corner. Fresh off taking pole position for the second Super2 Series race, Lochie Dalton locked up and buried the #5 Tickford Mustang wildcard.
Practice 6 at the Repco Bathurst 1000 gets underway at 1:05pm AEDT.
Results: Repco Supercars Championship Repco Bathurst 1000, Practice 5 (Additional drivers)
| Pos | Num | Co-driver | Team | Car | Lap | Diff | Gap |
| 1 | 1 | Scott Pye | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:05.6647 | ||
| 2 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:05.7089 | 0.0442 | 0.0442 |
| 3 | 6 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.0163 | 0.3516 | 0.3074 |
| 4 | 100 | Garth Tander | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.0525 | 0.3878 | 0.0362 |
| 5 | 888 | Zach Bates | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.0602 | 0.3955 | 0.0077 |
| 6 | 25 | Fabian Coulthard | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.2532 | 0.5885 | 0.193 |
| 7 | 62 | Nash Morris | PremiAir Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.2959 | 0.6312 | 0.0427 |
| 8 | 10 | Tim Slade | Matt Stone Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.3083 | 0.6436 | 0.0124 |
| 9 | 9 | Jarrod Hughes | Erebus Motorsport | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.3390 | 0.6743 | 0.0307 |
| 10 | 17 | Tony D’Alberto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.3403 | 0.6756 | 0.0013 |
| 11 | 20 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.3709 | 0.7062 | 0.0306 |
| 12 | 2 | Jayden Ojeda | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.3765 | 0.7118 | 0.0056 |
| 13 | 55 | James Moffat | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.5671 | 0.9024 | 0.1906 |
| 14 | 31 | David Russell | PremiAir Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.6493 | 0.9846 | 0.0822 |
| 15 | 26 | Dale Wood | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.7237 | 1.059 | 0.0744 |
| 16 | 4 | Cameron McLeod | Matt Stone Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.7468 | 1.0821 | 0.0231 |
| 17 | 38 | Todd Hazelwood | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.7535 | 1.0888 | 0.0067 |
| 18 | 5 | Lochie Dalton | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.7774 | 1.1127 | 0.0239 |
| 19 | 18 | Harri Jones | Team 18 | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.7960 | 1.1313 | 0.0186 |
| 20 | 3 | Zak Best | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.8355 | 1.1708 | 0.0395 |
| 21 | 7 | Jack Perkins | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.9115 | 1.2468 | 0.076 |
| 22 | 35 | Aaron Seton | Matt Stone Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.9306 | 1.2659 | 0.0191 |
| 23 | 96 | Jordan Boys | Brad Jones Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.1246 | 1.4599 | 0.194 |
| 24 | 99 | Jobe Stewart | Erebus Motorsport | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.1583 | 1.4936 | 0.0337 |
| 25 | 14 | Brad Vaughan | Brad Jones Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.1693 | 1.5046 | 0.011 |
| 26 | 8 | Declan Fraser | Brad Jones Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.5686 | 1.9039 | 0.3993 |
| 27 | 12 | Jack Smith | Brad Jones Racing | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.8955 | 2.2308 | 0.3269 |
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