Australian automotive news & analysis

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Supercars / The people behind the racing

Lasting legends.

Twenty-five years of rivalry, resilience and remarkable racing. The drivers who helped define modern Australian touring cars.

Our opening collection explores the 2001–2026 era, with earlier career context where it matters. These are selected stories, not a ranking or an official Hall of Fame.

Profile 01Australian

Craig Lowndes

Three championships established his reputation. Six more Bathurst victories after 2000 made Lowndes a defining figure of the modern endurance race.

3 championships 7 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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Profile 02Australian

Jamie Whincup

Seven championships and four Bathurst wins made Whincup the benchmark for sustained success in the modern Supercars era.

7 championships 4 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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Profile 03Australian

Mark Skaife

Skaife carried the Holden Racing Team’s dominance into the new century, then added another Bathurst chapter as an endurance co-driver.

5 championships 6 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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Profile 04Australian

Marcos Ambrose

A Tasmanian returning from European single-seaters became the driver who broke Holden’s championship streak with Stone Brothers Racing.

2 championships 0 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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Profile 05New Zealander

Greg Murphy

Four Bathurst victories, a remarkable Pukekohe record and one unforgettable qualifying lap made Murphy much more than a championship statistic.

0 championships 4 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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Profile 06Australian

Garth Tander

A championship winner who kept finding new ways to win Bathurst, Tander finished his Supercars career with six Great Race victories.

1 championships 6 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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Profile 07New Zealander

Scott McLaughlin

McLaughlin turned a first championship into three in succession, spanning Ford’s Falcon-to-Mustang transition before moving to IndyCar.

3 championships 1 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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Profile 08New Zealander

Shane van Gisbergen

From a wet-weather debut to three championships and three Bathurst wins, van Gisbergen developed into one of the era’s most versatile drivers.

3 championships 3 Bathurst wins Full-career record

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About this collection

Original, AI-assisted profiles synthesised from the linked Supercars records. They are historical features, not firsthand interviews. Each story includes its sources and separates full-career achievements from this collection’s period.

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