Each driver will start the weekend with four pre-marked soft compound tyres and 28 new soft compound tyres. Whincup, meanwhile, needs to keep McLaughlin to within at least 299 points to ensure there's at least some pressure on the reigning Bathurst 1000 winner heading into the 2020 running of the Great Race. Setting the pace: Ford Mustang driver Scott McLaughlin leads the field at Tailem Bend. Position / Driver / Team Penalty Points Diff; 1. Three hundred is the magic number this weekend, that being the points advantage McLaughlin needs to put the championship beyond doubt heading to Mount Panorama. On Sunday there will be back-to-back qualifying sessions and two more races. The Kiwi star from the Shell V-Power Racing Team joined the hat trick heroes at Tailem Bend in South Australia on Sunday afternoon when he finished second in the final of the three races that made up the weekend round, 3.3 seconds behind Cameron Waters.

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McLaughlin knew that he would have to finish the penultimate round of the championship 300 points clear of Jamie Whincup, his closest pursuer, … Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates 2. In the 60 year history of touring car racing only three previous men - Ian Geoghegan (1966-1969), Mark Skaife (2000-2002) and Jamie Whincup (2011-2014) - had landed three or more titles in succession.

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He took advantage of Whincup's pit lane misfortune earlier in the weekend - an error which saw the former multiple champion drop further behind on the points table - to draw clear of his closest pursuer and by the time the final race was run in SA on Sunday afternoon McLaughlin held a lead of 299 points. McLaughlin knew that he would have to finish the penultimate round of the championship 300 points clear of Jamie Whincup, his closest pursuer, if he was to ensure the title was decided before the Supercar circus moved on to the last round of the season at Bathurst next month. There will be two support categories in action, a combined sports car field and the Hyundai Excels.

For us to win the championship with a round to go is true testimony to the team. Points table; Statistics; Calendar; Go to 2019; Position Driver Team Car Engine Tyres Points; 1. Many of the greats - Bob Jane, Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson, Jim Richards, Craig Lowndes and Marcos Ambrose - won two titles in a row but could never quite manage to make it triple titles in successive years.