The Repco Bathurst 1000 once again provided motorsport fans across the nation with a highly entertaining race meeting as Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth won one of the biggest prizes in Australian motorsport. 
  
However while the 161-lap great race capped off another solid season for Supercars, the Repco Supercars Championship season finale hosted the final round for many other national categories. 
  
Following on from the six-day motorsport extravaganza at Mount Panorama, motorsport.org.au recaps the categories outside of Supercars and the Dunlop Super2 and Super3 Series.  
  
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V8 SuperUte Series 

The finale to the inaugural Haltech V8 SuperUte Series witnessed a thrilling climax as David Sieders and Cameron Crick finished the round as equal winners, while Ryal Harris secured the first ever series title in the V8 era of SuperUte racing. 
 
Incredibly just one point separated Sieders, Crick and Harris at the conclusion of the round with all three producing gutsy racing throughout the four races. 
 
There was plenty of drama too with penalties, crashes and wheel-to-wheel action playing a part in the round as Harris won the opening two races, before being relegated to sixth in race three – handing Crick the race win . 
 
In the final race of the year, Aaron Borg pulled off a remarkable win ahead of Sieders as Harris limped home in fourth place behind Crick to secure an historic title. 
 
Sieders and Crick finished on equal points with the former finishing on the podium three times, while Crick’s win in race three helped him close in on Harris on the standings, but it wasn’t enough as the eventual difference between the two just 12 points.  


 

Touring Car Masters 

It was a fairy-tale finish in the Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters as John Bowe claimed his sixth TCM title. 
 
It took Bowe a long time to win his 100th race in the category, having achieved that feat earlier in the year, but there was no stopping the Australian motorsport icon from winning the title despite not adding to his win-tally. 
 
The category’s final round for the year saw two different drivers win races as multiple series champion Steve Johnson won twice and Dean Lille won the finale.  
 
Bowe on the other hand did what he needed to do to grab the title and finished on the podium in all three races – the only driver to do so during the round. 
 
Other notable results saw Ryan Hansford grab second place in race one, Adam Bressington third in race two and Marcus Zukanovic finish second ahead of Bowe in race three. 


 

Toyota 86 Series 

Carrying on with the theme of epic Bathurst battles, the Toyota Gazoo Racing 86 Series was another category to have a three-way battle for round honours with a small margin proving the difference. 
 
Unfortunately, the category was only able to complete two races as Zach Bates, Lachlan Gibbons and Cameron Crick enjoyed a fantastic rivalry of racing.  
 
In the end, it was Bates and Gibbons who ended the weekend on 182 points apiece, with each driver claiming one win and one P3. 
 
Crick on the other hand finished just two points behind the duo thanks to his two second-place finishes – the SuperUte star unable to pick up a win of his own.  


 

Motorsport Australia GT Championship

Like the TGRA 86 Series, the Motorsport Australia GT Championship had two races run over the course of the weekend with each race won by a different crew.  
 
And like the one-make series, nothing could separate the top two drivers with German Christopher Mies and Yasser Shahin sharing the spoils with Liam Talbot and Fraser Ross.  
 
Behind the wheel of The Bend Motorsport Park's Audi R8 LMS Evo, Shahin and Mies drew first blood with victory over Ross and Talbot after the international ace produced a solid stint behind the wheel – chasing down Ross to claim the lead and the fastest lap in the process. 
 
Rounding out the top three for the race was eventual GT Trophy winner Brett Hobson in his Nissan Nismo GT3, while Paul Stokell and Gary Higgon took out the AM race win. 
 
In the second race, Ross and Talbot got their revenge on their rivals with the duo steering their Audi R8 LMS Evo to a commanding 18-second win over Shahin and Mies. 
 
Splitting the two was Hobson in second place, which locked in the GT Trophy win, as well as ultimately giving Ross and Talbot the outright round and ProAm win. 
 
Marc Cini ended up taking out the second AM race, but due to a poor first race, class round honours went to Higgon and Stokell.