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Evans the final piece of Bathurst puzzle

19 Sep 2022
Bathurst grid could be finalised today
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A successful evaluation for Jaxon Evans could see the Bathurst grid finalised as early as Monday.

Brad Jones Racing will run an evaluation day for Porsche ace Evans at Winton on Monday.

Evans is in the frame for a Bathurst debut alongside Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Commodore.

Should the day go to plan, it is expected the Kiwi will be confirmed in the last remaining enduro seat.

At the time of the Evans announcement, BJR suggested the deal could be signed, sealed and confirmed straight after the test.

Evans recently arrived in Australia off the back of 12 Hour success in Germany.

Last week, Evans claimed victory in the maiden 12 Hours of Nürburgring for Falken Motorsports.

The New Zealander is the 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion.

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His most recent Supercars track time came in a Winton test aboard in a Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore in 2018.

Monday’s running is the first in a line of pre-Bathurst outings for teams.

Victorian-based squads will take to Winton on Tuesday (September 20), a day after Evans' evaluation.

BJR and WAU will be joined by Tickford Racing, Grove Racing, Blanchard Racing Team and the Matt Chahda Motorsport wildcard.

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Erebus Motorsport will run Brodie Kostecki’s #99 entry at a Rookie Test Day at The Bend Motorsport Park next Wednesday (September 21).

The team is hurriedly repairing Will Brown’s #9 car following his Pukekohe crash.

The car is set to join the wildcard entry for Greg Murphy and Richie Stanaway on September 28.

Team 18 will also test on the day at Winton.

Also on September 28, Queensland Raceway will be the scene for the final test for Triple Eight wildcards Craig Lowndes and Declan Fraser.

Red Bull Ampol Racing, Shell V-Power Racing Team, Matt Stone Racing and PremiAir Racing will also test.

First practice in Bathurst will be held on October 6, with race day October 9.

Tickets for the Repco Bathurst 1000 are available on Supercars.com and Ticketek.

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2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 entry list

Team

Primary driver

Co-driver

Red Bull Ampol Racing

Broc Feeney

Jamie Whincup

Red Bull Ampol Racing

Shane van Gisbergen

Garth Tander

Shell V-Power Racing Team

Anton De Pasquale

Tony D'Alberto

Shell V-Power Racing Team

Will Davison

Alex Davison

Tickford Racing

James Courtney

Zane Goddard

Tickford Racing

Cam Waters

James Moffat

Tickford Racing

Thomas Randle

Zak Best

Tickford Racing

Jake Kostecki

Kurt Kostecki

Walkinshaw Andretti United

Nick Percat

Warren Luff

Walkinshaw Andretti United

Chaz Mostert

Fabian Coulthard

Erebus Motorsport

Will Brown

Jack Perkins

Erebus Motorsport

Brodie Kostecki

David Russell

Team 18

Mark Winterbottom

Michael Caruso

Team 18

Scott Pye

Tyler Everingham

CoolDrive Racing

Tim Slade

Tim Blanchard

Penrite Racing

Lee Holdsworth

Matt Payne

Penrite Racing

David Reynolds

Matt Campbell

Brad Jones Racing

Andre Heimgartner

Dale Wood

Brad Jones Racing

Bryce Fullwood

Dean Fiore

Brad Jones Racing

Macauley Jones

Jordan Boys

Brad Jones Racing

Jack Smith

Jaxon Evans**

PremiAir Racing

Chris Pither

Cameron Hill

PremiAir Racing

James Golding

Dylan O'Keeffe

Matt Stone Racing

Jack Le Brocq

Aaron Seton

Matt Stone Racing

Todd Hazelwood

Jayden Ojeda

Triple Eight*

Craig Lowndes

Declan Fraser

Erebus Motorsport*

Richie Stanaway

Greg Murphy

Matt Chahda Motorsport*

Matt Chahda

Jaylyn Robotham

*Denotes wildcard

**Expected but not confirmed

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