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The [[2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000|2016 race]], the first under the renamed Supercars Championship banner, featured 91 green laps to start the race, followed by a dramatic and safety-car–filled conclusion to proceedings. Most notably, there was a late-race incident between Garth Tander and [[Scott McLaughlin (racing driver)|Scott McLaughlin]], retiring the former's car, which occurred as Triple Eight's Jamie Whincup attempted to redress a clash between himself and McLaughlin at the Chase. Whincup received a fifteen-second time penalty; despite taking the chequered flag first, he was classified 11th.<ref name="2016win">{{cite news |last=Bartholomaeus |first=Stefan | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/10/09/davisonwebb-win-controversial-bathurst-1000/ | title=Davison/Webb win controversial Bathurst 1000 | work=Speedcafe | date=9 October 2016 | access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> This allowed the [[Tekno Autosports]] entry of [[Will Davison]] and [[Jonathon Webb]] to take victory, just over one tenth of a second ahead of the Triple Eight entry of [[Shane van Gisbergen]] and [[Alexandre Prémat]].<ref name="2016win"/> Following the finish, Triple Eight announced they were appealing the penalty, regarding the appropriateness of a time penalty for such an offence.<ref name="2016appeal1">{{cite news | url=http://www.supercars.com/news/championship/triple-eight-lodge-protest/ | title=Triple Eight lodge protest | author=Supercars | date=9 October 2016 | access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="2016appeal2">{{cite news |last=Howard |first=Tom | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/10/09/red-bull-bathurst-appeal-explained/ | title=Red Bull Bathurst 1000 appeal explained | work=Speedcafe | date=9 October 2016 | access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> The appeal, held by the Supercars National Court of Appeal in the [[County Court of Victoria]], was dismissed in a hearing nine days after the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cams.com.au/media/news/latest-news/supercars-national-court-of-appeal-has-dismissed-the-appeal-submitted-by-triple-eight-race-engineering-(1)|title=Supercars National Court of Appeal has dismissed the Appeal submitted by Triple Eight Race Engineering|date=18 October 2016|publisher=[[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport]]|access-date=18 October 2016}}</ref>
The [[2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000]] saw another victory for an independent team with [[Erebus Motorsport]] prevailing in mostly wet conditions with [[David Reynolds (racing driver)|David Reynolds]] and [[Luke Youlden]] behind the wheel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/10/08/reynoldsyoulden-claim-dramatic-bathurst-victory/|title=Reynolds/Youlden claim dramatic Bathurst victory|date=8 October 2017|publisher=Speedcafe|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> Erebus also joined Tekno as the only teams to win both the [[Bathurst 12 Hour]] and the Bathurst 1000.
[[File:DJR Team Penske 2019 Bathurst 1000 Practice 4.jpg|thumb|[[Scott McLaughlin (racing driver)|Scott McLaughlin]] and [[Alexandre Prémat]] (foreground) won the [[2019 Bathurst 1000]] while team-mates [[Fabian Coulthard]] and [[Tony D'Alberto]] (background) were relegated to last place after a rules breach.]]
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