Tickford confirms Bathurst pairings

Tickford Racing has confirmed its four Bathurst pairings, including Zane Goddard and Jake Kostecki.

The Ford team will have just one pairing carry over from 2021, being James Moffat with Cam Waters.

Thomas Randle will race with Zak Best, who will make his second Great Race start.

Goddard will race with James Courtney, while Kostecki will race with younger brother Jake.

Goddard and Kostecki are in the headlines amid speculation of who will fill the vacancy at PremiAir Racing.

The former has now all but ruled out himself out of the PremiAir seat.

For now, the duo have been secured at Tickford for October’s Great Race.

The four-car line-up will be spearheaded by Waters and Moffat, who combined to finish second last year.

It was Waters’ second straight runner-up finish at Mount Panorama.

Tickford CEO and Team Principal Tim Edwards was pleased to finally unveil his suite of line-ups.

"We certainly have a very strong driver line-up this year, and we’re very happy with how our pairings have come together," Edwards said.

"The level of competition in this category gets stronger every year and at Bathurst.

"It’s critical to have drivers who are both fast, reliable, and work well together, and you can apply those to all of our drivers and pairings.

"Of course you never know what Bathurst is going to throw at you, but we’ve shown good car speed all season which we’ve continued to improve on.

"Then add in the team behind that and this driver group, and I think we can certainly factor in at the pointy end when it counts in October."

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