Edging towards history: Red-hot S5000 pace in Bathurst

Mount Panorama has witnessed its first sub-two-minute lap of the weekend courtesy of S5000 driver Aaron Cameron.

Cameron clocked a 1:59.934s on Wednesday afternoon to take pole position for the opening Tasman Series race of the week.

The S5000 series is one of nine support categories at the six-day Repco Bathurst 1000.

The open-wheelers’ pace was on show on Tuesday, with 2021 Gold Star winner Joey Mawson clocking a 2:00.870s in Practice 2.

Mawson’s time ensured the S5000s were in the realm of the official Bathurst lap record.

Christopher Mies set a 1:59.2910s during the 2018 Challenge Bathurst aboard an Audi R8 LMS GT3.

Cameron celebrates pole

Cameron went even quicker on Wednesday, with Team 18 co-driver James Golding second.

Golding clocked a 2:00.085s ahead of Mawson (2:00.091s) and Nathan Herne (2:00.207s).

Race 4 of the 2021 S5000 Tasman Series will commence at 1:35pm AEDT on Thursday.

Supercars will hit the track on Thursday for Practice 1 at 10:00am AEDT. Click here to view the track schedule.

Every session of the event will be broadcast live on Foxtel (Fox Sports 503) and streamed on Kayo.

The Seven Network will provide live free to air coverage of the event. Tickets for the event are on sale now.