Retiring Whincup wins third Barry Sheene Medal
Jamie Whincup has been awarded his third Barry Sheene Medal for best and fairest driver of 2021.
Whincup, who will make his final full-time start in Bathurst on Sunday, was announced as the prestigious award winner.
The award is voted by the sport’s key members of the media, and was awarded to Whincup after Saturday's ARMOR ALL Top Ten Shootout.
Whincup won the Barry Sheene Medal in 2007 and 2008.
Only Red Bull Ampol Racing driver Craig Lowndes has won the Barry Sheene Medal on more occasions with five.
“Every time you win this award it’s unbelievably special,” Whincup said.
"As we know, Baz was a fantastic character, a motorsport icon, so this, as you say, is one of the highest accolades you can win in motorsport and I’m very, very proud of it.
"There’s a lot of people in this game, but there’s only a certain amount of true racers.
"The people involved in this award are true racers of the sport, which is what I and most of the crew are about.
"I go into my last race as a full-time driver tomorrow and it feels fantastic, thank you."
Whincup’s accolade takes Triple Eight's 2021 awards haul to five.
The squad secured the teams’ championship trophy at the Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight.
Teammate Shane van Gisbergen also secured the 2021 drivers' title in Sydney.
The 2021 champion-elect received Drivers’ Driver and the Most Popular Driver honours on Friday.
Whincup enters his final race with 124 career wins, 237 podiums and 92 pole positions - the most in each of those categories in Supercars history.
The Shell V-Power Racing Team claimed the 2021 fan-voted Best Presented Team Award, the same award the team won in 2017 and 2018.
The 161-lap Repco Bathurst 1000 will commence at 12:15pm AEDT on Sunday.
Supercars will return to the track on Sunday for the Warm Up at 9:10am 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.
2021 Repco Supercars Championship Series awards
Barry Sheene Medal: Jamie Whincup, Red Bull Ampol Racing2021 Supercars Champion (Elect): Shane van Gisbergen, Red Bull Ampol RacingSupercars Drivers’ Driver: Shane van Gisbergen, Red Bull Ampol RacingTeam Champion Team Award: Red Bull Ampol Racing Team2021 Supercars ARMOR ALL Pole Position: Anton De Pasquale, Shell V-Power Racing TeamChampion Manufacturer of the Year: HoldenMost Popular Driver – Fan’s Choice: Shane van GisbergenBest Event: Merlin Darwin Triple CrownMike Kable Young Gun: Matt McLean, Eggleston MotorsportDunlop Super2 Series Champion: Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Engineering2021 Dunlop Super2 ARMOR ALL Pole Position: Broc Feeney, Triple Eight EngineeringLet’s Go Motorhomes Dunlop Super2 Series Rookie of the Year: Matt McLeanBest Presented Team – Fan’s Choice: Shell V-Power Racing TeamBest Volunteer Group: Bathurst events
