Triple Eight's shot at championship one-two history
Shane van Gisbergen has one hand on the 2021 title, and the fight for second in the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship is also all but set.
Jamie Whincup is 337 points behind Red Bull Ampol Racing teammate van Gisbergen heading to this weekend’s penultimate round in Sydney.
Whincup, however, is 192 points ahead of Will Davison in the fight for second in the standings.
As such, Red Bull Ampol Racing is in the box seat to secure an historic one-two championship finish.
Only six teams in history have achieved the feat, and Triple Eight Race Engineering is eyeing an unprecedented fifth instance of the achievement.
Van Gisbergen defeated Whincup to the 2016 title in their first season as teammates.
Dick Johnson Racing (1998, 1989) and Gibson Motorsport (1991, 1992) scored two championship quinellas each.
Moffat Ford Dealers finished first and second in 1977, with Allan Moffat and Colin Bond helping Ford to famous season and Bathurst results.
Bathurst and title one-two success for DJR in 1989 Pic: AN1 Images
The late 1980s belonged to DJR, Dick Johnson, John Bowe and a pair of Shell-backed Ford Sierra RS500s.
Johnson and Bowe combined to win eight of nine rounds in 1988 and six of eight in 1989. Johnson was champion on both occasions.
The final years of Group A belonged to Gibson Motorsport, with Jim Richards and Mark Skaife winning 11 of 18 rounds across 1991 and 1992 in their Nissan GT-Rs.
Richards narrowly beat Skaife to the 1991 title, before Skaife bounced back and took his first championship 12 months later.
Gibson Nissans were one and two in '91 and '92 Pic: AN1 Images
Glenn Seton Racing finished one-two in 1993, with Seton beating 1980 Formula One champion and teammate Alan Jones.
In 2004, Stone Brothers Racing’s second title season saw Marcos Ambrose finish ahead of Russell Ingall.
Ingall won the 2005 title 12 months later, with Ambrose third behind Craig Lowndes.
Lowndes finished behind Whincup three years in a row between 2011 and 2013, with Triple Eight scoring a hat-trick of title quinellas.
Van Gisbergen beat Whincup to the 2016 crown
Triple Eight was also the first Holden team to achieve the feat in 2011.
The 2021 Repco Supercars Championship will resume this weekend at the Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight.
Every session of the event will be broadcast live on Foxtel (Fox Sports 506) 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.
ATCC/Supercars championship one-twos
1977: Moffat Ford Dealers (Allan Moffat, Colin Bond)1988: Dick Johnson Racing (Dick Johnson, John Bowe)1989: Dick Johnson Racing (Dick Johnson, John Bowe)1991: Gibson Motorsport (Jim Richards, Mark Skaife)1992: Gibson Motorsport (Mark Skaife, Jim Richards)1993: Glenn Seton Racing (Glenn Seton, Alan Jones)2004: Stone Brothers Racing (Marcos Ambrose, Russell Ingall)2011: Triple Eight Race Engineering (Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes)2012: Triple Eight Race Engineering (Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes)2013: Triple Eight Race Engineering (Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes)2016: Triple Eight Race Engineering (Shane van Gisbergen, Jamie Whincup)
