Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood won the 2026 Bathurst 1000 on Sunday, October 11, by 1.184 seconds. Their Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang inherited the lead on the final lap. That happened because the Chevrolet Camaro in front of it ran out of fuel.

The Camaro belonged to Anton De Pasquale and Lee Holdsworth of Team 18. They had led late into the race at Mount Panorama. However, the car coughed on the Mountain Straight with the flag in sight, and the race slipped away.

For Kostecki, it was a second Bathurst win. He first won the race in 2024. This time, he and Hazelwood did it in the No. 17 Mustang.

The 2026 Bathurst 1000 result

The official Supercars classification lists the race as Race 30 of the season, scheduled for 161 laps. Kostecki and Hazelwood, entered as the Shell V-Power Racing Team, covered the distance in 5 hours, 54 minutes and 4.749 seconds.

Will Brown and Scott Pye finished second for Red Bull Ampol Racing in 5:54:05.933. That puts them 1.184 seconds behind the winners on the official times. Zach Bates and Aaron Seton took third for Bendix Racing.

The rest of the top 10 ran close together. Cooper Murray and Lochie Dalton finished sixth for Erebus Motorsport, ahead of Andre Heimgartner and Bryce Fullwood. Then came James Golding and Richie Stanaway, Thomas Randle and Reuben Goodall, and Craig Lowndes and Bayley Hall in 10th. In total, the official sheet shows the first 10 cars separated by just over seven seconds.

Next came Jack Le Brocq and Harri Jones in fourth. Matthew Payne and Will Davison finished fifth for Penrite Racing. Meanwhile, De Pasquale and Holdsworth appear on the sheet as not classified, with 160 laps completed and no points.

A Ford one-two, by way of a Camaro

However, the official page lists teams but not car makes. Speedcafe’s race report fills that in. It identifies the winner as the Dick Johnson Racing No. 17 Ford Mustang GT. It also lists the runner-up as Triple Eight’s No. 888 Ford Mustang GT.

Speedcafe also names the car that ran dry. It was Team 18’s No. 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, which slowed on the Mountain Straight on the last lap. As a result, two Mustangs finished first and second.

Meanwhile, Supercars’ own report sums up the problem plainly. Team 18, it says, “didn’t put enough fuel in the tank to get to the chequered flag.” The team had radioed for “maximum fuel save” in the closing stint.

How the fuel ran short

At first, the Camaro looked safe, because it had built a big cushion before the end. According to Supercars’ race report, De Pasquale led by 15.5 seconds with 21 laps to go. Still, that lead did not matter once the tank ran low.

Jalopnik’s report traces the problem to the final pit stop. De Pasquale’s team made that stop on lap 138. There, according to Jalopnik, it short-filled the tank by roughly 15 seconds compared with its rivals.

Behind the leader, Kostecki kept pushing. Supercars says he set back-to-back Gen3 lap records at Mount Panorama on laps 152 and 153. So when the Camaro faltered, the No. 17 was next in line.

What Kostecki said after the 2026 Bathurst 1000

Afterward, Kostecki pointed to the race’s long reputation for late twists. “Like I’ve always said, the mountain always chooses the winner,” he told Speedcafe. He was also full of praise for his car. “This Ford Mustang was on rails. I can’t believe we won Bathurst in the #17!” he said.

He was candid about the team’s own race, too. “We executed so well up until that second last pit stop with that brake change,” Kostecki said. In other words, the No. 17 crew had not run a perfect race either.

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Third place, however, carried its own milestone. Supercars says Aaron Seton, sharing the car with Bates, claimed his first Supercars podium. Jalopnik adds that the race ran with only one safety car period.

Brown and Pye also left with something. Their second place won them the Ryco Sprint Cup, according to Supercars. In addition, Brown earned 25 bonus points for the Repco Supercars Finals Series.

The points table shows how much the race was worth. According to the official classification, Kostecki and Hazelwood scored 300 points for the win. By comparison, Brown and Pye collected 276 for second, while the No. 18 crew left with none.

Those Finals start at the Gold Coast 500 on October 23 to 25. Before then, the official sheet records Kostecki and Hazelwood as Bathurst winners, 1.184 seconds clear after 161 laps.

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