Zach Bates claims Bathurst 1000 pole for Matt Stone Racing as Kostecki denied a fourth straight Shootout win
Zach Bates secured Bathurst 1000 pole in Saturday’s Top Ten Shootout. He and Aaron Seton lead the published grid for Sunday’s race, ahead of Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood.
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Saturday’s Shootout result
Zach Bates secured pole position for the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000 in Saturday’s Top Ten Shootout at Mount Panorama. The Matt Stone Racing driver set 2:04.2062s in the single-lap session, ahead of Brodie Kostecki on 2:04.4912s. Speedcafe’s results table records the margin as 0.2850 seconds. 21
The official Supercars report says Bates denied Kostecki a fourth consecutive Bathurst pole. Saturday’s Shootout decided pole after Friday’s provisional qualifying order. It does not establish a winner of the endurance race, which is scheduled for Sunday. 2
The published starting grid
The official starting-grid report places Bates and co-driver Aaron Seton first in the number 10 Bendix Chevrolet, alongside Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood in the number 17 Shell V-Power Ford. Anton De Pasquale and Lee Holdsworth start third, followed by Cooper Murray and Lochie Dalton in fourth. 3
Positions five to ten are Jack Le Brocq/Harri Jones, Will Brown/Scott Pye, Jayden Ojeda/David Russell, David Reynolds/James Courtney, James Golding/Richie Stanaway and Matt Payne/Will Davison, in that order. 3
Kai Allen/Tim Slade are listed 11th and Broc Feeney/Nick Percat 12th. Thomas Randle/Reuben Goodall start 13th, ahead of Cam Waters/Mark Winterbottom in 14th. Andre Heimgartner/Bryce Fullwood are 15th and Chaz Mostert/Fabian Coulthard 16th. 3
Positions 17 to 20 are Jobe Stewart/Jarrod Hughes, Aaron Cameron/Zak Best, Cameron Hill/Brad Vaughan and Macauley Jones/Jordan Boys, respectively. 3
James Moffat/Nathan Herne are listed 21st, Bayley Hall/Craig Lowndes 22nd, Declan Fraser/Nash Morris 23rd, Jackson Walls/Jack Perkins 24th, Rylan Gray/Tony D’Alberto 25th and Ryan Wood/Jaxon Evans 26th. These are the published Supercars grid positions; check the official source for any subsequent changes. 3
A maiden pole with personal weight
Supercars describes Saturday’s result as Bates’s first pole of his Supercars career, achieved on his second Bathurst start. The result also gives Matt Stone Racing its first Bathurst pole. 2
Sunday’s race start
Supercars lists a Sunday Warm Up at 8:30am AEDT, ahead of the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000 at 11:30am AEDT on Sunday 11 October. The official starting-grid page lists Seven Network, Fox Sports, KAYO Sports and Sky NZ as carrying live coverage, with SuperView available to international fans. 23
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Corrected the grid positions for Thomas Randle and Cam Waters against the official Supercars starting grid, and shortened the report to the Shootout result and race-start information.
Added the official Sunday warm-up time and primary-source context on Bates’s first Supercars pole and second Bathurst start. The official grid correction remains unchanged.
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