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Old 5 Oct 2012, 08:59 (Ref:3146500)   #1
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Closest Bathurst finish
Now I might cause a bungfight here, but I disagree with V8supercar & Ch7 claiming last years finish was the closest finish.

After watching it over & over again I reckon that the 77 finish was closest finish in Bathurst history.

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Old 5 Oct 2012, 09:14 (Ref:3146510)   #2
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I think there is a way to delineate between them.

Closest Non-Team finish. Because 77, 84 and 2010 were all closer than last year.
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Old 5 Oct 2012, 09:30 (Ref:3146513)   #3
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I would have said non-staged.
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Old 5 Oct 2012, 09:56 (Ref:3146518)   #4
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I think there is a way to delineate between them.

Closest Non-Team finish. Because 77, 84 and 2010 were all closer than last year.
Not sure about '84 - didn't the 05 car beat the 25 car by 2 laps?
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Old 5 Oct 2012, 10:06 (Ref:3146520)   #5
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Not sure about '84 - didn't the 05 car beat the 25 car by 2 laps?
Touche....
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Well 77 was closer in distance, last year may have been closer in time if that makes sense.

And last year was a race.
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Old 5 Oct 2012, 12:28 (Ref:3146578)   #7
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This is how it was worded


Bathurst 1000 race finishes don’t get any better or any closer than this. Garth Tander beat Craig Lowndes by a mere 0.25 seconds, the closest finish between rival teams ever (form finishes don’t count).
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Old 8 Oct 2012, 04:40 (Ref:3147993)   #8
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The term going around has been closest 'competitive' finish. Competitive used in the context that one is actively trying to beat the other. Whincup conceded the race to Lowndes in 2010 to stage a 1-2.
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Old 8 Oct 2012, 09:20 (Ref:3148067)   #9
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Yesterday must have been at least the second closest finish......
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Old 9 Oct 2012, 02:33 (Ref:3148619)   #10
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Yesterday must have been at least the second closest finish......
Yes - it was, by about half a tenth of a second or less over last year. Impressive.
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Old 10 Oct 2012, 02:36 (Ref:3149151)   #11
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The impressive bit for me was that it was no 10 lap screamer following a safety car. The last safety car was around 50 odd laps from the end.
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The impressive bit for me was that it was no 10 lap screamer following a safety car. The last safety car was around 50 odd laps from the end.
Definitely. First time in a few years there hasn't been a safety car during the final stint and still a very close result.

Also good with the added tension of knowing they were both so close on fuel.
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Old 11 Oct 2012, 00:52 (Ref:3149690)   #13
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The term used in the Bathurst mag released for this years race is "the closest hostile finish" when referring to the 2011 race
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