Ford's Mark Winterbottom has won his maiden Bathurst 1000 title after a dramatic finish on Mount Panorama.
He held out V8 Supercars series leader and defending champion Jamie Whincup in the five-hour epic while a fast finishing Craig Lowndes celebrated his 20th Bathurst and 500th career start with third.
Remarkably Winterbottom had never podiumed in 10 Bathurst starts before the 2013 race.
Whincup's Holden teammate - five-time champion Lowndes who was partnered by Warren Luff - was third.
The best New Zealander was Shane van Gisbergen in 11th in another Holden, while the veteran Greg Murphy crashed into the wall at 135 kilometres per hour on lap 86 in a major blow to his co-driver James Courtney's title hopes.
There were only two safety cars - Todd Kelly's Nissan hit a kangaroo on lap 20.
