7 Oct 2009

Points no matter as Whincup chases history

7:08 am on 7 October 2009

With an historic fourth straight Bathurst crown in the offing, V8 Supercars driver Jamie Whincup says his championship battle with Holden's Will Davison is off the agenda this week.

The reigning champion could only watch last month as Davison's team-mate Garth Tander stole victory for the Holden Racing Team on the last lap at the Phillip Island 500, with Craig Lowndes nursing an ailing TeamVodafone Falcon home in second.

The HRT win closed the gap between Whincup and Davison to just 171 points going into Sunday's Bathurst 1000.

But Whincup says his only concern is claiming another title at Mount Panorama with Lowndes.

A win would eclipse the efforts of legends such as Peter Brock, Jim Richards and Larry Perkins.