BEST mates Nathan Morcom and Chaz Mostert have combined to win the inaugural Bathurst 6 Hour Production Car race at Mount Panorama. 

In a fast-paced race, the pair rebounded from a 10-position grid penalty assessed for a technical infringement in qualifying to win a fast-paced and strategic race that claimed several of the key outright contenders early in another tough day on the mountain.

Mostert started the race and quickly charged into the top three, electing to make their first of four compulsory pit stops during an early safety car intervention after just 11 laps. 

The DPO BMW was then rarely outside of the top four for the remainder of the day, ultimately winning the race by just over two minutes ahead of the Sherrin Rentals BMW 135i (David Ayres, Iain Sherrin, Michael Sherrin). 

The Sherrin team had hovered around the lead of the race all day however the final stops saw them return to the field at the tail of the lead lap – only seconds ahead of the leader - and needing a safety car to catch up the nearly full lap they’d lost. 

Ultimately, the final hour of the race ran without interruption meaning the Mostert / Morcom BMW remained relatively unchallenged at the end of the race. 

Sherrin and Ayres were second while David Wall and John Bowe rounded out the podium in their Mitsubishi.

“In the last stint we were conserving and looking after the car. It had done five hours and it would’ve been a shame for something to go wrong in the last hour and we were just nursing it around,” Mostert said. 

“It’s been a great weekend and great to be part of the event. It’s all down to the boys on the car, the way they did the engine change on Friday night was incredible and they’ve worked so hard. 

“The trophy and the champagne is down to them.”

Morcom, already a Bathurst race winner in Formula 3 and Formula Ford, said the team effort was what got them over the line for the biggest win in his still-young career. 

“We couldn’t ask for anything better - the car has been sitting around since the last time me and Chaz raced it in 2012. We’ve been prepping it for the last couple of months with the plan to get both of us in the car and it all goes back to the boys who prepare it.

“Chaz did an awesome job, the car’s still straight, nice and clean and no scratches and it’s good to get the first six hour win under our belt.”