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2026 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour starting drivers confirmed
As per Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour tradition, all teams are required to notify Race Control of their starting driver prior to the race start at 11:15am Australian Eastern Time Sunday.
The 10th Anniversary of Bathurst’s Biggest Enduro, featuring 69 cars on the grid – equaling the record number of starters for a Bathurst endurance race, will be broadcast live on SBS, SBS On Demand, Kayo Sports and Fox Sports. Outside Australia, the event will be streamed on the Bathurst 6 Hour website.
The fastest and closest Bathurst 6 Hour qualifying session in history saw Thomas Randle take the Norwell Motorplex Pole Position, with the #92 Team Thryv Race For A Cure BMW M2 Competition sharing the front row with the D A Campbell Transport M2, qualified by fellow Cameron Hill. Supercars Championship drivers Randle, Hill and Jayden Ojeda will all start the race in their respective cars.
There are no changes to the grid from the qualifying results.
The starting drivers for the 2026 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour will be:
| Car Number | Grid Position | Starting Driver |
| 92 | 1 | Thomas Randle |
| 1 | 2 | Cameron Hill |
| 21 | 3 | Jayden Ojeda |
| 23 | 4 | Beric Lynton |
| 6 | 5 | Keith Kassulke |
| 64 | 6 | Chris Lillis |
| 60 | 7 | Robert Gooley |
| 24 | 8 | Hayden Auld |
| 18 | 9 | Trent Whyte |
| 30 | 10 | Jason Gomersall |
| 54 | 11 | Tony Alford |
| 9 | 12 | Hadrian Morrall |
| 101 | 13 | Grant Denyer |
| 51 | 14 | Ryan MacMillan |
| 115 | 15 | Ric Shaw |
| 25 | 16 | Lindsay Kearns |
| 90 | 17 | Amar Sharma |
| 48 | 18 | Scott Gore |
| 16 | 19 | Daniel Natoli |
| 71 | 20 | Paul Buccini |
| 10 | 21 | Brock Giblin |
| 143 | 22 | Grant Inwood |
| 89 | 23 | Brydan Willmington |
| 323 | 24 | Peter Lawrence |
| 140 | 25 | Alex Holzl |
| 222 | 26 | Cem Yucel |
| 999 | 27 | Karlie Buccini |
| 86 | 28 | Joel Heinrich |
| 195 | 29 | Dale Carpenter |
| 42 | 30 | Michael Ferns |
| 57 | 31 | Stephen Thompson |
| 19 | 32 | Chris Holdt |
| 67 | 33 | Steven Pilkington |
| 88 | 34 | Graeme Wakefield |
| 91 | 35 | Mitchell Randall |
| 73 | 36 | David Brown |
| 32 | 37 | Mark Griffith |
| 61 | 38 | Jordan Ormsby |
| 105 | 39 | John Fitzgerald |
| 50 | 40 | James Keene |
| 77 | 41 | Laclan Platten |
| 888 | 42 | Rohit Saini |
| 33 | 43 | Scott Walker |
| 80 | 44 | David Murphy |
| 70 | 45 | Rob Jarvis |
| 13 | 46 | Justin Matthews |
| 2 | 47 | Andrew McMaster |
| 43 | 48 | Steve McHugh |
| 82 | 49 | Garry Lougher |
| 83 | 50 | Hayden Jackson |
| 125 | 51 | Brent Wilson |
| 85 | 52 | Nick Winsor |
| 128 | 53 | Luke Vanna |
| 17 | 54 | Robert Scott |
| 55 | 55 | Caleb Hefren |
| 696 | 56 | Brett Stevens |
| 161 | 57 | Calvin Gardiner |
| 185 | 58 | William Powers |
| 20 | 59 | Adam Brewer |
| 4 | 60 | Tony Auddino |
| 15 | 61 | Tony Prior |
| 78 | 62 | Matt Dicinoski |
| 5 | 63 | Doug Westwood |
| 35 | 64 | Jake Hextall |
| 76 | 65 | Zach Dunn |
| 53 | 66 | Phil Alexander |
| 3 | 67 | Ian Joyce |
| 84 | 68 | Paul Ansell |
| 99 | 69 | Cameron Laws |