Defending Bathurst 1000 champion Brodie Kostecki has overcome concerns about his car’s ability to match the muscle of the Camaros by clinching his third consecutive pole position for the great race at Mt Panorama on Sunday.

Kostecki posted a sizzling time of 2:04:041 to win Saturday’s top-10 shootout and emulate legends Peter Brock and Allan Moffat, who also started from the front of the Bathurst grid three years in a row.

“Pretty special moment, three in a row, to be tied with people I really look up to,” Kostecki told Fox Sports after his spectacular lap.

After claiming provisional pole position on Thursday, Kostecki voiced his frustration about the unresolved issue of engine “parity”.

The 28-year-old former series champion believes that Ford, which has not won in Bathurst since 2019

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