{"id":1412,"date":"2023-10-09T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:02:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T00:02:02","slug":"bathurst-1000-pb-for-okeeffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/bathurst-1000-pb-for-okeeffe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathurst 1000 PB for O\u2019Keeffe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dylan O\u2019Keeffe has achieved his personal-best result in Australia\u2019s Great Race, the Bathurst 1000, finishing 10th<\/sup> alongside James Golding in the PremiAir Racing Camaro.<\/p>\n

Golding started the race and ran inside the top three during the opening stint, before O\u2019Keeffe took over on lap 21, emerging in the lead after the first pit stop cycle.<\/p>\n

After battling with some of the full-time Supercar drivers and running solidly in fourth position, O\u2019Keeffe made a pit stop under Safety Car on lap 39 and resumed in the top five, but was faced with a battle due to a tyre issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt turned out there was a wrong tyre on the left rear of the car, which made the handling balance a bit tricky compared to my first stint,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe said.<\/p>\n

Electing to take a cautious approach, O\u2019Keeffe conceded a few places but was still inside the top 10 when he handed the car back to Golding on lap 60.<\/p>\n

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A Safety Car on lap 71 prompted another pit stop after 11 laps with O\u2019Keeffe returning to the driver\u2019s seat; unfortunately, the PremiAir Camaro was forced to double-stack behind the team\u2019s sister car, relegating O\u2019Keeffe to 21st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

However, he set about recovering the lost places and worked his way up to 11th<\/sup> before handing the car back to Golding on lap 91 for the run home, with Golding ultimately bringing the car home in 10th<\/sup> position.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy last stint was good fun and I was able to make up some positions, but obviously without taking too many risks as it was imperative to hand the car back to Jimmy in one piece,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy did a great job and had some good pace at various stages in those last few stints, but the way the fuel strategies worked out, we had to make a longer stop at the end and lost a few spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, it\u2019s great to finish inside the top 10 \u2013 it\u2019s my PB at the Bathurst 1000 and I\u2019ve maintained my 100 per cent finishing record.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the sixth round of Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup, O\u2019Keeffe finished fifth overall with results of fourth, eighth and sixth in the three races, maintaining his fifth position in the standings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Race 1, I had a ripper start and moved up to second, but didn\u2019t quite have the race pace and slipped back to fourth,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car was really good in Race 2 but unfortunately I got forced wide in the first corner and pushed back to eighth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Race 3, I again had good race pace and was able to make up a couple of spots to finish sixth. While we didn\u2019t reach the lofty heights of our Sandown round win, I finished ahead of my main title rivals and with two rounds to go, I\u2019m in with a real chance of a top three championship finish, which is my realistic goal to finish the season,\u201d O\u2019Keeffe concluded.<\/p>\n

The next Porsche Carrera Cup Australia round will be held on the streets of the Gold Coast, 27-29 October.<\/p>\n

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Carrera Cup Round Results Summary
\n<\/u>Qualifying: <\/strong>4th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 1:<\/strong> 4th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 2: <\/strong>8th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race 3:<\/strong> 6th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Overall:<\/strong> 5th<\/sup><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Supercars Bathurst 1000 Results Summary<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Qualifying:<\/strong> 4th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Race:<\/strong> 10th<\/sup><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Carrera Cup Championship Points<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Callum Hedge \u2013 681<\/li>\n
  2. Jackson Walls \u2013 675<\/li>\n
  3. Dale Wood \u2013 547<\/li>\n
  4. Max Vidau \u2013 536<\/li>\n
  5. Dylan O\u2019Keeffe \u2013 504<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Bayley Hall \u2013 413<\/li>\n
  7. Simon Fallon \u2013 413<\/li>\n
  8. Fabian Coulthard \u2013 378<\/li>\n
  9. Thomas Maxwell \u2013 329<\/li>\n
  10. David Russell \u2013 323<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dylan O\u2019Keeffe has achieved his personal-best result in Australia\u2019s Great Race, the Bathurst 1000, finishing 10th alongside James Golding in the PremiAir Racing Camaro. Golding started the race and ran inside the top three during the opening stint, before O\u2019Keeffe took over on lap 21, emerging in the lead after the first pit stop cycle. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/1416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanokeeffe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}