"Need to have a lot of luck": Garth Tander reminisces on Bathurst, racing career

Retired Supercars legend Garth Tander knows better than most the Bathurst 1000 is won with a mix of skill, strategy and timing. 

The six-time winner, and reigning champion alongside Kiwi Matthew Payne, believes there's a four step process to give yourself the best chance to conquer Mount Panorama. 

However, Tander says that the track has a mind of its own across 1000 kilometres and distributes luck and pain in equal measure. 

He told Mike Hosking it doesn't matter how fast your car is and how good your form is, if it's not your day, it's not your day.  

Tander's also handed down a glowing comparison of Matthew Payne as the Kiwi driver prepares to defend his Bathurst title this weekend.  

He says Payne is building an ability he's only seen in another Kiwi teammate he combined with to win the Great Race twice before: Shane van Gisberg. 

"Shane has this, had this, and still does, has this incredible ability to slow everything down in the car and have extra capacity to think on the run, and Matt's certainly developing that now." 

"He's got all the makings of, you know, being another great Kiwi that we, you guys always seem to send over to Australia." 

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