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Why Bathurst-winning engineers are finding their way in IMSA

After scaling the heights of Mount Panorama, two top Supercars engineers are taking on a fresh challenge in sportscars

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Bathurst 1000 victory is the biggest accolade an Australian Supercars engineer can have on their CV. For many, it's a career-defining moment, the culmination of years of striving to reach the top of the nation's most famous series and conquer its most prestigious race, all the while growing their understanding of what makes a car and driver tick.

So where do you go once you've scaled the heights of Mount Panorama?

For John 'Irish' McGregor, who last year engineered Triple Eight veterans Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards to their seventh and fifth Bathurst victories respectively, and Dr Geoff Slater, the chief engineer at Tekno Autosports when Will Davison and Jonathon Webb earned the spoils in 2016, the answer to that question was identical.

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Author James Newbold

James Newbold is Autosport's Plus Editor, responsible for coordinating website feature content.

In a sign of things to come, having completed his Politics and International Relations degree at the University of East Anglia in 2015, he left his graduation ceremony early to catch the last train to Brussels for the following day's Spa 24 Hours.

After a period as a freelancer, he joined the Autosport staff in 2018 and won the Motorsport UK young journalist of the year award. He initially edited Autosport magazine's Performance and Engineering supplements before joining the website team in his current role in 2020.

A keen enthusiast of anything that can be categorised unusual or niche, he enjoys unearthing little-known stories across all branches of motorsport, but has spent most of his career covering sportscars and is a regular part of the Le Mans 24 Hours reporting team.

He lives with his wife and children in Plymouth, England.