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McLaughlin launches own Lap of the Gods

It will forever be known as the "Lap of the Gods".

Yet Greg Murphy's legendary 2003 Bathurst 1000 time would have finished second-last in Friday's qualifying after Scott McLaughlin led an assault on the Mount Panorama record books.

Series leader McLaughlin sent an ominous warning when he clocked the fastest-ever lap in a Supercar at Mount Panorama - a scorching two minutes, 04.14 seconds - in Friday's final practice before qualifying.

He obliterated Holden great Jamie Whincup's 2015 mark by a whopping 0.76 of a second.

McLaughlin vowed to do it again in qualifying.

In the end he fell an agonising 0.