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Whincup dodges penalty over squeegee

Related Topics: squeegee, Mount Panorama Circuit

Kangaroos. Flying rocks. Plastic bags.

Drivers have had their Bathurst 1000 campaigns ended in unusual ways over the years.

But even by Mount Panorama standards, this would have truly been a head scratcher.

Four-time Bathurst champion Jamie Whincup dodged a potential penalty in Sunday's 161-lap classic over possession of a humble squeegee.

Eyebrows were raised when the Holden great's co-driver Paul Dumbrell was captured by his cabin TV camera using a squeegee on a stick to clear the inside of his windscreen - while driving one-handed at 280km/hr.

"I can't see a thing," Dumbrell could be heard on the team radio.