AGE OF RECENT FIRST-TIME CHAMPIONS
Craig Lowndes (1996) ................ 22 Rick Kelly (2006) ........................ 23 Jamie Whincup (2008) .............. 25 Shane van Gisbergen (2016) ....... 27 Marcos Ambrose (2003) ............ 27 James Courtney (2010) ............. 30 Garth Tander (2007) .................. 30 Mark Winterbottom (2015) ........ 34 Russell Ingall (2005) ................... 41 John Bowe (1995) ....................... 41