"We cant thank the supporters who joined us this weekend at Bathurst enough, it was very humbling to have you all there," they said.
"Tony (Lentino), we know you have been proud of what the team achieved this weekend and we'll be back at the Mountain next year to give it another crack."
Founding owner Lentino died in July after a 15-month battle with cancer.
The car bore the number 111, which driver Chris Pither was proud to represent in honour of New Zealand driver Mark Porter, who died at Bathurst 10 years ago.
"Mark was very welcoming and supportive through my early stages in the Fujitsu Series, a genuine and all round top bloke," he said.
Pither said it wasn't the easiest of races but paid tribute to the work of their unit.
"It was a tough race today. Fuel saving really came into play which was challenging," he said.
"Although we were aiming higher, 12th is a solid result and the team did an awesome job. Thanks to everyone for your support."
As for the controversy over the ending of the race, Jamie Whincup's team have launched a protest in the wake of Will Davison's victory.
The Red Bull Racing team were outraged after the four-time champion crossed the line first in the 161-lap marathon, but was sent back to 11th on the timesheet after copping a post-race time penalty.
This allowed 2009 winner Davison to take the win over Shane van Gisbergen by just 0.14 seconds - the closest finish in race history. Holden's Nick Percat was third.
Whincup suffered a 15 second time penalty after trying to snatch second spot from Volvo's Scott McLaughlin on lap 150.
He made contact with McLaughlin at The Chase, forcing the Volvo driver off the track.
McLaughlin weaved back onto the track, spectacularly crashing with Holden's Garth Tander.
Van Gisbergen still leads the Supercars series on 2248 points ahead of Whincup (2241) and Craig Lowndes (2091).
The next race sees the drivers navigate the last endurance event of the season in the Castrol Gold Coast 600.
