The track surface broke up and became unsafe during races. Class honours went to Studebaker, Ford, Renault and Volkswagen. 12/09/2006. In 1961 Bob Jane and Harry Firth, sharing an Australian assembled Mercedes-Benz 220 SE, were the first drivers to complete the 167 laps. This iteration evolved into the current Supercars category. Mark Skaife has also won six times, his first was in 1991, with a Nissan Skyline GT-R. He became part of the V8 Sleuth team in 2018. Practice 2 (Additional Drivers Only) 60 mins. The full schedule has been released leading up to 'The Great Race', including that of the support categories for the October 6-9 event. The Bathurst 1000, also known as the "Great Race" and held in some form since 1960, . In 1986, Sydney accountant and privateer entrant Mike Burgmann became the first fatality in the race's history when his car, a Holden VK Commodore SS Group A, travelling at 260km/h (160mph), struck the tyre barrier at the base of the Armor All Bridge (then sponsored by John Player Special) on the high-speed straight known as Conrod Straight. Endurance: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. [14] On Sunday, after a mid-race rain shower, Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards eventually prevailed for their sixth and fourth wins of the Bathurst 1000 respectively. By. Dick Johnson Racing switched to a 1983 Zakspeed developed Ford Mustang GT formerly raced in Europe by German ace Klaus Ludwig. The company became a title sponsor of the race between 2002 and 2004. The 2013 season saw manufacturers other than Ford and Holden enter the Bathurst 1000 for the first time since 1998, under the New Generation V8 Supercar (originally known as Car of the Future) regulations that were introduced that year. Allan Moffat's GTHO received the chequered flag followed by Bruce McPhee's identical car. Chivas pushed the XU-1 up hill along pit lane. They were over a lap clear of the Studebaker Lark driven by David McKay and Brian Foley, which in turn was a lap in front of the Vauxhall Velox of Frank Coad and John Roxburgh. It weighs 2.5kg (6lb) and stands 50 centimetres (20in) tall. Thus was forged the adage that "there is no substitute for cubic inches", which became synonymous with racing at Bathurst. Supercars will be on track on all four days of the event. His car was released early, rupturing a refuelling hose and spilling fuel in the pit box.[7]. The "Old Fox", Harry Firth, who had been in charge of the Ford racing effort until he was abruptly replaced by an American, Al Turner, took charge of the HDT. However, the race is best known for the presence of the traditional rivals of Australian motorsport, Ford and Holden, who have won all but six of the races at Bathurst. Of the seven, six will make their debut - Declan Fraser, Matt Payne, Cameron Hill, Aaron Seton, Matt Chahda and Jaylyn Robotham. Best will race with Thomas Randle, with Fraser to line-up with seven-time Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes. Holden's 308 cubic inch V8-powered Toranas scored Bathurst victories in 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1979 in L34 and A9X configuration. For Aaron, he became the first third generation driver to make a Bathurst 1000 appearance, after his father Glenn Seton and his grandfather, 1965 Armstrong 500 race winner, Barry Seton. Group C was replaced by the International Group A Touring car rules in 1985, with selected cars preparing for this change and competing in a separate "Group A" class in 1984. Pic: Supplied. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recent incarnation of the Australian Touring Car Championship. ;z,MvIOa~w_vwO;d9:J>UQy{4$sTF~c lBI5qCw#W{P>P?\0\H9. Moffat completed the 500 miles first followed by other GTHOs in second and third place and filling six of the top seven places. Become a subscriber to the V8 Sleuth Newsletter to get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox. Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! This 1997 race was won by Paul Morris and Craig Baird in a BMW 320i, however they were later disqualified as Baird had exceeded the mandated time limit for a continuous solo driving period. Following this, Supercars announced that from 2006 onwards, the drivers in the Bathurst 1000 would be racing to win the Peter Brock Trophy. Chahda and Robotham will combine in an all-Super2 family-run wildcard entry. Just one rookie, Tickford Racings Zak Best, will start this years Great Race marking the smallest intake of debutants since the inaugural running of the event at Mount Panorama in 1963. The Minis handled the corners well and could, theoretically, run the entire race on a single tank of petrol, but the larger-engined cars were faster in a straight line. In 1999 and 2000, it was the final round of the championship and decided the championship winner on each occasion. [21] David Reynolds and Luke Youlden continued their form into the 2018 edition, taking pole and leading the majority of the race until Reynolds suffered from leg cramps late in the race, allowing the 2015-winning combination of Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards to take the lead and the eventual victory. The 1997 Primus 1000 Classic, as it was known, was held two weeks after the traditional race, while the 1998 FAI 1000 was held in mid-November. His car, a Holden VP Commodore, had a mechanical failure and went straight ahead at the entry to The Chase, hitting a barrier at almost 250km/h (160mph). 1 6 4 Days 1 6 Hrs 2 2 Mins 1 3 Secs Format Endurance Tickets & Prices General Admission Book Now Reserved Grandstand Book Now Hospitality Book Now View all tickets At a Glance TICKETS event schedule - TBA Event Guide - TBA support categories - TBA Entertainment - TBA Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna became Bathurst champions in 2000 with Garry Rogers Motorsport. As any new regulations were unlikely to suit large engined cars CAMS created a uniquely Australian Touring Car formula for 1993, Group 3A. The Holden Bathurst contingent for this year included 13 SL/R 5000s, 7 XU-1s and one HQ Monaro GTS. This featured upgrades to engine power and aerodynamics, which made it one of the world's fastest four-door mass-produced production cars. 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 Schedule and Results Tuesday November 30 to Sunday December 05. Supercars then hit the track on Thursday. 1973 was the last competitive appearance for Chrysler, with the marque disappearing from the Group C category almost entirely. His first three wins were with Craig Lowndes, with his fourth coming in 2012. The new joint venture company (AVESCO) signed a TV deal for 1997 with Network Ten, which included expanded coverage of the championship. The lead category will be the Supercars Championship finale, the Bathurst 1000. Will Dale is V8 Sleuth's Head of Content - Digital. If you continue to use this site, you agree to the terms and conditions identified in our privacy policy, Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia, Winterbottom eyeing end to podium drought, Supercars announces partnership with NewBook, Home advantages and title charges: The final Pukekohe Prebrief, Triple Eight docuseries to provide exclusive insight into SVG injury, Repco Bathurst 1000 schedule released , Repco Bathurst 1000 start time confirmed , 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 . Rick Kelly became the race's youngest ever winner, winning in 2003 at the age of 20. ABC News Online", "New title sponsor confirmed for Bathurst 1000", The official website for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Chequered Flag Motorsport's Virtual Lap of Bathurst, 24H Silverstone European Touring Car Edition, 24 Hours of Barcelona - Trofeo Ferm Vlez, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bathurst_1000&oldid=1146163147, Recurring sporting events established in 1960, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Articles needing additional references from November 2020, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, This page was last edited on 23 March 2023, at 04:06. Holden has the most overall victories with 34, with Ford next best on 21 and Nissan the only other multiple winner with two. It was to be Brock's ninth and final Bathurst 1000 win. Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. The Torana could not compensate for the power advantage that the Falcons had on the Bathurst straights. 1966 was the last four cylinder victory for more than two decades. The surviving cars were marshalled in single file on Pit Straight. Drivers are unable to see the descending road and enter Skyline and the first of The Esses at 220km/h (140mph) before The Dipper, one of the most famous corners in Australian motorsport. In the 1989 race Peter Brock claimed pole in his record 6th pole at Bathurst and his first for Ford or anything but a Holden. Class wins were achieved by a Datsun 1200, an Alfa GTV, a Mazda RX2 and, of course, the Falcon GT. Local Sierra teams dominated and won the next two Bathurst 1000s. In this Playlist, all of the Races, including highlights, and Support Categories over the years of the Bathurst 1000 which have been held at Mount Panorama. All in all, 10 categories will feature across six days at the Mountain: beginning Tuesday, November 30 and culminating in the iconic Great Race on Sunday, December 5. % The JPS Team BMW run 635 CSis and M3s were also highly competitive during this era. Factory teams had the best access to improved components that were often not readily available to private competitors. The demise of Super Touring and the ARDC event allowed V8 Supercars and IMG to take over the promotion and organisation of the Bathurst 1000 brand from that year onwards. [26], Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 race was held a week later than usual and with a limited number of fans, capped at 4,000 daily. Some European teams, most prominently the Ford Europe backed Eggenberger Motorsport, ran questionable vehicles. The first turn, Hell Corner, is a ninety-degree left-hander. In 2011, Nick Percat became the first rookie to win the Bathurst 1000 since Jacky Ickx in 1977, alongside Garth Tander, with Tander only just holding off Lowndes in a close finish.[7]. Melbourne) and the Darwin Triple Crown. [15], The 2016 race, the first under the renamed Supercars Championship banner, featured 91 green laps to start the race, followed by a dramatic and safety car-filled conclusion to proceedings. Holden, in its first Great Race since the marques retirement at the end of last year, once again has the lions share of the grid with 17 ZB Commodores on the entry list while eight Ford Mustang GTs will line up for the race start. Mostert remained at Walkinshaw Andretti United, while Holdsworth moved to Grove Racing as a full time driver. [9], 1971 was another Ford victory with Moffat at the wheel. Canadian-born Allan Moffat is Ford's most successful Bathurst driver, winning the race four times (1970, 1971, 1973 and 1977). In addition to Supercars, support categories Super2, Porsche Carrera Cup, Toyota 86, SuperUtes and Heritage Touring Cars will all go racing around the famous circuit this week. Stoppage time is included in final race time. The course continues down to Sulman Park and McPhillamy Park. The Dunlop Series will make its 23rd appearance at Mount Panorama. BATHURST 1000. The 1995 champions were Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall in a Holden VR Commodore, followed by Alan Jones and Allan Grice in an EF Falcon. With new regulations announced for 2013, the last winners of that iteration of regulations were Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell in 2012, in the hitherto second closest non-formation finish in Bathurst 1000 history, with David Reynolds and Dean Canto finishing 0.31 seconds behind the Triple Eight Holden VE Commodore. Ostensibly this removed the need to build batches of high speed road cars and improved the durability of the actual race cars. In response to Ford's 1967 Bathurst victory, Holden entered the Monaro GTS 327. Nissan and team manager Fred Gibson, had campaigned Skylines in Australian competition for a few years. Brock is the most successful driver in the history of the race, winning the event nine times, and was also known as one of the most popular and fan-friendly drivers during his long career. Both the Super Touring and V8 Supercar races claimed to be the legitimate Bathurst 1000. Brock inherited the lead when the Fords started pitting for fuel. Eight drivers in the Super2 field will compete in Sundays Great Race. Chrysler replaced its Pacers with its new two-door, the Charger. At the end of lap one Fords held the first four places with Toranas fifth, six and seventh. Adding to that, the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the first Bathurst 500 to be run in wet weather. ^8 - This is the first year with the newly added Chase in Conrod Straight. Result . Class D was won by a Chrysler VC Valiant V8 that completed 124 laps. This was powered by a 265cuin (4.34L) in-line HEMI six-cylinder engine with triple Weber carburettors. In 1995, due to fears about the growing speed difference between the V8s and the 2-litre cars, the Bathurst 1000 became a one-class race for the first time. ENTRY LIST:Every car and driver in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000, BLUE OVAL:Ford partners with V8 Sleuth for the Bathurst 1000. Since the start of Group A in Australia, CAMS local scrutineers diligently applied the Group A regulations as written. The incident also injured several marshals. This years event will take place with a substantial trackside crowd following the capped numbers last year due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, but lingering travel restrictions have prevented some drivers from taking part. His second hat trick consisted of victories in 1982, 1983 and 1984, this time partnering with Larry Perkins in a VH Commodore for the first two years and in a VK Commodore in the third. V8 Sleuth is Australia's Home of Motorsport. Every Supercars practice session, qualifying, the Top 10 Shootout and the main race, plus all support category action will be LIVE and AD-BREAK FREE on the FOX SPORTS BATHURST Channel (Foxtel Channel 503). Italics indicate former Bathurst 1000-winning driver. Larry Perkins is the equal fourth most successful driver at Bathurst, with six victories (198284, 1993, 1995 and 1997). Supercars will hold their opening practice session on Thursday, December 2 and ARMOR ALL Qualifying will commence at 4:35pm local time on the Friday. Ten's television series RPM, which has aired from 1997 to 2008, in 2011 and from 2015 onwards, has covered Supercars, . The XU-1 coasted down Conrod Straight and came to a halt just before the entrance to the Pits. Peter Brock died weeks before the 2006 race in an accident during the Targa West rally in Western Australia. This was an unpopular decision with some race fans, many of whom could not understand how a wrecked Nissan could beat a perfectly healthy Sierra that had passed it on the track. In 2006, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup won the first race for Ford in eight years, driving for Triple Eight Race Engineering. ^9 - Race record for time elapsed & average speed. This engine enabled the Monaro GTS 327 to outperform the updated, yet smaller-engined, 302 cubic inch Falcon GTs and win in 1968.
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