A fierce new opponent was waiting in the wings. Grice had honed his skills in Europe, competing alongside compatriot Commodore drivers Peter Brock and his newly recruited HDT teammate, Allan Moffat. The second and final round of the reborn Tasman Series will mark S5000s long-awaited debut at Mount Panorama. Best will race with Thomas Randle, with Fraser to line-up with seven-time Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes. Brock had pushed the car to its limits in a spectacular display of car control. Between the 2013 and 2014 races, the track was resurfaced. Spectator vantage points have also become less intimate to the track over recent years, with increased run-off size and debris fencing being installed around the track due to increasing international FIA standards.[4]. This trophy was introduced at the 2006 race to commemorate the death of Peter Brock. Brock won the 1972 race aboard a Holden Torana XU-1. BROKEN gearshift towers have become the latest item for Supercars teams to manage with their Gen3 race cars. 15:55 - 16:55. Highlights of the Supercheap Auto Showroom Showdown as part of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Support Category in 2000 The car was eventually black flagged. Allan Moffat was unable to withstand the immense pressure placed on him by Brock in his XU-1. Supercars will be on track on all four days of the event. This years Great Race comes on the 50th anniversary of Peter Brocks maiden win. As any new regulations were unlikely to suit large engined cars CAMS created a uniquely Australian Touring Car formula for 1993, Group 3A. 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. Racing recommenced shortly after but competition was further interrupted by a number of safety car periods. In more than 180 countries, these customers rely on Ranger to be their reliable partner at work, with family and at play. Many drivers were caught off guard and ran into the tyre wall due to the debris on the track. This year is set to be especially interesting to watch play out as major changes in the Supercar team's main driver line-ups has made the search for a co-driver even more competitive. ^4 The first position finisher was disqualified post race. -. The event, which will be held on October 6-9, will be headlined by the 161-lap Bathurst 1000. The incident also injured several marshals. 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. The schedule for this years Great Race weekend was released on Wednesday. Class E was won by Doug Chivas and Max Stewart in an Alfa GTV. The popularity of the race grew rapidly during the 1960s. The race was claimed by the organisers, the Light Car Club of Australia, to be 'the world's premier production saloon car race'. 1996 saw Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy, in a VR Commodore, cross the finish line ahead the EF Falcon of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. Holden upgraded the GTS 327 Monaro to the GTS 350, which included better race-style handling and a more powerful Chevrolet V8 engine of 350 cubic inches. Car number 34, a lone Morris Marina finished 6th in Class C having completed 125 laps. Murray's is the 23rd and final turn, and also the slowest part of the circuit, before cars return to the start-finish straight. The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a 1,000-kilometre (621.4mi) touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. 1965 brought victory for the first overt "Bathurst Special", the Cortina GT 500. 4 0 obj Everything You Need To Know About The Bathurst 1000 - Supercheap Auto Factory teams had the best access to improved components that were often not readily available to private competitors. Morris and Mostert had started the race from last position after being excluded from qualifying. In 1998, Steven Richards did one better, winning the race with Jason Bright for Stone Brothers Racing. The tables below reflect that change. Repco Bathurst 1000 start time confirmed - Supercars Johnson and co-driver Larry Perkins were very competitive in the agile Mustang but it lacked top end power. A number of drivers in the Carrera Cup field will also race in the Repco Bathurst 1000. 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Like Jim Richards, Perkins achieved three of his victories as co-drivers with Brock in consecutive years in the Holden Dealer Team era. Bathurst 1000 Races & Support Categories - YouTube The global organising body FISA, a subsidiary of the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), allowed more liberal, negotiated interpretations "back home". In the more than fifty-year history of the event, three drivers have died whilst competing in the Bathurst 1000. 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. Ford was represented in the outright category by three Falcon Hardtop headed by Moffat's Brut 33 XB Falcon Hardtop GT. Class honours went to Studebaker, Ford, Renault and Volkswagen. 17:10 - 17:30. [17][18] The appeal, held by the Supercars National Court of Appeal in the County Court of Victoria, was dismissed in a hearing nine days after the race.[19]. [24][25] One month after the race, an investigation into McLaughlin's qualifying engine found a breach, resulting in a further fine, loss of his pole position and qualifying lap record and demotion to last place on the grid for the 2019 Sandown 500. BROKEN gearshift towers have become the latest item for Supercars teams to manage with their Gen3 race cars. 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. Brock set off in heroic pursuit of Moffat's Falcon GT but the XU-1 suffered a deflating tyre. In 1999, Steven Richards repeated his 1998 triumph, winning with Greg Murphy in their Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore. The class structure was retained so that there were many "races within the race" but the emphasis on achieving first outright increased. 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars Countdown Event starts in. We've got the answer right here in the full event schedule (updated on November 24) for the history-making six-day meeting, set to run from November 30-December 5. Barry 'Bo' Seton was second with Herb Taylor. It was to be Brock's ninth and final Bathurst 1000 win. V8 SuperUtes and Heritage Revival will race on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the event. The main game heads out for its first session on Thursday as traditional, but teams will only have two practice sessions instead of their usual three; the first is open to either driver, the second for the co-driver only. By. The event, which will be held on October 6-9, will be headlined by the 161-lap Bathurst 1000. Regulation decreed that, as the leaders had completed more than 75% of race distance, the race was not to be restarted. Co-driven by Ian (Pete) Geoghegan the winning Ford was the only Falcon classified as a finisher. The most iconic race in Australia and known throughout the world, the 2022 Bathurst 1000 will see 28 Supercars, either Ford Mustangs or Holden Commodores, complete 161 laps of the world famous Mount Panorama circuit for a total of 1000 kilometers from start to finish. A complex corner called Reid Park comes next, where a number of drivers have spun after not short shifting at the apex. 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. This was not an issue for the ATCC races, but for the Bathurst 1000, which was organized and promoted by a consortium that included Channel 7, it was a major issue. Result . Despite there no longer being an October Bathurst race in 2000, the race remained in November due to the Sydney Olympics blocking out sport in October. An outright or class victory was a significant opportunity to increase sales and market share. Class wins were achieved by Mazda 1300, Datsun 1600, Mazda RX-2, Torana XU1 and Falcon GTHO.[7]. However, the Falcon GT's V8 power was well suited to the Mount Panorama circuit, particularly on the long straights. In 1963, Bob Jane and Harry Firth again triumphed, this time in a Cortina GT. Group A as an international formula faded away in the late 1980s. The 2009 race was won by the HRT's Garth Tander and Will Davison. ENTRY LIST:Every car and driver in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000, BLUE OVAL:Ford partners with V8 Sleuth for the Bathurst 1000. Jamie Whincup, the driver with the most championship titles in ATCC/Supercars history, is a four-time winner of the race. 2021 Supercars Bathurst 1000 - Start time, how to watch - Motorsport The course continues down to Sulman Park and McPhillamy Park. The popular muscle cars are one of the first categories to hit the track on Tuesday, with racing beginning Wednesday and finishing up on Friday morning. Tony Longhurst and Steven Ellery were third in another EF Falcon. .mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav{margin:auto;width:min-content;text-align:center;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:0.5em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-header,.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-subheader{border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;padding:0 1em}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-header{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-body{display:flex;align-items:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-label,.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-links{flex:1 1 auto;padding:0.2em 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-label{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-label:after{content:":"}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-links+.motorsport-season-nav-label{flex-grow:0}.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav-links{text-align:left}@media only screen and (min-width:769px){.mw-parser-output .motorsport-season-nav{float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;min-width:19em}}. Brock broke his '05' HDT Commodore early in the event so he and co-driver David Parsons took over the team's second car, the #10 Commodore of Peter McLeod, to cross the line third behind the two Sierras. The following year, 1986, the Holden VK Commodore SS Group A of privateer racer Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey took the honours. The Skyline's 1992 victory was particularly controversial. Brock inherited the lead when the Fords started pitting for fuel. Following this, Supercars announced that from 2006 onwards, the drivers in the Bathurst 1000 would be racing to win the Peter Brock Trophy. ^7 - The first position finisher was assessed a post-race time penalty for violating driving standards. The 2022 Bathurst 1000 (known as the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 for commercial reasons) was a motor racing event for Supercars held on the week of 6 to 9 October 2022. Ostensibly this removed the need to build batches of high speed road cars and improved the durability of the actual race cars. There was no resolution to the dispute, and AVESCO announced that V8 Supercars would not compete in the traditional Bathurst 1000 held on the October long weekend in 1997. The top placed 2-litre car was the works BMW of Paul Morris and Altfrid Heger which finished 10th outright, albeit six laps behind Johnson and Bowe. During the ensuing mayhem the leading Skyline of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife slid into two wrecked cars. This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 23:47. The lead category will be the Supercars Championship finale, the Bathurst 1000. See the full 2022 Bathurst 1000 schedule below, including when the races air in the US.. In 2013 the 1000km was completed in the record time of six hours, eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds. Richards' son Steven is also a five-time winner (1998, 1999, 2013, 2015 and 2018). By lap 11 Brock had already lapped 7 of the outright Class D cars. [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. Drivers' Championship Teams' Championship Notes Harry Firth was third with John Reaburn. Since the start of Group A in Australia, CAMS local scrutineers diligently applied the Group A regulations as written. It was during this period that the famous Holden-Ford-Chrysler rivalry originated. Tom Walkinshaw also briefly campaigned VL Commodores in Europe. Both the Super Touring and V8 Supercar races claimed to be the legitimate Bathurst 1000. In 2001 when the long weekend became available again, the National Rugby League shifted their Grand Final to that Sunday, denying the Bathurst 1000 a return to its traditional weekend. After deliberations at Supercars over whether the lower-level Supercars classes would run, it was confirmed today that the category would venture to the mountain. 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. To reduce the threat to public safety, homologation rules were relaxed to permit certain modifications to the race cars. Support Categories. This year's Repco Bathurst 1000 will be held on October 6-9. Class D was won by a Chrysler VC Valiant V8 that completed 124 laps. His car was released early, rupturing a refuelling hose and spilling fuel in the pit box.[7]. With Grove Racing a continuation of Kelly Racing, Matt Chahda Motorsport a Super2 Series team and PremiAir Racing an all new team, which took over Team Sydney. Practice 1 Qualifying Trophy Race Race 1 . Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. UPDATE 29/11: A slight tweak to Thursdays schedule has seen Australian GT Race 1 and Trans Am Race 2 swap spots. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! Group A enabled Australian teams to develop cars that could be raced overseas. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport introduced new Group E Series Production Touring Car regulations in 1965 but the Armstrong 500 continued with its own regulations.[8]. Race winners are presented with the Peter Brock Trophy. Despite already being given a drive-through penalty during the race, after the hearing Coulthard was further relegated to the last finisher and the team was docked 300 Teams' Championship points and fined AU$250,000 with $100,000 of the fine suspended. Cars then negotiate Forrest's Elbow before powering down Conrod Straight, the fastest section of the track where cars can reach 300km/h (190mph). The start-finish straight features an offset start, with the finish line towards the back of the starting grid closer to Murray's Corner. From 1985 to 1992, the Bathurst 1000 was run to international Group A regulations. The HRT claimed a popular Bathurst victory for Holden after three seasons of Sierra domination. For the 1990 race, they debuted the R32 four-wheel drive, four wheel steer, twin turbo Nissan Skyline GT-R. The Bathurst 1000 will start at 12:15pm AEDT on Sunday. When the flag dropped the "no substitute for cubic inches" ethic prevailed as the Goss Falcon hardtop powered away from pole position. Bathurst support categories revealed - Supercars Once the track repairs were finished the race resumed in single file under the safety car. 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. Support Categories Practice 1 - TCR. 2 December 2021. The race was extended from 500 miles to 1000 kilometres in 1973. This iteration evolved into the current Supercars category. He was given the moniker "King of the Mountain" for these reasons.[2]. SuperSprint: Used for all SuperSprint races (exc. Mount Panorama. Car #97 received a 3-place grid penalty for a causing a collision in Qualifying. The Aussie Tin Tops will return for a third event this year with confirmation it will be part of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 support card. ^6 Race was stopped for over an hour due to the track surface breaking up and requiring repair. The company became a title sponsor of the race between 2002 and 2004. The instructions over team radio resulted in Coulthard slowing the field after a safety car was called, which allowed McLaughlin and Jamie Whincup to pit without losing any positions. Murphy went on to win the Bathurst 1000 with Rick Kelly in 2003 and 2004 for K-Mart Racing. Any mechanical problems in that time had to be attended to by the driver with no assistance, using only the tools that came with the car. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recent incarnation of the Australian Touring Car Championship. Most Australian manufacturers and assemblers became heavily involved. In addition to the 25 regular entries, three wildcard entries were entered. Schedule set for Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars Thursday December 2. This video shows the accidents from the support categories throughout the. [10] Upgrades were allowed to seats, lubrication systems, camshafts, carburettors, suspensions, brakes and wheel rim sizes. All you need to know about the 2022 Bathurst 1000 - NZ Autocar While not designated as a GT-HO, race prepared Hardtop GTs incorporated most of the still born Phase Four's componentry including the four-bolt 351 V8 engine. The 2022 Supercars Bathurst 1000 race will officially kick off at 11:15am AEST, on Sunday October 9. Thus was forged the adage that "there is no substitute for cubic inches", which became synonymous with racing at Bathurst. Race Distance - 161 laps. Gen3 Demonstration. The Torana proved more than a match in the atrocious conditions. It was also a showcase for the Armstrong company to promote its shock absorbers and related products. In 1987, the Bathurst 1000 became a round of the short lived 1987 World Touring Car Championship, resulting in European teams racing against local Australian teams in the 1000. [7], Rule changes for 1970 enabled a single driver to complete the entire race distance. As the embryonic HQ Holden required too much development to be competitive Holden created an alternative to the V8 muscle car. ^8 - This is the first year with the newly added Chase in Conrod Straight. This page is not available in other languages. He also incurred two one-minute penalties for starting the engine while refuelling. In 1963 the Armstrong 500 moved to the 6.2-kilometre (3.9mi) Mount Panorama Circuit at Bathurst in New South Wales. The next-generation Ranger is the smartest, most capable and most versatile Ranger ever developed at every step with our customers needs and experiences in mind. The Heritage Revival category is part of event celebrations for both Bathurst and title sponsor Repco. Track Distance - 6.213km. The parochial Bathurst crowd, and touring car fans in general, had been conditioned to view the Bathurst 1000 as a perpetual struggle between Holden and Ford. The 1994 Tooheys 1000 was won by the EB Falcon of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. What is the Bathurst 1000? In 1990 the Sierras again proved strong, but the HRT Commodore of Allan Grice and Win Percy prevailed. TOCA Australia was invited to fill the void with a 2-litre Super Touring field, featuring a number of British Touring Car Championship drivers and teams, including Alain Menu, John Cleland and Rickard Rydell, joining Australian Super Touring Championship regulars. The new regulations created a separate class for 2-litre cars, based on the British Touring Car Championship's (BTCC) regulations of the time. Support categories will hit the track on Tuesday November 30, with action running through until the end of the Repco Bathurst 1000, the final event of this year's Repco Supercars Championship. 1966 was the last four cylinder victory for more than two decades. The Bathurst 1000, also known as the "Great Race" and held in some form since 1960, . 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. These were available race ready from Europe and were campaigned by many teams including Allan Moffat Racing, Dick Johnson Racing and eventually a team run by Holden stalwart Peter Brock. 30 mins. Bathurst 1000 LIVE race results: Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander win Last year's race, held on Sunday December 5, was the latest ever Great Race at 12:15pm . The Super2 and Super3 Series, Porsche Carrera Cup, TGRA 86 Racing Series and V8 SuperUtes will be joined by a host of Australian Racing Group categories, led by the TCR Australia Series, S5000, Touring Car Masters, Trans Am and Australian GT. The support categories include GT World Challenge Australia, S5000, TCR Australia, Super2, Carrera Cup, Toyota 86s, Trans Am and Touring Car Masters. Bathurst 1000: Support category wrap - The Roar Designed and engineered right here in Australia. 1967 rule changes mandated a minimum number of pit-stops to negate the advantage economical smaller cars had of requiring fewer stops. 2021 REPCO BATHURST 1000 EVENT SCHEDULE - UPDATED! | V8 Sleuth This was a coupe based on the HK model four-door Kingswood family sedan. Supercars then hit the track on Thursday. The Holden Bathurst contingent for this year included 13 SL/R 5000s, 7 XU-1s and one HQ Monaro GTS. It was the 26th running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. This meant that the back markers had to start the race from around the corner on Conrod Straight. Will Dale is V8 Sleuth's Head of Content - Digital. Richards became the first driver to win in both a Ford and a Holden in consecutive years. Larry Perkins is the equal fourth most successful driver at Bathurst, with six victories (198284, 1993, 1995 and 1997). Result . Everything you need to know about the 2022 Bathurst 1000 It was Lowndes' thirteenth podium at the event, which is an all-time record. By lap 20 the HDT Toranas of Brock and Bond were over a minute in front of Goss in the only competitive Falcon. Holden's 308 cubic inch V8-powered Toranas scored Bathurst victories in 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1979 in L34 and A9X configuration. His first three wins were with Craig Lowndes, with his fourth coming in 2012. Their Ford EL Falcon was badly damaged in a practice crash and required lengthy repairs before the race. While the mechanics were trying to fix the problem Brock pitted with a broken piston caused by a failed oil pump. During its history, the race has been conducted for production saloon cars,[5] Group E Series Production Touring Cars,[6] Group C Touring Cars, Group A Touring Cars, Group 3A Touring Cars, Super Touring and currently Supercars.
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