He became part of the V8 Sleuth team in 2018. 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. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! 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. Tuesday November 30. In addition to the 24 regular full-time entries, one Wildcard entry will join the grid in the shape of the Triple Eight-run Holden for Broc Feeney and Russell Ingall. The 2019 race only featured one safety car in the first 101 laps, but the final 60 laps featured seven, eventually resulting in a one lap sprint to the chequered flag. At the end of lap one Fords held the first four places with Toranas fifth, six and seventh. The Heritage Revival category is part of event celebrations for both Bathurst and title sponsor Repco. 2022 Bathurst 1000 - Wikipedia He was supported by John Goss and Kevin Bartlett in an XA Hardtop and Murray Carter in another XB Falcon Hardtop. 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. 12/09/2006. As a result of "The Chase", lap times around the circuit increased by approximately 45 seconds (based on times in comparable cars from the 1986 and 1987 races). The 11:15am start time is the same as the 2016, 2017 and 2018 races. V8 SuperUtes and Heritage Revival will race on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the event. Six Day Bathurst 1000 to Conclude Supercars Championship The 1977 race saw Moffat and teammate Colin Bond cross the finish line side by side after opening up an indomitable lead in the early laps. Super2 and Super3 drivers will race on the Friday and Saturday of the event for points. The schedule for this year's Great Race weekend was released on Wednesday. Race day will feature the usual morning warm-up session ahead of the latest start time in Bathurst 1000 history. [7] In 1969 there was a multi-car accident on lap one. The first years on the Mount Panorama circuit were dominated by swift and agile small cars, such as the Ford Cortina and Mini Cooper. "The Chase", a large three-corner chicane added in 1987 to the straight, was dedicated to Burgmann with a plaque embedded in the concrete barriers. BATHURST 1000 SUPERCARS SCHEDULE RELEASED - Auto Action In addition to the 25 regular entries, three wildcard entries were entered. When marshals reached the scene, Hulme was unconscious and he was pronounced dead at Bathurst Hospital after suffering a second heart attack. 4 0 obj Class wins were achieved by Mazda 1300, Datsun 1600, Mazda RX-2, Torana XU1 and Falcon GTHO.[7]. ENTRY LIST: 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 Italics indicate former Bathurst 1000-winning driver 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. Thus was forged the adage that "there is no substitute for cubic inches", which became synonymous with racing at Bathurst. Mercedes-Benz returned through Australian GT Championship team Erebus Motorsport with its three Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs. This was also the first year that an official trophy was awarded to the first team to cover the 500 miles. The surviving cars were marshalled in single file on Pit Straight. Peter Brock died weeks before the 2006 race in an accident during the Targa West rally in Western Australia. However, Ford refined the GT-HO to Phase Two specification with an even more powerful and better breathing 351 V8. 25 November 2021 A large variety of support categories feature on the six-day Repco Bathurst 1000 bill. 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. 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. Seven drivers made their Bathurst 1000 debut, ADAC GT Masters driver Jaxon Evans and Super2 drivers Matt Chahda, Declan Fraser, Cameron Hill, Matthew Payne, Jaylyn Robotham and Aaron Seton. It was a significant victory for a number of reasons: The first of Brock's nine Bathurst wins which later led to him being nicknamed the "King of the Mountain" and "Peter Perfect". Two-race: Used for the Newcastle 500, Townsville 500, Sydney SuperNight, Gold Coast 500 and Adelaide 500. Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland were second in an identical car. ^8 - This is the first year with the newly added Chase in Conrod Straight. Brock won the 1972 race aboard a Holden Torana XU-1. Bathurst 1000 2021 Entry List: Every Car and Driver 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars Countdown Event starts in. [9], 1971 was another Ford victory with Moffat at the wheel. The 2021 edition of the Bathurst 1000 will be a unique event taking place over six days with a total of nine support categories. Since 1999, the race has been run exclusively for the Supercars category, and is run for championship points. 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. Larry Perkins is the equal fourth most successful driver at Bathurst, with six victories (198284, 1993, 1995 and 1997). The Toyota 86s have their on-track activities spread out across five days, with opening practice on Wednesday ahead of Qualifying and Race 1 on Thursday, plus a race on each of the remaining days of the event. 2 December 2021. .mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}^1 Outright race winner was not officially recognised until 1965. The support categories include GT World Challenge Australia, S5000, TCR Australia, Super2, Carrera Cup, Toyota 86s, Trans Am and Touring Car Masters. Garth Tander is a five time winner, all of which with Holdens. 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. As well as these races for two-litre cars, separate five-litre (V8 Supercars) races were held in 1997 and 1998, known as the "Australian 1000 Classic". Since 2001, the race is run on the weekend after the long weekend, normally the second weekend in October. In 1996, the Touring Car Entrants Group of Australia (TEGA) (who had held the rights to market the ATCC since 1994) signed a deal with US sports agent Mark McCormack's International Management Group (IMG) to market the ATCC, which they renamed to V8 Supercars. The category also has one of the longer support races on the schedule: the marquee Trans Am Bathurst 100, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Bathurst 1000, 2021: When Every Category Will Be on Track - V8 The Torana could not compensate for the power advantage that the Falcons had on the Bathurst straights. Car number 34, a lone Morris Marina finished 6th in Class C having completed 125 laps. [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. All support category races were tied up with the Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix broadcast rights as a package. The V8 Toranas ran away at the start of the 1974 race and Holden victory seemed assured. 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. In 2013, V8 Supercars' rules changed and other marques began to enter the race, including the return of past winners Nissan. Matthew MacKelden has been stretchered off the track at Mount Panorama after a brutal crash during Race 3 in the Bathurst 1000 support categories. These changes advantaged the better resourced teams as a great deal of testing was now needed to optimize the performance of the race cars. Carrera Cup will also return to Mount Panorama, having previously featured for over a decade. The Holden Bathurst contingent for this year included 13 SL/R 5000s, 7 XU-1s and one HQ Monaro GTS. [7] The race win was therefore awarded to third placed Peter Brock, who drove two of his Holden VL Commodore SS Group A cars during the race. In 2013 the 1000km was completed in the record time of six hours, eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Bob Jane won the race four times in succession from 1961 to 1964. The race was traditionally run on the Labour Day long weekend in New South Wales, in early October. 15:55 - 16:55. The Torana proved more than a match in the atrocious conditions. The 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 saw Volvo return for the first time since 1998, with Garry Rogers Motorsport entering two Volvo S60s. Bathurst 2021: Bathurst 1000 ultimate guide, Mount Panorama, Peter 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. Racing recommenced shortly after but competition was further interrupted by a number of safety car periods. In 1987 it was a round of the World Touring Car Championship. Entry was limited to standard, unmodified production saloons built or assembled in Australia. Bathurst 1000 2022 AS IT HAPPENED: Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander win Holden's last Bathurst 1000; Recovery ute causes late-race mayhem By Damien McCartney 6:39pm Oct 9, 2022 An outright or class victory was a significant opportunity to increase sales and market share. Allan Moffat's GTHO received the chequered flag followed by Bruce McPhee's identical car. Supercars will again be supported by the Dunlop Series and Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia. He was given the moniker "King of the Mountain" for these reasons.[2]. The 1997 race saw Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall repeat their 1995 triumph, ahead of the father and son combination of Jim and Steven Richards. The event, which will be held on October 6-9, will be headlined by the 161-lap Bathurst 1000. Repco Bathurst 1000 start time confirmed - Supercars Ford even a ran a post race advertising campaign using the slogan "we were a little deflated". BROKEN gearshift towers have become the latest item for Supercars teams to manage with their Gen3 race cars. The popularity of the race grew rapidly during the 1960s. The HDT and later the Holden Racing Team (HRT) were at the forefront of Commodore development. The HDT Toranas soon pitted for wet weather tyres after which the Bond Torana started smoking from an oil leak. 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. Jamie Whincup, the driver with the most championship titles in ATCC/Supercars history, is a four-time winner of the race. 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. 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. It was also the first win for Gibson Motorsport since their wins with Nissan in 1991 and 1992. endobj x[s6~XFHdqbwrGmg;rL0 ]iw"7oO&/~;se= |w|wg'/vw`~$ W! Start time - 11.15am. Of the seven, six will make their debut - Declan Fraser, Matt Payne, Cameron Hill, Aaron Seton, Matt Chahda and Jaylyn Robotham. UPDATE 29/11: A slight tweak to Thursdays schedule has seen Australian GT Race 1 and Trans Am Race 2 swap spots. The quartet represent four of the 12 drivers in this years field who are previous winners of the race, while this year sees 2017 winning drivers David Reynolds and Luke Youlden reunited at Kelly Grove Racing. Eight drivers in the Super2 field will compete in Sundays Great Race. The first turn, Hell Corner, is a ninety-degree left-hander. BATHURST 1000. The full schedule has been released leading up to 'The Great Race', including that of the support categories for the October 6-9 event. In an attempt to achieve parity between the makes weight penalties (140kg) and turbo restricting pop-off valves were applied to the Nissan. They will be on track on every single day of the event, including as one of the curtain-raisers to the Bathurst 1000. ^4 The first position finisher was disqualified post race. The JPS Team BMW run 635 CSis and M3s were also highly competitive during this era. Weve listed the full daily track schedule already here at V8 Sleuth, but with categories running across different days and at different times, we thought wed also bring you a list of practice, qualifying and race schedules broken down by category. Imported turbocharged cars, initially Ford Sierra RS Cosworths and then Nissan Skyline GT-Rs, achieved dominance during this period while Holden Commodores managed to claim three hard-fought wins. In 1983, John Harvey also shared the win with Brock and Perkins. Just one previous Bathurst 1000-winning chassis will be on the grid for the 2021 race, while seven cars will make their Great Race debut. It was won by the ultimate GT-HO, the XY-model Falcon GT-HO Phase Three. In 1962 the class structure changed to one based on price. FORD LIVE UPDATES: Follow todays race action at the Repco Bathurst 1000, SPOTTER GUIDE:The livery of every car in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000, SCHEDULE:Bathurst 1000 track schedule for every category, TV GUIDE:Where you can watch the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000. It was the only Vauxhall in a field of 45 cars that included N.S.U.s, Simcas, Peugeots, Morris, Austins, Fords and Standard Vanguards. By lap 20 the HDT Toranas of Brock and Bond were over a minute in front of Goss in the only competitive Falcon. Gen3 Demonstration. Since the start of Group A in Australia, CAMS local scrutineers diligently applied the Group A regulations as written. 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]. [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. Bathurst 1000 LIVE race results: Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander win Whincup received a fifteen-second time penalty, which meant that despite taking the chequered flag first, he was only classified 11th. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) had planned to replace Group A at the end of 1991. [7] Mini Coopers filled the first nine places in Class C and outright. His first three wins were with Craig Lowndes, with his fourth coming in 2012. Most notably, there was a late-race incident between Garth Tander and Scott McLaughlin, retiring the former's car, which occurred as Triple Eight's Jamie Whincup attempted to redress a clash between him and McLaughlin at the Chase. 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. This was Ford's first victory since 2008. Teams Grove Racing, Matt Chahda Motorsport and PremiAir Racing made their debut in the Bathurst 1000. V8 Sleuth Staff. 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. It took place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre race. Bathurst 1000: Support category wrap. Family Feud host, and former Bathurst 1000 representative, Grant Denyer, rounded out the top three in the session. Sydney driver Mike Burgmann died when his VK Commodore hit the concrete base of the bridge over Conrod Straight at 260km/h (160mph). Shannons SpeedSeries is Australia's home of premier motorsport categories and events, including TCR Australia, S5000, Trans Am, Touring Car Masters and GT World Challenge Australia, plus the Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour and Supercheap Auto Bathurst International. In 1999, Steven Richards repeated his 1998 triumph, winning with Greg Murphy in their Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore. Thursday December 2. Repco Supercars Championship. Their Ford EL Falcon was badly damaged in a practice crash and required lengthy repairs before the race. Supercars Championship - Wikipedia Due to the size of the Ford and Holden rivalry, for 1995 to 1996, for the 1997 and 1998 Australia 1000 races and from 1999 to 2012, Group 3A and later V8 Supercars rules mandated that only Fords and Holdens were allowed to compete in the race, using their Falcon and Commodore models respectively. This was a coupe based on the HK model four-door Kingswood family sedan. 1967 was also the first year that starting grid positions were allocated according to practice lap times rather than by class groupings. Both the Super Touring and V8 Supercar races claimed to be the legitimate Bathurst 1000. 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. In the Top 10 Shootout in 2003, Greg Murphy set what was then the fastest lap ever on the Mount Panorama Circuit with a time of 2:06.8594, a lap which became known as the "Lap of the Gods". 2 0 obj Supercars Championship organisers have confirmed the latest ever Bathurst 1000 start time, with the 2021 edition of the 'Great Race' to commence at 12.15pm local time. The resulting culture clash caused considerable angst between officials and team management. His pit crew could not lend assistance as this would have resulted in disqualification. Ford's 351 XC Falcon famously finished first and second in 1977. [22] It took Lowndes to seven event wins and Richards to five. Lowndes and Whincup then won the next two races to achieve the first three-peat since Brock and Larry Perkins won the Bathurst 1000 from 1982 to 1984 (the 1983 win was also shared with John Harvey). The track surface broke up and became unsafe during races. Named for the 1000km stretch it covers, the Bathurst 1000 is an annual touring car race held at Mount Panorama track in Bathurst. Group A enabled Australian teams to develop cars that could be raced overseas. Morris and Mostert had started the race from last position after being excluded from qualifying. The 1972 race was a round of the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, which was open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars.[6].
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