Frank Coad and John Roxburgh in a Vauxhall Cresta, were the first to complete the 500-mile race distance. He went on to win twice more, in 1989 and 1994. He also won in 1992 in the same car, and in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2010 in a Holden Commodore. This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 23:47. The first car across the finish line has been retrospectively referred to as outright race winner since then. At the end of lap one Fords held the first four places with Toranas fifth, six and seventh. In response to Ford's 1967 Bathurst victory, Holden entered the Monaro GTS 327. Practice 1 Qualifying Trophy Race Race 1 . 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 1963, Bob Jane and Harry Firth again triumphed, this time in a Cortina GT. The pair repeated the win in controversial circumstances in 1992. Brock inherited the lead when the Fords started pitting for fuel. The first turn, Hell Corner, is a ninety-degree left-hander. As with the early Phillip Island races, some of this new surface started to break up early in the race, particularly at Griffin's Bend. [10] Upgrades were allowed to seats, lubrication systems, camshafts, carburettors, suspensions, brakes and wheel rim sizes. Having received backlash after announcing they would not race at Bathurst, AVESCO hastily made a deal with the Bathurst Regional Council for the use of the circuit. From 2013, the event became part of the newly formed Pirtek Enduro Cup within the Supercars season, along with the series' other two-driver races, the Sandown 500 and Gold Coast 600. Ford even a ran a post race advertising campaign using the slogan "we were a little deflated". The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) had planned to replace Group A at the end of 1991. In more than 180 countries, these customers rely on Ranger to be their reliable partner at work, with family and at play. Several cars coming around the blind corner crashed into the stationary car. The XU-1 was easier on brakes and tyres, thereby minimizing the number of required pit stops. to walk across the bridge and down to the Paddock area to see both the Support categories and the Supercars. The highest placed Charger was in eighth position. Jamie Whincup, the driver with the most championship titles in ATCC/Supercars history, is a four-time winner of the race. Mountain Straight, a gentle climb where the cars reach speeds of 255km/h (158mph), leads into Griffin's Bend, an off-camber right-hander which then leads into The Cutting, a sharp left-hander with a steep incline. 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). Group C carried over into the 1980s. This was a coupe based on the HK model four-door Kingswood family sedan. The full entry list for the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000. The race was held twice more at Phillip Island. Holden's 308 cubic inch V8-powered Toranas scored Bathurst victories in 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1979 in L34 and A9X configuration. Ford was represented in the outright category by three Falcon Hardtop headed by Moffat's Brut 33 XB Falcon Hardtop GT. 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. The 1969 race also saw the dbut of Peter Brock. Triple carburettors on the "Red" motor provided an excellent power-to-weight ratio. Group A as an international formula faded away in the late 1980s. Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth were the defending race winner. The 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 saw the first of the Ford Falcon GT-HOs. Jane's racing exploits assisted in the creation of his automotive businesses, originally with automotive vehicle dealerships, then later more prominently with a national chain of tyre retailers, Bob Jane T-Marts. Scott McLaughlin, driving with Alexandre Prmat, held on to win from the Triple Eight entry of Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander and in doing so won the first Bathurst 1000 for the Ford Mustang nameplate, the first for Dick Johnson Racing since Team Penske took a stake in the team in 2014 and the first for the team as a whole since 1994. The 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 saw another victory for an independent team with Erebus Motorsport prevailing in mostly wet conditions with David Reynolds and Luke Youlden behind the wheel. Craig Lowndes, who was a protg of Brock, and has followed his path in terms of success and popularity, has won the race seven times. Holden and Ford were the only manufacturers to win under these regulations, despite facing increased imported competition, notably from the Mazda RX-7 that was campaigned effectively by Moffat and Kevin Bartlett's 350 V8 powered Chevrolet Camaro. Class B was taken out by an 1100cc version of the Mini Cooper. 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. It took place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre 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. 2 December 2021. The lead category will be the Supercars Championship finale, the Bathurst 1000. 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. In an attempt to achieve parity between the makes weight penalties (140kg) and turbo restricting pop-off valves were applied to the Nissan. Channel 7 had televised the race since 1963 and had a contract that was binding into the 21st century. This time, Richards jokingly said that the crowd was "a lovely bunch of people", in contrast to his comments made on the podium ten years earlier. Family Feud host, and former Bathurst 1000 representative, Grant Denyer, rounded out the top three in the session. Twenty-eight cars entered the event - 19 Holden Commodores and nine Ford Mustangs, making it the biggest grid since 2013. Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season. All cars had to complete the first 100 miles without stopping for fuel, oil or a driver change. Tickets for the Repco Bathurst 1000 are available on Supercars.com and Ticketek. Eight drivers in the Super2 field will compete in Sundays Great Race. Alongside Rickard Rydell, Jim Richards won his sixth Bathurst 1000 in a Volvo S40 run by Tom Walkinshaw Racing, with his son Steven second in a Nissan Primera run by British team Team Dynamics. Both the Super Touring and V8 Supercar races claimed to be the legitimate Bathurst 1000. Porter had been scheduled to compete in the 1000 as a driver for the Brad Jones Racing team. It hosted the eleventh round of the 2022 Supercars Championship. Track Distance - 6.213km. 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. A FIELD of 25 Supercars will pursue victory in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. Dick Johnson was the only winner for Ford during the 1980s under Group C, with a victory in 1981 whilst at the wheel of the XD Falcon. Designed and engineered right here in Australia. As the rain clouds dissipated many unhappy campers loudly voiced their opinions. stream The 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 started at 9:30 am. 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 After the first 10 cars passed through The Esses, contact between two Falcons caused one to roll over. 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. [7], Rule changes for 1970 enabled a single driver to complete the entire race distance. When the flag dropped the "no substitute for cubic inches" ethic prevailed as the Goss Falcon hardtop powered away from pole position. The category also has one of the longer support races on the schedule: the marquee Trans Am Bathurst 100, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. 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. Johnson and co-driver Larry Perkins were very competitive in the agile Mustang but it lacked top end power. 11am -12pm: Supercars Practice 1 (all drivers) 3.55pm - 4.55pm: Supercars Practice 2 (co-drivers . [31][32] The 2006 event also honoured Brock with special tributes; including the front row of the starting grid being left vacant, all cars bearing an '05' number sticker made famous by Brock, and a champions' lap of honour featuring Brock's past co-drivers parading in cars that Brock won Bathurst with. The highly regarded, and more expensive, Alfa GTV had been seen as the emerging force in touring cars. [12] The 2013 race itself was a close finish between Ford's factory team drivers from Ford Performance Racing, Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards, and Triple Eight Race Engineering's Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell. Rauno Aaltonen and Bob Holden drove their Mini Cooper S to a hard-fought win against stiff competition which mainly consisted of other Coopers. Start / End Series Session Duration Results; 08:40 - 09:00. . One from Erebus Motorsport, for Greg Murphy and Richie Stanaway, one from Matt Chahda Motorsport, for Matt Chahda and Jaylyn Robotham, and one from Triple Eight Race Engineering, for Craig Lowndes and Declan Fraser. In 1966 and 1967 an Irish tobacco company sponsored the race, which became known as the "Gallaher 500". It was also the first time since 1977 that an overtly Ford factory backed car triumphed. Brock, meanwhile, was able to hold off the Phase Three GT-HO of John French and the E49 Charger of Doug Chivas to win the 1972 race, thus temporarily refuting the "no substitute for cubic inches" adage. Ford unleashed its new XA model "hard top" coupe Ford Falcon GT which had been pioneered by John Goss. In 1999, Steven Richards repeated his 1998 triumph, winning with Greg Murphy in their Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore. A similar dispute affected the V8 Supercars Challenge support races at the Australian Grand Prix, in which at various times different networks have held the broadcast rights to both V8 Supercars and Formula One. 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]. See the full 2022 Bathurst 1000 schedule below, including when the races air in the US.. It was also the birth of the Torana legend as this uniquely Australian performance car went on to become one of Australia's most successful touring cars, due in part to numerical supremacy on the track and the withdrawal of Ford and Chrysler from motor racing later in the seventies. % From 1999 onwards, the race also counted for championship points for the first time, taking a position as the final round on the calendar. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recent incarnation of the Australian Touring Car Championship. UPDATE 29/11: A slight tweak to Thursdays schedule has seen Australian GT Race 1 and Trans Am Race 2 swap spots. The HDT Toranas soon pitted for wet weather tyres after which the Bond Torana started smoking from an oil leak. The support categories include GT World Challenge Australia, S5000, TCR Australia, Super2, Carrera Cup, Toyota 86s, Trans Am and Touring Car Masters. Result . Engineered as an affordable personal luxury car with the ability to win Bathurst it had a 327 cubic inch Chevrolet V8 (as the "GTS 327" name implies). In those days the Phillip Island track was surfaced with a "cold mix" bitumen which could not stand up to the pounding of dozens of race cars going flat out for 500 miles. On the winners' podium the normally affable Richards responded to the boos of the crowd with, "this is bloody disgraceful" and "you're a pack of arseholes" during the nationally televised trophy presentation. ^2 Race was stopped before full race distance. The 2021 edition of the Bathurst 1000 will be a unique event taking place over six days with a total of nine support categories. In 2013, V8 Supercars' rules changed and other marques began to enter the race, including the return of past winners Nissan. The company became a title sponsor of the race between 2002 and 2004. Friday's action will be headlined by ARMOR ALL Qualifying. Supercars then hit the track on Thursday. The popularity of the race grew rapidly during the 1960s. The 1967 victory of the XR Falcon GT over the smaller Alfa Romeo 1600 GTVs and Mini Coopers surprised many pundits as the Falcon GT was unproven. 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. 1973 was the last competitive appearance for Chrysler, with the marque disappearing from the Group C category almost entirely. Their inaugural season will wrap up with four races spread across Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Mount Panorama Circuit was first used on 16 April 1938 for the Australian Tourist Trophy meeting for motorcycles, followed two days later by the Australian Grand Prix for cars. SuperSprint: Used for all SuperSprint races (exc. The event was the 65th running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 62nd time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. Matthew MacKelden has been stretchered off the track at Mount Panorama after a brutal crash during Race 3 in the Bathurst 1000 support categories. Pit stops - seven compulsory (can vary for tactics) Race lap record - 2 minutes . 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. A good result in the long and tough race added credibility to the car and its brand, especially in terms of performance, durability and reliability. [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. 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. The resulting culture clash caused considerable angst between officials and team management. Morris and Mostert had started the race from last position after being excluded from qualifying. 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. The Torana could not compensate for the power advantage that the Falcons had on the Bathurst straights. Privateers entered improved Chargers. Eggenberger's cars finished first and second on the road but were disqualified months later due to bodywork irregularities. Tom Walkinshaw also briefly campaigned VL Commodores in Europe. The first years on the Mount Panorama circuit were dominated by swift and agile small cars, such as the Ford Cortina and Mini Cooper. A fierce new opponent was waiting in the wings. 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. Also missing out are four-time Bathurst 1000 winner Greg Murphy and fellow Kiwi Richie Stanaway, who were scheduled to drive an Erebus Motorsport-run wildcard in Boost Mobile colours. Sunrise mainstay and long-time Supercars presenter Mark Beretta will lead the coverage alongside 7NEWS Sydney's Mel McLaughlin. In 1999 and 2000, it was the final round of the championship and decided the championship winner on each occasion. 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars Countdown Event starts in. 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. [7] The Bathurst 500 was organised and promoted by a consortium of the Seven Network, the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) and Bathurst Regional Council, an arrangement which would continue until 1998. The JPS Team BMW run 635 CSis and M3s were also highly competitive during this era. [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]. It was first held on 20 November 1960 on the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Victoria, over a 500-mile (800km) distance. 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]. [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. 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 Group E Series Production Touring Car regulations, which had applied to the 1972 race,[6] were replaced by the new Group C Touring Car regulations for 1973. 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. ^5 Denotes Australia 1000 races for V8 Supercars category. The course continues down to Sulman Park and McPhillamy Park. Fast facts: Date - Sunday 9 October 2022. Since 1999, the race has been run exclusively for the Supercars category, and is run for championship points. 1974 winner John Goss, and West German driver Armin Hahne claimed Jaguar's only Bathurst 1000 win. endobj In addition to the 25 regular entries, three wildcard entries were entered. 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 and Bond were drivers for the semi-official Holden Dealer Team (HDT), which had been formed earlier in the year to counter the official Ford Special Vehicles division that was churning out ever evolving GT-HO Falcons. The V8 Toranas ran away at the start of the 1974 race and Holden victory seemed assured. 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. In 1963 the Armstrong 500 moved to the 6.2-kilometre (3.9mi) Mount Panorama Circuit at Bathurst in New South Wales. [20] Erebus also joined Tekno as the only teams to win both the Bathurst 12 Hour and the Bathurst 1000. Mount Panorama. 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. In 1973 Holden campaigned upgraded XU-1s. 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. [7] Ford's development of the 289 cubic inch V8 Ford Falcon GT signalled the end of small cars as outright contenders. This was powered by a 265cuin (4.34L) in-line HEMI six-cylinder engine with triple Weber carburettors. 4 0 obj Brock's win also signalled the first Bathurst victory for a six-cylinder engined car, an achievement that would not be repeated until 1991 when the Nissan Skyline GT-R "Godzilla" took the chequered flag. 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. By lap 85 the two HDT Toranas were four laps clear of the field. Brock and co-driver Chivas had contrived a good lead when a miscalculation caused the Torana to run out of fuel at the top of the Mountain. Race winners are presented with the Peter Brock Trophy. 2010 saw another win for Lowndes and Triple Eight, this time with Mark Skaife, their fifth and sixth wins respectively. The race was dominated by Tom Walkinshaw Racing's three car Jaguar XJ-S team, the big V12 powered Jaguars having a clear power and speed advantage over the still developing Australian Group A teams and cars. 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. The event, which will be held on October 6-9, will be headlined by the 161-lap Bathurst 1000. Garth Tander is a five time winner, all of which with Holdens. In 1978 and 1979 he and Jim Richards drove an A9X Torana to victory, while in 1980 the pair won in a VC Commodore.
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