It also followed a large public fundraising campaign to provide him with the finances to build a new car, which eventually raised AU$144,000, half of which came from Ford Australia itself. The resulting culture clash caused considerable angst between officials and team management. Family Feud host, and former Bathurst 1000 representative, Grant Denyer, rounded out the top three in the session. After being challenged by Brock's furiously driven XU-1, Moffat was unable to exploit the V8's power advantage and spun early in the race. endobj 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. Melbourne: Used for the Melbourne SuperSprint. 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. 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. Supercars will be on track on all four days of the event. Highlights of the Supercheap Auto Showroom Showdown as part of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Support Category in 2000 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. 15:55 - 16:55. From 1985 to 1992, the Bathurst 1000 was run to international Group A regulations. The race was extended from 500 miles to 1000 kilometres in 1973. 1966 was the last four cylinder victory for more than two decades. BATHURST 1000. [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. 1972 was also the last year that drivers were permitted to drive without co-drivers. "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. 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. 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. 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. Seven was not prepared to drop the race, while AVESCO required a Bathurst race for Ten to broadcast. 2 0 obj THURSDAY . BROKEN gearshift towers have become the latest item for Supercars teams to manage with their Gen3 race cars. 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. The Torana proved more than a match in the atrocious conditions. Jane and Firth switched to a Falcon and once again completed the 500 miles first. The increased pace of the cars had resulted in the 500-mile race distance being achieved earlier each year, and since Australia had converted to the metric system the increased distance was considered more appropriate than 800km for an endurance race. Around the 90 lap mark rain started to fall at the top of the mountain. Ford abandoned the XA model based Phase Four GT-HO Falcon. It was the final time that Holden would participate in the Bathurst 1000, who made their debut in the 1961 Armstrong 500 event at Phillip Island, after General Motors announced the retirement of the brand in 2020.[2]. In the 1994 season, the 2-litre Super Touring championship was run separately to the ATCC, though both categories ran as two classes at Bathurst. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! The schedule for this year's Great Race weekend was released on Wednesday. Canadian-born Allan Moffat is Ford's most successful Bathurst driver, winning the race four times (1970, 1971, 1973 and 1977). The support categories include GT World Challenge Australia, S5000, TCR Australia, Super2, Carrera Cup, Toyota 86s, Trans Am and Touring Car Masters. In 2013 the 1000km was completed in the record time of six hours, eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds. Porter had been scheduled to compete in the 1000 as a driver for the Brad Jones Racing team. [7] During the race the Geoghegan car had entered the pit area through the rear access lane off Mountain Straight and erroneously accumulated an extra lap on the ARDC timing board. The new joint venture company (AVESCO) signed a TV deal for 1997 with Network Ten, which included expanded coverage of the championship. Regulation decreed that, as the leaders had completed more than 75% of race distance, the race was not to be restarted. The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a 1,000-kilometre (621.4 mi) touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ^6 Race was stopped for over an hour due to the track surface breaking up and requiring repair. In response to Ford's 1967 Bathurst victory, Holden entered the Monaro GTS 327. 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. 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. 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. 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. Thanks to public donations of over A$70,000 and a matching donation from Ford Johnson was able to rebuild his car and win the Bathurst race the following year. Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander will be hoping to go . Tickets for the Repco Bathurst 1000 are available on Supercars.com and Ticketek. 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. The issue struck thrice on the final BATHURST 1000, 2021: WHEN EVERY CATEGORY WILL BE ON TRACK, Team boss talks Supercars sudden gearshift tower demons, Waters: Supercars still does not have parity, Baird refutes new rules of engagement claim, Weve listed the full daily track schedule already here at V8 Sleuth, Every car and driver in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000, Ford partners with V8 Sleuth for the Bathurst 1000, Confusion reigns in first two-driver TA2 race, Triple Eight rues unacceptable qualifying flops, Winterbottom hurting after miserable milestone weekend, Feeney cruises to another Sunday Supercars win. In 1966 and 1967 an Irish tobacco company sponsored the race, which became known as the "Gallaher 500". There was no official outright winner, only class winners. The highly regarded, and more expensive, Alfa GTV had been seen as the emerging force in touring cars. Class B was taken out by an 1100cc version of the Mini Cooper. 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 $100,000 of the fine suspended. ;z,MvIOa~w_vwO;d9:J>UQy{4$sTF~c lBI5qCw#W{P>P?\0\H9. ^4 The first position finisher was disqualified post race. Dick Johnson Racing switched to a 1983 Zakspeed developed Ford Mustang GT formerly raced in Europe by German ace Klaus Ludwig. In 1998, Steven Richards did one better, winning the race with Jason Bright for Stone Brothers Racing. Ford was represented in the outright category by three Falcon Hardtop headed by Moffat's Brut 33 XB Falcon Hardtop GT. 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 first turn, Hell Corner, is a ninety-degree left-hander. Bartlett completed the 163 laps in first place. The GT World Challenge Australia series wraps up its maiden series under that branding at Mount Panorama with a pair of one-hour timed races on Thursday and Friday. The HDT and later the Holden Racing Team (HRT) were at the forefront of Commodore development. A fierce new opponent was waiting in the wings. -. Class E was won by Doug Chivas and Max Stewart in an Alfa GTV. Brock set off in heroic pursuit of Moffat's Falcon GT but the XU-1 suffered a deflating tyre. Race day will feature the usual morning warm-up session ahead of the latest start time in Bathurst 1000 history. 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. 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. The most successful driver at Bathurst is Peter Brock, whose nine victories (1972, 1975, 197880, 198284 and 1987) earned him the nickname King of the Mountain. 2009 was also the first race since the championship moved to an E85 fuel blend, which increased fuel consumption and as such led to more pit stops during the race. Two-race: Used for the Newcastle 500, Townsville 500, Sydney SuperNight, Gold Coast 500 and Adelaide 500. 30 mins. Ford's Falcon GT and later GT-HO, Holden's Monaro and Torana, and Chrysler's Pacer and Charger models were the result of constant development of race-worthy cars that the general public could buy. 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. He began his media career as a breakfast radio newsreader before joining SPEED TV Australia and FOX SPORTS Australia in 2012 as its Digital Editorial Lead - Motorsport, covering all forms of motorsport both in Australia and internationally. Will Dale is V8 Sleuth's Head of Content - Digital. Four leading categories will take centre stage at next month's Repco Bathurst 1000. Bathurst is famous for being a 1000kms race, the race would actually be 1000.293kms long however the locations of the start and finish line are not the same. In 1987 it was a round of the World Touring Car Championship. [28] For the first time since 2000, the event was the final round of the championship, however Scott McLaughlin had already secured an unassailable lead at the penultimate event.[29]. New Zealand's Jim Richards won the race seven times (197880, 199192, 1998 and 2002) and also holds the record for the most starts (35) at this event. Holden has the most overall victories with 34, with Ford next best on 21 and Nissan the only other multiple winner with two. At the end of the year Ford Australia gave the Falcon GT race cars to their drivers and withdrew from racing. 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. Barry 'Bo' Seton was second with Herb Taylor. Privateers entered improved Chargers. The 1994 Tooheys 1000 was won by the EB Falcon of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. Sign up to the Repco Supercars Championship Newsletter, We use cookies to ensure we give you the best experience on our website. Cars then negotiate Forrest's Elbow before powering down Conrod Straight, the fastest section of the track where cars can reach 300km/h (190mph). Their Ford EL Falcon was badly damaged in a practice crash and required lengthy repairs before the race. The XU-1 was more agile, cheaper and more economical. The 2021 edition of the Bathurst 1000 will be a unique event taking place over six days with a total of nine support categories. WHAT time does the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 start? The 161-lap race, the 30th race of the season, will start at 11:15am local time (AEDT) on Sunday October 9. Harry Firth was third with John Reaburn. 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). 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. 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. Since 2001, the race is run on the weekend after the long weekend, normally the second weekend in October. Class D was won by a Chrysler VC Valiant V8 that completed 124 laps. <>/Metadata 665 0 R/ViewerPreferences 666 0 R>> Thus was forged the adage that "there is no substitute for cubic inches", which became synonymous with racing at Bathurst. He has won three Bathurst races in a Falcon (200608) and four in a Commodore (1996, 2010, 2015 and 2018), and also holds the record for most Bathurst podiums, with fourteen. 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. 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. Classes B and C were won by variants of the Mini and Class A was won by a Datsun 1000 piloted by John Roxburgh and Doug Whiteford. Adding to that, the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the first Bathurst 500 to be run in wet weather. Practice 2 (Additional Drivers Only) 60 mins. Supercars then hit the track on Thursday. 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 161-lap affair will mark. To reduce the threat to public safety, homologation rules were relaxed to permit certain modifications to the race cars. In more than 180 countries, these customers rely on Ranger to be their reliable partner at work, with family and at play. It was a famous win, coming twelve months after writing his car off in an incident with a rock in 1980. The global organising body FISA, a subsidiary of the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), allowed more liberal, negotiated interpretations "back home". This was postponed to the end of 1992 due to the inability of FISA to specify a new International formula. [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. 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 Schedule and Results. Matthew MacKelden has been stretchered off the track at Mount Panorama after a brutal crash during Race 3 in the Bathurst 1000 support categories. He was given the moniker "King of the Mountain" for these reasons.[2]. While the mechanics were trying to fix the problem Brock pitted with a broken piston caused by a failed oil pump. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) had planned to replace Group A at the end of 1991. Stoppage time is included in final race time. [16] Following the finish, Triple Eight announced they were appealing the penalty, regarding the appropriateness of a time penalty for such an offence. 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. During the 1974 Australian Touring Car Championship the Torana GTR XU-1 was gradually superseded by the wider bodied SL/R 5000. [1] The race concept originated with the 1960 Armstrong 500 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, before being relocated to Bathurst in 1963 and continuing there in every year since. endobj It has been confirmed that the Super3 Series will contest Round 2 of its 2020 season at the famous Mount Panorama circuit, supporting the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. 1988 saw Tony Longhurst and Tomas Mezera win in their Frank Gardner-prepared, RS500. Tickets for the event are on sale now. For 1999, the Super Touring event devolved into a 300-kilometre race for mixed V8s, which was won by Peter Brock's step-son James Brock, and a 500-kilometre race for Super Touring won by Paul Morris. [7] Just 32 Ford and Holden V8s faced the starter in what was, at the time, the smallest grid in the history of the race. 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. The V8 SuperUtes have the honour of being the first category on track for the event with their opening practice session getting underway on Tuesday morning. [7] In 1969 there was a multi-car accident on lap one. Three of Jane's wins were with Harry Firth, who went on to win a fourth race in 1967 and also was a team manager for the 1969 and 1972 Holden Dealer Team victories. Become a subscriber to the V8 Sleuth Newsletter to get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox. 1965 brought victory for the first overt "Bathurst Special", the Cortina GT 500. Grice had honed his skills in Europe, competing alongside compatriot Commodore drivers Peter Brock and his newly recruited HDT teammate, Allan Moffat. The new GTS 350 Monaro, in the hands of Colin Bond and Tony Roberts, was able to hold out Ford to claim the second victory for Holden. Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. The cars were then lined up on pit straight, and controversy ensued as teams exploited the regulations and performed repairs on the cars. This would be the last major Super Touring race at Bathurst, the last organised by the ARDC and the last held on the traditional Labour Day holiday weekend. In 2006, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup won the first race for Ford in eight years, driving for Triple Eight Race Engineering. The race was claimed by the organisers, the Light Car Club of Australia, to be 'the world's premier production saloon car race'. Sunrise mainstay and long-time Supercars presenter Mark Beretta will lead the coverage alongside 7NEWS Sydney's Mel McLaughlin. to walk across the bridge and down to the Paddock area to see both the Support categories and the Supercars. Class wins were achieved by Studebaker, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot and Renault. UPDATE 29/11: A slight tweak to Thursdays schedule has seen Australian GT Race 1 and Trans Am Race 2 swap spots. 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. The two classes of touring cars competed in the same races for two championships in 1993. 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 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. %PDF-1.7 Nissan returned with four Nissan Altimas run by Kelly Racing. Group C carried over into the 1980s.
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