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. Richards became the first driver to win in both a Ford and a Holden in consecutive years. The 161-lap affair will mark. 2021 REPCO BATHURST 1000 EVENT SCHEDULE - UPDATED! | V8 Sleuth 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. Bathurst 1000: Support category wrap. He also won in 1992 in the same car, and in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2010 in a Holden Commodore. On the final lap, the two Moffat Ford Dealers entries of Allan Moffat and Colin Bond ran in formation down Conrod Straight, with the helicopter footage of the formation becoming one of the most famous images in Bathurst 1000 history. 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. Murphy went on to win the Bathurst 1000 with Rick Kelly in 2003 and 2004 for K-Mart Racing. In 1990 the Sierras again proved strong, but the HRT Commodore of Allan Grice and Win Percy prevailed. The car was eventually black flagged. The XU-1 coasted down Conrod Straight and came to a halt just before the entrance to the Pits. The event, which will be held on October 6-9, will be headlined by the 161-lap Bathurst 1000. 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]. Moffat claimed another Falcon victory, his third in only four years. 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. Repco Bathurst 1000 start time confirmed - Supercars Everything you need to know about the 2022 Bathurst 1000 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. MacKelden's race was brought to an end on turn seven of the fourth lap when he lost control of his Ford Mustang before colliding into the barrier on the right side of the track. 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. Bathurst support categories revealed - Supercars Notes: 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. Will Dale is V8 Sleuth's Head of Content - Digital. With almost no support from Ford Australia, Group A Ford Falcons never eventuated. At the end of the year Ford Australia gave the Falcon GT race cars to their drivers and withdrew from racing. The race was extended from 500 miles to 1000 kilometres in 1973. Repco, which is sponsoring the Bathurst 1000 for a second time, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. 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. Bathurst 2021: Your guide to this year's 6-day Bathurst 1000 festival 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. His first three wins were with Craig Lowndes, with his fourth coming in 2012. This iteration evolved into the current Supercars category. Brock had pushed the car to its limits in a spectacular display of car control. Bathurst 2022 schedule, start time, weather, flood, drivers, TV 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 Schedule and Results. His car was released early, rupturing a refuelling hose and spilling fuel in the pit box.[7]. Endurance: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. Some European teams, most prominently the Ford Europe backed Eggenberger Motorsport, ran questionable vehicles. The 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 saw the first of the Ford Falcon GT-HOs. The 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 started at 9:30 am. Adding to that, the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the first Bathurst 500 to be run in wet weather. Sunrise mainstay and long-time Supercars presenter Mark Beretta will lead the coverage alongside 7NEWS Sydney's Mel McLaughlin. This event format continued for 1998 with the addition of a field of cars from the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, which ran to Schedule S regulations with a 2.5-litre engine limit, as well as Group E production cars. The course continues down to Sulman Park and McPhillamy Park. Dick Johnson and John Bowe won a hard-fought race ahead of Allan Moffat Racing's all-German combination of Klaus Niedzwiedz and Frank Biela. The track was almost blocked with wreckage but expert flag marshalling enabled the cars to pass through in single file until the debris was cleared. During the 1974 Australian Touring Car Championship the Torana GTR XU-1 was gradually superseded by the wider bodied SL/R 5000. Murray's is the 23rd and final turn, and also the slowest part of the circuit, before cars return to the start-finish straight. By lap 85 the two HDT Toranas were four laps clear of the field. 1974 winner John Goss, and West German driver Armin Hahne claimed Jaguar's only Bathurst 1000 win. 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). The Top 10 Shootout was cancelled due to inclement weather. 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. Ford's 351 XC Falcon famously finished first and second in 1977. A FIELD of 25 Supercars will pursue victory in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. ^8 - This is the first year with the newly added Chase in Conrod Straight. Thursday, October 6 - Sunday, October 9. Allan Moffat was unable to withstand the immense pressure placed on him by Brock in his XU-1. ^3 The first and second position finishers were disqualified post race. In 1962 the class structure changed to one based on price. 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. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! With 100 laps remaining, the officials suspended the race with a red flag, only the third red flag at the race after 1981 and 1992. Fraser leads Tickford Racing driver Zak Best, who will also make his second Great Race start. Brock set off in heroic pursuit of Moffat's Falcon GT but the XU-1 suffered a deflating tyre. The race was originally known as the Armstrong 500. Four leading categories will take centre stage at next month's Repco Bathurst 1000. Five support categories will be involved in the four . x[s6~XFHdqbwrGmg;rL0 ]iw"7oO&/~;se= |w|wg'/vw`~$ W! Bathurst 1000 Crashes: Support Categories - YouTube 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. Bathurst 1000 - Wikipedia 3 0 obj A complex corner called Reid Park comes next, where a number of drivers have spun after not short shifting at the apex. Practice 1 Qualifying Trophy Race Race 1 . A number of drivers in the Carrera Cup field will also race in the Repco Bathurst 1000. 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. Larry Perkins is the equal fourth most successful driver at Bathurst, with six victories (198284, 1993, 1995 and 1997). Mount Panorama. The first turn, Hell Corner, is a ninety-degree left-hander. 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. The start-finish straight features an offset start, with the finish line towards the back of the starting grid closer to Murray's Corner. 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. 30 mins. In 1999 and 2000, it was the final round of the championship and decided the championship winner on each occasion. Bartlett completed the 163 laps in first place. He became part of the V8 Sleuth team in 2018. The race was claimed by the organisers, the Light Car Club of Australia, to be 'the world's premier production saloon car race'. Like Jim Richards, Perkins achieved three of his victories as co-drivers with Brock in consecutive years in the Holden Dealer Team era. He went on to win twice more, in 1989 and 1994. 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). 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. Tuesday November 30. 1. Named for the 1000km stretch it covers, the Bathurst 1000 is an annual touring car race held at Mount Panorama track in Bathurst. This video shows the accidents from the support categories throughout the. Supercars releases updated Bathurst 1000 schedule - Speedcafe BROKEN gearshift towers have become the latest item for Supercars teams to manage with their Gen3 race cars. The tables below reflect that change. 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars Countdown Event starts in. [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. Matthew MacKelden stretchered off Mount Panorama after brutal crash [7], In 2001, Mark Skaife, driving for the Holden Racing Team, teamed with 1988 winner Tony Longhurst to win the Bathurst 1000 in a Holden VX Commodore. Tickets for the event are available on Supercars.com and Ticketek. The surviving cars were marshalled in single file on Pit Straight. Pic: Supplied. 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 . The closest non-form finish came just the year before, when Tander and Percat lifted the trophy 0.29secs ahead of Lowndes and Skaife. Dick Johnson first rose to fame during the 1980 race when his privately entered Ford Falcon hit a rock that had fallen (or been pushed; the subject is still debated to this day) onto the track. 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. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recent incarnation of the Australian Touring Car Championship. Mercedes-Benz returned through Australian GT Championship team Erebus Motorsport with its three Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs. Consequent to Burgmann's death the circuit was altered prior to the 1987 race by the incorporation of "The Chase" two-thirds of the way down Conrod Straight. Support categories at the November 30 to December 5 event include the combined Super2/Super3 Series, Supercheap Auto TCR Australia, S5000, Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, Touring Car Masters, V8. PDF 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 Camping Drivers' Championship Teams' Championship Notes Super3 confirmed for Bathurst 1000 support races - SpeedSeries The two other multiple winners from New Zealand are Greg Murphy, who has won the race four times (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2004), and Shane van Gisbergen in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Four leading categories will take centre stage at next months Repco Bathurst 1000. The Bathurst 1000, also known as the "Great Race" and held in some form since 1960, . 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. The 1972 race was a round of the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, which was open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars.[6]. Barry 'Bo' Seton was second with Herb Taylor. Greg Murphy was given the biggest time penalty (five minutes) in Bathurst history because of a pitlane infringement by his team. By the time the XU-1 was refueled, Moffat was well in front. ^5 Denotes Australia 1000 races for V8 Supercars category. 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. BATHURST 1000 - Touring Car Masters 17:10 - 17:30. The HRT claimed a popular Bathurst victory for Holden after three seasons of Sierra domination. This complex added 41 metres to the length of the track and was designed to reduce the approach speed to Murray's Corner by approximately 100km/h (62mph). .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}}. Super2 and Super3 drivers will race on the Friday and Saturday of the event for points. 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. Locally built cars were driven in Europe by Allan Grice, Peter Brock, John Harvey, Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson and John Bowe. The race was once again the final round of the season in 2020, with the re-organised season having been cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though the championship had already been decided on points. [9], 1971 was another Ford victory with Moffat at the wheel. Melbourne) and the Darwin Triple Crown. The race was traditionally run on the Labour Day long weekend in New South Wales, in early October. Support Categories Practice 1 - TCR. 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. Rick Kelly became the race's youngest ever winner, winning in 2003 at the age of 20. 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. It was a famous win, coming twelve months after writing his car off in an incident with a rock in 1980. [5] The intention was to determine which cars had the best combination of performance and reliability in five classes based on engine capacity. Gibson's lead drivers, Jim Richards and Mark Skaife, easily won the 1991 Bathurst 1000 with Skaife setting the sensational time of 2:12.63 in the Top 10 Runoff for pole which was actually 2/10th faster than George Fury's Group C pole time of 1984 set on the pre-Chase circuit. 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. The track surface broke up and became unsafe during races. This was a coupe based on the HK model four-door Kingswood family sedan. The race was held twice more at Phillip Island. Everything You Need To Know About The Bathurst 1000 - Supercheap Auto Between the 2013 and 2014 races, the track was resurfaced. 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. In 1968, sponsorship changed again and the race became known as the Hardie-Ferodo 500. The race was a disaster for Ford as many Falcon tyres failed due to the speed and weight of the Falcons. The 2021 edition of Bathurst 1000 is set to be one of the biggest ever after the 2020 race's crowd capacity was limited due to Covid-19. Following this, Supercars announced that from 2006 onwards, the drivers in the Bathurst 1000 would be racing to win the Peter Brock Trophy. This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 23:47. Bathurst has previously hosted a similar category in the form of Combined Sedans, which is a regular support of the Bathurst 12 . Around the 90 lap mark rain started to fall at the top of the mountain. As the rain clouds dissipated many unhappy campers loudly voiced their opinions. 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. [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 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. Its regular support categories, the second tier Super2 Series, one-make Porsche Carrera Cup, the popular Toyota Gazoo Racing 86 Series and V8 Superutes will all feature. 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. 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. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) had planned to replace Group A at the end of 1991. The lead category will be the Supercars Championship finale, the Bathurst 1000. In more than 180 countries, these customers rely on Ranger to be their reliable partner at work, with family and at play. 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]. The Bathurst 1000 will start at 12:15pm AEDT on Sunday. 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. [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 161-lap race, the 30th race of the season, will start at 11:15am local time (AEDT) on Sunday October 9. 25 November 2021 A large variety of support categories feature on the six-day Repco Bathurst 1000 bill. The two classes of touring cars competed in the same races for two championships in 1993. The HDT Toranas soon pitted for wet weather tyres after which the Bond Torana started smoking from an oil leak. Many marques, including Morris, Jaguar, Nissan, BMW and Volvo, have competed in and won the event in Bathurst. The Haltech V8 SuperUtes Series and Heritage Revival category complete the line-up. The 161-lap Race 30 will commence at 11:15am local time on Sunday October 9. 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. Channel 7 had televised the race since 1963 and had a contract that was binding into the 21st century. 1965 brought victory for the first overt "Bathurst Special", the Cortina GT 500. 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. Richards' son Steven is also a five-time winner (1998, 1999, 2013, 2015 and 2018). Many drivers were caught off guard and ran into the tyre wall due to the debris on the track. 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. 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