The cars were then lined up on pit straight, and controversy ensued as teams exploited the regulations and performed repairs on the cars. 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. 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. 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. 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. The turbo powered Nissan Bluebird piloted by George Fury also threatened the V8 'Big Bangers' and signalled a sign of things to come during the Group A era. [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. SuperSprint: Used for all SuperSprint races (exc. 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. With new regulations announced for 2013, the last winners of that iteration of regulations were Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell in 2012, in the hitherto second closest non-formation finish in Bathurst 1000 history, with David Reynolds and Dean Canto finishing 0.31 seconds behind the Triple Eight Holden VE Commodore. 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. 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. Start time - 11.15am. 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. Sydney driver Mike Burgmann died when his VK Commodore hit the concrete base of the bridge over Conrod Straight at 260km/h (160mph). The pair repeated the win in controversial circumstances in 1992. 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. 1973 was the last competitive appearance for Chrysler, with the marque disappearing from the Group C category almost entirely. 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. 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]. 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. ;z,MvIOa~w_vwO;d9:J>UQy{4$sTF~c lBI5qCw#W{P>P?\0\H9. Channel 7 had televised the race since 1963 and had a contract that was binding into the 21st century. 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 Schedule and Results Tuesday November 30 to Sunday December 05. 1986 saw the race's first fatality. Ford unleashed its new XA model "hard top" coupe Ford Falcon GT which had been pioneered by John Goss. 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Campsite entry is available via Gate 15A with the best event entry being via Gate 19 and Gate . 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. Rauno Aaltonen and Bob Holden drove their Mini Cooper S to a hard-fought win against stiff competition which mainly consisted of other Coopers. The trophy, manufactured by Hardy Brothers, is inscribed with the words "King of the Mountain", a long-time nickname of Brock's. Once the track repairs were finished the race resumed in single file under the safety car. Practice 1 Qualifying Trophy Race Race 1 . This rivalry spawned Australia's most famous muscle cars, reverentially known as "Bathurst Specials". This featured upgrades to engine power and aerodynamics, which made it one of the world's fastest four-door mass-produced production cars. This was Ford's first victory since 2008. 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. Designed and engineered right here in Australia. As a result, the top ten positions on the grid were determined by the order of the original Friday Qualifying session.[14]. However, by noon on race day, Moffat was far enough in front to pit without losing the lead. Despite having cooling problems in the closing laps of the 2002 Bathurst 1000, due to plastic bags in the air intake, Skaife and HRT won the Bathurst 1000 again, this time teamed with Jim Richards, ten years after they were both heckled off the podium after winning in 1992. The full schedule has been released leading up to 'The Great Race', including that of the support categories for the October 6-9 event. [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. 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. He also incurred two one-minute penalties for starting the engine while refuelling. 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. 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. Gen3 Demonstration. The race was claimed by the organisers, the Light Car Club of Australia, to be 'the world's premier production saloon car race'. The 1993 Tooheys 1000 was won by Larry Perkins and Gregg Hansford after a race long duel with the Mark Skaife/Jim Richards Commodore VP. In 1999, Steven Richards repeated his 1998 triumph, winning with Greg Murphy in their Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore. It took place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre race. V8 Sleuth is Australia's Home of Motorsport. Melbourne) and the Darwin Triple Crown. 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. [7] This change favoured the larger, thirstier Fords and Holdens. Brock had pushed the car to its limits in a spectacular display of car control. It was to be Brock's ninth and final Bathurst 1000 win. 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. 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. This 1997 race was won by Paul Morris and Craig Baird in a BMW 320i, however they were later disqualified as Baird had exceeded the mandated time limit for a continuous solo driving period. The race was a disaster for Ford as many Falcon tyres failed due to the speed and weight of the Falcons. Late in the 1992 race, severe rainstorms swept the track, causing several accidents as dry weather tyres caused extreme aquaplaning. Race winners are presented with the Peter Brock Trophy. 1972 saw controversy, following a media-driven "Supercar Scare", which had accumulated enough political momentum to force Holden to postpone introduction of a V8 Torana for two years. The Bathurst 1000, also known as the "Great Race" and held in some form since 1960, . The Bathurst 1000 will be the only endurance race on the Supercars calendar for 2021, with fans eagerly awaiting the list of co-drivers for the year. UPDATE 29/11: A slight tweak to Thursdays schedule has seen Australian GT Race 1 and Trans Am Race 2 swap spots. Simultaneously officials red flagged the race due to the perilous condition of the wet track. In addition to Supercars, support categories Super2, Porsche Carrera Cup, Toyota 86, SuperUtes and Heritage Touring Cars will all go racing around the famous circuit this week. [27] In what was the final event for a factory-backed Holden team before the brand's retirement, the race was won by Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander, the latter's fourth Bathurst 1000 win. 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. In 1968, sponsorship changed again and the race became known as the Hardie-Ferodo 500. Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland were second in an identical car. Navigation. Bathurst has previously hosted a similar category in the form of Combined Sedans, which is a regular support of the Bathurst 12 . It was also the first time since 1977 that an overtly Ford factory backed car triumphed. The track surface broke up and became unsafe during races. The race was awarded to their BMW Motorsport Australia teammates David and Geoff Brabham. 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. 2 0 obj 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. Between the 2013 and 2014 races, the track was resurfaced. 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 Schedule and Results. 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. However, the Falcon GT's V8 power was well suited to the Mount Panorama circuit, particularly on the long straights. Of the seven, six will make their debut - Declan Fraser, Matt Payne, Cameron Hill, Aaron Seton, Matt Chahda and Jaylyn Robotham. To reduce the threat to public safety, homologation rules were relaxed to permit certain modifications to the race cars. The Torana proved more than a match in the atrocious conditions. 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. In response Nissan withdrew from Australian motorsport. Track Distance - 6.213km. 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 XU-1 was easier on brakes and tyres, thereby minimizing the number of required pit stops. 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. Group A enabled Australian teams to develop cars that could be raced overseas. 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 161-lap Race 30 will commence at 11:15am local time on Sunday October 9. 1985 was the first year that the Bathurst 1000 was run under Group A rules. BROKEN gearshift towers have become the latest item for Supercars teams to manage with their Gen3 race 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. The course continues down to Sulman Park and McPhillamy Park. 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. [13], In 2015, Chaz Mostert experienced a major reversal of fortunes, with a heavy qualifying crash leaving him with a fractured femur and wrist, and ruling his car out for the weekend. 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. Ford was represented in the outright category by three Falcon Hardtop headed by Moffat's Brut 33 XB Falcon Hardtop GT. 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 event will feature the biggest schedule of any Bathurst 1000 in history with support categories taking to the track from Tuesday onwards, however the Supercars will stick with their now-familiar four days of running. Car number 34, a lone Morris Marina finished 6th in Class C having completed 125 laps. Frank Coad and John Roxburgh in a Vauxhall Cresta, were the first to complete the 500-mile race distance. So far, the all-comers-style category has. It hosted the eleventh round of the 2022 Supercars Championship. 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. The Trans Am Series wraps up its COVID-shortened season with Nathan Herne on the verge of sealing the 2021 title. To reduce the chances of another first lap calamity the starting grid was changed from 2-3-2 to a staggered 2-2-2 formation. 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. The final round of the COVID-impacted 2021 series had a minor schedule change in the lead up: the opening race was moved from Thursday to Wednesday, which allows for points leader Chaz Mostert to take part before switching focus to his Supercars duties. Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth were the defending race winner. In 1964 the pair drove competing Cortina GTs; Jane won with George Reynolds as co-driver. It was also the first win for Gibson Motorsport since their wins with Nissan in 1991 and 1992. 1972 was also the last year that drivers were permitted to drive without co-drivers. However, Ford refined the GT-HO to Phase Two specification with an even more powerful and better breathing 351 V8. His pit crew could not lend assistance as this would have resulted in disqualification. The race was held twice more at Phillip Island. He went on to win twice more, in 1989 and 1994. Alcohol limits for the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 campgrounds are as follows per person per day: a) 1x carton of full-strength beer (5% . 1966 was the last four cylinder victory for more than two decades. Class D was won by a Chrysler VC Valiant V8 that completed 124 laps. 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. The category also has one of the longer support races on the schedule: the marquee Trans Am Bathurst 100, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. The winner of the 2 Litre Class was the John Cotter/Peter Doulman BMW M3 which had reverted to 2 litres capacity. Richards became the first driver to win in both a Ford and a Holden in consecutive years. x[s6~XFHdqbwrGmg;rL0 ]iw"7oO&/~;se= |w|wg'/vw`~$ W! Class A was won by the Nissan Factory backed Datsun 1300 of Moto Kitamo and Kunimitsu Takahashi. Their Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV was able to set a fast pace early in the race which the Sierras could match but not sustain due to reliability issues, mostly with tyre wear. The Dunlop Series will make its 23rd appearance at Mount Panorama. Eggenberger's cars finished first and second on the road but were disqualified months later due to bodywork irregularities. 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. 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. 1 0 obj . Class wins were achieved by Mazda 1300, Datsun 1600, Mazda RX-2, Torana XU1 and Falcon GTHO.[7]. The Holden Bathurst contingent for this year included 13 SL/R 5000s, 7 XU-1s and one HQ Monaro GTS. The production car battle between the "Big Three" was fought at Bathurst. Triple carburettors on the "Red" motor provided an excellent power-to-weight ratio. 17:10 - 17:30. 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. 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. 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. Since 2001, the race is run on the weekend after the long weekend, normally the second weekend in October. 2010 saw another win for Lowndes and Triple Eight, this time with Mark Skaife, their fifth and sixth wins respectively. 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. <> Holden's 308 cubic inch V8-powered Toranas scored Bathurst victories in 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1979 in L34 and A9X configuration. 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. Third place in Class D fell to the venerable Studebaker Lark of Warren Weldon and John Hall. Brock won the 1972 race aboard a Holden Torana XU-1. In addition to the 25 regular entries, three wildcard entries were entered. 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. [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. During the ensuing mayhem the leading Skyline of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife slid into two wrecked cars. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! 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. The start-finish straight features an offset start, with the finish line towards the back of the starting grid closer to Murray's Corner. The race was originally known as the Armstrong 500. Family Feud host, and former Bathurst 1000 representative, Grant Denyer, rounded out the top three in the session. Allan Moffat's GTHO received the chequered flag followed by Bruce McPhee's identical car. In response to Ford's 1967 Bathurst victory, Holden entered the Monaro GTS 327. The car was eventually black flagged. 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. reggie miller oldest daughter, manitowoc herald times obituaries,
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