He also won in 1992 in the same car, and in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2010 in a Holden Commodore. Moffat claimed another Falcon victory, his third in only four years. Ford abandoned the XA model based Phase Four GT-HO Falcon. Holden then started a run of four straight wins from 2009 to 2012. 1965 brought victory for the first overt "Bathurst Special", the Cortina GT 500. With four-wheel drive, four-wheel steer, and a powerful turbo 2.6-litre six-cylinder engine producing around 640bhp (477kW; 649PS), the RWD Sierras and Commodores simply could not equal or compensate for the Skyline's superior handling and power output. 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. The category also has one of the longer support races on the schedule: the marquee Trans Am Bathurst 100, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. 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. As any new regulations were unlikely to suit large engined cars CAMS created a uniquely Australian Touring Car formula for 1993, Group 3A. In its early years, the Bathurst 500/1000 was generally a stand-alone event, occasionally becoming a round of a national series such as the Australian Manufacturers' Championship, but never part of the most significant touring car series in Australia, the Australian Touring Car Championship. The course continues down to Sulman Park and McPhillamy Park. Stoppage time is included in final race time. All you need to know about the 2022 Bathurst 1000 - NZ Autocar The Dunlop Series will make its 23rd appearance at Mount Panorama. The start of this new era was dominated by Holden, who won every Bathurst 1000 from 1999 to 2005. Johnson and co-driver Larry Perkins were very competitive in the agile Mustang but it lacked top end power. Eight drivers in the Super2 field will compete in Sundays Great Race. 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. Will Dale is V8 Sleuth's Head of Content - Digital. 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. Bathurst 2021: Your guide to this year's 6-day Bathurst 1000 festival [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. Everything You Need To Know About The Bathurst 1000 - Supercheap Auto In 1973 Holden campaigned upgraded XU-1s. However, Ford refined the GT-HO to Phase Two specification with an even more powerful and better breathing 351 V8. 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 Chase", a large three-corner chicane added in 1987 to the straight, was dedicated to Burgmann with a plaque embedded in the concrete barriers. It was a famous win, coming twelve months after writing his car off in an incident with a rock in 1980. In 1978 and 1979 he and Jim Richards drove an A9X Torana to victory, while in 1980 the pair won in a VC Commodore. [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. Tom Walkinshaw also briefly campaigned VL Commodores in Europe. The race was originally known as the Armstrong 500. Chrysler also followed by not going ahead with a competition version of its V8-powered Charger. A number of drivers in the Carrera Cup field will also race in the Repco Bathurst 1000. It was also a showcase for the Armstrong company to promote its shock absorbers and related products. Bathurst has previously hosted a similar category in the form of Combined Sedans, which is a regular support of the Bathurst 12 . Some European teams, most prominently the Ford Europe backed Eggenberger Motorsport, ran questionable vehicles. Nissan returned with four Nissan Altimas run by Kelly Racing. What is the Bathurst 1000? The 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 saw the first of the Ford Falcon GT-HOs. UPDATE 29/11: A slight tweak to Thursdays schedule has seen Australian GT Race 1 and Trans Am Race 2 swap spots. 2021 Supercars Bathurst 1000 - Start time, how to watch - Motorsport 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. Bathurst 1000 Crashes: Support Categories - YouTube Crashes throughout the history of the Bathurst 1000. 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. 2023 Supercars Championship - Wikipedia By lap 20 the HDT Toranas of Brock and Bond were over a minute in front of Goss in the only competitive Falcon. Bathurst 1000 2021 Entry List: Every Car and Driver Their inaugural season will wrap up with four races spread across Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. With Grove Racing a continuation of Kelly Racing, Matt Chahda Motorsport a Super2 Series team and PremiAir Racing an all new team, which took over Team Sydney. BROKEN gearshift towers have become the latest item for Supercars teams to manage with their Gen3 race cars. Repco Bathurst 1000 start time confirmed - Supercars The race was held twice more at Phillip Island. endobj The Porsches are actually squeezing in two championship rounds at Mount Panorama; Races 1 and 2 will comprise Round 4, while Races 3 and 4 will comprise Round 5. Ford Australia is proud to be presenting partner of V8 Sleuths event coverage of the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000. They will be on track on every single day of the event, including as one of the curtain-raisers to the Bathurst 1000. [7] This change favoured the larger, thirstier Fords and Holdens. . [16] This allowed the Tekno Autosports entry of Will Davison and Jonathon Webb to take victory, only just over one tenth of a second ahead of the sister Triple Eight entry of Shane van Gisbergen and Alexandre Prmat. The closest non-form finish came just the year before, when Tander and Percat lifted the trophy 0.29secs ahead of Lowndes and Skaife. Allan Moffat's GTHO received the chequered flag followed by Bruce McPhee's identical car. This iteration evolved into the current Supercars category. This was powered by a 265cuin (4.34L) in-line HEMI six-cylinder engine with triple Weber carburettors. 1985 was the first year that the Bathurst 1000 was run under Group A rules. This featured upgrades to engine power and aerodynamics, which made it one of the world's fastest four-door mass-produced production cars. The race was run to its full distance and finished in the early evening, with Ford Performance Racing drivers Chaz Mostert and Paul Morris taking victory on the final lap, after the lead car of Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell ran low on fuel. Bathurst 1000 LIVE race results: Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander win 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. Tickets for the event are on sale now. 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The incident also injured several marshals. Designed and engineered right here in Australia. In 2006, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup won the first race for Ford in eight years, driving for Triple Eight Race Engineering. By lap 11 Brock had already lapped 7 of the outright Class D cars. Matthew MacKelden stretchered off Mount Panorama after brutal crash There was no official outright winner, only class winners. Locally built cars were driven in Europe by Allan Grice, Peter Brock, John Harvey, Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson and John Bowe. ^9 - Race record for time elapsed & average speed. 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. All support category races were tied up with the Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix broadcast rights as a package. Following this, Supercars announced that from 2006 onwards, the drivers in the Bathurst 1000 would be racing to win the Peter Brock Trophy. It was during this period that the famous Holden-Ford-Chrysler rivalry originated. 2021 REPCO BATHURST 1000 EVENT SCHEDULE - UPDATED! | V8 Sleuth A vast array of cars from different eras are expected to line-up in the Heritage Revival category. Bathurst 2022 schedule, start time, weather, flood, drivers, TV 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. This trophy was introduced at the 2006 race to commemorate the death of Peter Brock. Five-time TCM champion John Bowe leading the points heading into the final round, with 10 drivers still in with a mathematical chance of winning the 2021 title. Many marques, including Morris, Jaguar, Nissan, BMW and Volvo, have competed in and won the event in Bathurst. This years pursuit of the Peter Brock Trophy gets underway on Thursday 2 December with the opening Supercars practice sessions at Mount Panorama. 1988 saw Tony Longhurst and Tomas Mezera win in their Frank Gardner-prepared, RS500. 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 response to Ford's 1967 Bathurst victory, Holden entered the Monaro GTS 327. 2 0 obj 11am -12pm: Supercars Practice 1 (all drivers) 3.55pm - 4.55pm: Supercars Practice 2 (co-drivers . 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. The XU-1 was a special "Bathurst" version of the six-cylinder LC Torana. Its popularity grew rapidly, chiefly because it became a means for car manufacturers to showcase their products as the race cars had to be identical to those available on the showroom floor. The 2009 race was won by the HRT's Garth Tander and Will Davison. This was also the first year that an official trophy was awarded to the first team to cover the 500 miles. With the race complete, it was still unclear as to who was the legitimate winner. In more than 180 countries, these customers rely on Ranger to be their reliable partner at work, with family and at play. 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. The Aussie Tin Tops will return for a third event this year with confirmation it will be part of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 support card. 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. 1 0 obj In 1983, John Harvey also shared the win with Brock and Perkins. Sign up to the Repco Supercars Championship Newsletter, We use cookies to ensure we give you the best experience on our website. ^8 - This is the first year with the newly added Chase in Conrod Straight. 30 mins. Although the Group A racing Commodores and Sierras were far removed from road going examples, the Nissans were seen as being unfairly advantaged and received considerable negative comment in the build-up to the race. 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. 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. In an attempt to achieve parity between the makes weight penalties (140kg) and turbo restricting pop-off valves were applied to the Nissan. <>/Metadata 665 0 R/ViewerPreferences 666 0 R>> Repco, which is sponsoring the Bathurst 1000 for a second time, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Carrera Cup will also return to Mount Panorama, having previously featured for over a decade. Endurance: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. [22] It took Lowndes to seven event wins and Richards to five. Peter Brock cemented his reputation as the driver to beat during this period, including achieving two Bathurst hat-tricks with the Marlboro-sponsored HDT. It was also the first time since 1977 that an overtly Ford factory backed car triumphed. The car gained the nickname 'Godzilla'. Supercars Championship - Wikipedia Between the 2013 and 2014 races, the track was resurfaced. Schedule set for Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars They were also the first winners of the Peter Brock Trophy (so named following the passing of Peter Brock only the month before). 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. Bathurst support categories revealed - Supercars V8 Sleuth is Australia's Home of Motorsport. 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. ;z,MvIOa~w_vwO;d9:J>UQy{4$sTF~c lBI5qCw#W{P>P?\0\H9. [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. 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. 1. 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. A FIELD of 25 Supercars will pursue victory in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. Mount Panorama. Chrysler replaced its Pacers with its new two-door, the Charger. Support Categories. It was won by the ultimate GT-HO, the XY-model Falcon GT-HO Phase Three. 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000 - Supercars 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. 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 smaller classes were won by a Morris Cooper S, an Alfa GTV and a Mazda RX3. 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 years Great Race comes on the 50th anniversary of Peter Brocks maiden win. The schedule for this years Great Race weekend was released on Wednesday. In 1990 the Sierras again proved strong, but the HRT Commodore of Allan Grice and Win Percy prevailed. 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. The race was claimed by the organisers, the Light Car Club of Australia, to be 'the world's premier production saloon car race'. BATHURST 1000. 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. 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. Larry Perkins is the equal fourth most successful driver at Bathurst, with six victories (198284, 1993, 1995 and 1997). Group C carried over into the 1980s. 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. This year's Repco Bathurst 1000 will be held on October 6-9. In more than 180 countries, these customers rely on Ranger to be their reliable partner at work, with family and at play. 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.

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