Bathurst 1000

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New South Wales Bathurst 1000
Race Information
Venue Mount Panorama Circuit
Number of times held 66
First held 1960
Race Format
Race 1
Laps 161
Distance 1,000 km
Last Event (2023)
Overall Winner
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Race Winners
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Triple Eight Race Engineering

The Bathurst 1000 (known for sponsorship reasons as the

1987 it was a round of the World Touring Car Championship. The Bathurst 1000 is colloquially known as The Great Race among motorsport fans and media.[1] The race originated with the 1960 Armstrong 500 with a 500 mile race distance at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit; it was relocated to Bathurst in 1963 also with the 500 mile distance and has continued there every year since extending to a 1,000 kilometer race in 1973. The race was traditionally run on the New South Wales Labour-Day
long weekend in early October. Since 2001, the race has been run on the weekend following the long weekend, generally the second weekend of October.

Race winners are presented with the Peter Brock Trophy, introduced at the

2006 race after the sudden death of Peter Brock in an accident. Brock was the most successful driver in the race's history, winning the event nine times. He was also known as one of the most popular and fan-friendly drivers during his long career, and was given the moniker "King of the Mountain" for these reasons.[2]

Mount Panorama

The first corner at Mount Panorama, known as Hell Corner.

The Mount Panorama Circuit was first used on 16 April 1938 for the

Esses at 220 km/h (140 mph) before The Dipper, one of the most famous corners in Australian motorsport. Cars then negotiate Forrest's Elbow before powering down Conrod Straight, the fastest section of the track where cars can reach 300 km/h (190 mph). The Chase is a long sweeping chicane where cars are on the rev limiter
turning at 300 km/h before a large braking zone to exit at 130 km/h (81 mph). Murray's is the 23rd and final turn, and also the slowest part of the circuit, before cars return to the start-finish straight. The start-finish straight features an offset start, with the finish line towards the back of the starting grid closer to Murray's Corner.

Spectator areas have spread along the track over the decades, but there are several private properties bordering the track; spectators are therefore unable to access every trackside vantage point. Spectator vantage points have also become less intimate to the track over recent years because of debris fencing and increased run-off dimensions installed to meet upgraded international FIA standards.[4]

Categories and marques

During its history, the race has been conducted for

Group A Touring Cars, Group 3A Touring Cars, Super Touring, and currently Supercars. Until 1995 more than one class competed in each event. 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
. Since 1999, the race has been run exclusively as a championship-points round of the Supercars category. In 1999 and 2000, it was the final round of the championship and on both occasions decided the championship winner. The race was once again the final round of the season in 2020, with the re-organised season having been cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though the championship had already been decided on points.

Many marques — including

Nissan, BMW and Volvo — have competed in and won the event in Bathurst. However, the race is best known for the presence of the traditional rivals of Australian motorsport, Ford and Holden, which have won all but six races. Owing to the magnitude of the Ford-versus-Holden rivalry, for the Bathurst 1000 races from 1995 to 2012 the rules of Group 3A and later V8 Supercars mandated that only Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores
were allowed to compete. In 2013, V8 Supercars' rules changed and other marques began to enter the race, including the return of past winners Nissan. Holden has the most overall victories at 34, followed by Ford with 21; Nissan is the only other multiple winner with 2 wins.

Race history

Phillip Island

Austin Lancer of Brian Foley and Alan Edney during the 1960 race
.

Originally known as the Armstrong 500, the race was

saloons built or assembled in Australia. All cars had to complete the first 100 miles without stopping for fuel, oil, or a driver change. Any mechanical problems in that time had to be resolved unassisted by the driver, using only the tools that came with the car. There was no official outright winner, only class winners. Frank Coad and John Roxburgh, in a Vauxhall Cresta, were the first to complete the 500-mile race distance. It was the only Vauxhall in the field of 45 cars including N.S.U.s, Simcas, Peugeots, Morris, Austins, Fords and Standard Vanguards
.

The race was held twice more at Phillip Island. In 1961 Bob Jane and Harry Firth, sharing an Australian assembled Mercedes-Benz 220 SE, were the first drivers to complete the 167 laps. They were over a lap ahead of the Studebaker Lark driven by David McKay and Brian Foley, which in turn was a lap clear of the Vauxhall Velox of Frank Coad and John Roxburgh. Class wins were achieved by Studebaker, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot and Renault. In 1962 the class structure changed to one based on price. Jane and Firth switched to a Ford Falcon and once again completed the 500 miles first. Class honours went to Studebaker, Ford, Renault and Volkswagen.

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. The track surface broke up and became unsafe during races.

Early years in Bathurst

Ford Cortina GT in which Bob Jane and Harry Firth won the 1963 race
.

In 1963 the Armstrong 500 moved to the 6.2-kilometre (3.9 mi)

Bathurst Regional Council; this arrangement continued until 1998. Its popularity grew rapidly, chiefly because it became a means for car manufacturers to showcase their products: the race cars had to be identical to those on the showroom floor. The first years on the Mount Panorama circuit were dominated by swift and agile small cars, such as the Ford Cortina and Mini Cooper. Although the class structure was retained — with many "races within the race" — the emphasis on achieving first outright increased. In 1963, Bob Jane and Harry Firth again triumphed, this time in a Cortina GT. In 1964 the pair drove competing Cortina GTs; Jane won with George Reynolds as co-driver. Barry 'Bo' Seton
was second with Herb Taylor. Harry Firth was third with John Reaburn.

The

Group E Series Production Touring Car regulations in 1965 but the Armstrong 500 continued with its own regulations.[8]

1965 brought victory for the first overt "Bathurst Special", the Cortina GT 500. Bo Seton and Midge Bosworth completed the 130 laps first. Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland were second in an identical car. Third outright and first in Class C were Brian Foley and Peter Manton in a Morris Cooper S. The Geoghegan brothers, Ian and Leo, famously drove the race wearing business suits supplied by McDowells.

In 1966 and 1967 an Irish tobacco company sponsored the race, which became known as the "Gallaher 500". 1966 was the last four-cylinder victory for more than two decades. Rauno Aaltonen and Bob Holden drove their Mini Cooper S to a hard-fought win against stiff competition mainly comprising other Coopers.[7] Mini Coopers filled the first nine places in Class C and outright. Class D was won by a Chrysler VC Valiant V8 that completed 124 laps. Class A was won by the Nissan Factory backed Datsun 1300 of Moto Kitamo and Kunimitsu Takahashi. Class B was taken out by an 1100cc version of the Mini Cooper.

1967 rule changes mandated a minimum number of pit-stops to negate the advantage economical smaller cars had of requiring fewer stops.[7] This change favoured the larger, thirstier Fords and Holdens. 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.[7] Ford's development of the 289 cubic inch V8 Ford Falcon GT signalled the end of small cars as outright contenders. 1967 was also the first year that starting grid positions were allocated according to practice lap times rather than by class groupings. This was also the first year that an official trophy was awarded to the first team to cover the 500 miles.

The

Alfa Romeo 1600 GTVs and Mini Coopers surprised many pundits as the Falcon GT was unproven. The highly regarded, and more expensive, Alfa GTV had been seen as the emerging force in touring cars. However, the Falcon GT's V8 power was well suited to the Mount Panorama circuit, particularly on the long straights. Thus was forged the adage that "there is no substitute for cubic inches", which became synonymous with racing at Bathurst. Initially the Geoghegan brothers' Falcon was awarded victory but some hours later Harry Firth and Fred Gibson were declared winners.[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. Third place in Class D fell to the venerable Studebaker Lark of Warren Weldon and John Hall. Class E was won by Doug Chivas and Max Stewart in an Alfa GTV. 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
.

The popularity of the race grew rapidly during the 1960s. Most Australian manufacturers and assemblers became heavily involved. 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. An outright or class victory was a significant opportunity to increase sales and market share. It was during this period that the famous Holden–Ford–

Charger
models were the result of constant development of race-worthy cars that the general public could buy.

Ford XT Falcon GT of Barry Seton and Fred Gibson overtakes the Datsun 1000 of Bill Evans and John Colwell during the 1968 race
.

In 1968, sponsorship changed again and the race became known as the Hardie-Ferodo 500. It was also the year that advertising was first allowed to be displayed on the cars. In response to Ford's 1967 Bathurst victory, Holden entered the Monaro GTS 327. This was a coupe based on the HK model four-door Kingswood family sedan. 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). This engine enabled the Monaro GTS 327 to outperform the updated, yet smaller-engined, 302 cubic inch Falcon GTs and win in 1968. This was Holden's first Bathurst 500 win.

The 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 saw the first of the Ford Falcon GT-HOs. This Phase One GT-HO Bathurst special Falcon was powered by a 351 cubic inch V8 sourced from Ford America. Its 'HO' specification included upgraded suspension components such as front and rear stabiliser bars. At Bathurst it was fitted with race tyres. 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. 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.[7] In 1969 there was a multi-car accident on lap one. After the first 10 cars passed through The Esses, contact between two Falcons caused one to roll over. Several cars coming around the blind corner crashed into the stationary car. 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 race was a disaster for Ford as many Falcon tyres failed because of the speed and weight of the Falcons. Ford even a ran a post-race advertising campaign using the slogan "we were a little deflated".

The 1969 race also saw the début of Peter Brock. 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 "Old Fox", Harry Firth, who had been in charge of the Ford racing effort until he was abruptly replaced by an American, Al Turner, took charge of the HDT.

Torana GTR XU-1 rather than the Monaro. The XU-1 was a special "Bathurst" version of the six-cylinder LC Torana. As the embryonic HQ Holden required too much development to be competitive, Holden created an alternative to the V8 muscle car. The XU-1 was more agile, cheaper and more economical. Triple carburettors on the "Red" motor provided an excellent power-to-weight ratio. The XU-1 was easier on brakes and tyres, thereby minimizing the number of required pit stops. However, Ford refined the GT-HO to Phase Two specification with an even more powerful and better-breathing 351 V8. With tyres that were able to endure the power and torque, the GT-HO reinforced the adage that "there is no substitute for cubic inches". Allan Moffat's GT-HO received the chequered flag followed by Bruce McPhee's identical car. The Torana could not compensate for the power advantage that the Falcons had on the Bathurst straights.[7]

Rule changes for 1970 enabled a single driver to complete the entire race distance. 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 meant that the back markers had to start the race from around the corner on Conrod Straight. The race continued to be run to unique regulations which were more restrictive than those which were applied to

Mazda RX-2, Torana XU1 and Falcon GT-HO.[7]

1972 saw controversy, following a media-driven "

XA-based Phase Four GT-HO Falcon. Chrysler also followed by not going ahead with a competition version of its V8-powered Charger. Adding to that, the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the first Bathurst 500 to be run in wet weather. Allan Moffat was unable to withstand the immense pressure placed on him by Brock in his XU-1. The Torana proved more than a match in the atrocious conditions. 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. He also incurred two one-minute penalties for starting the engine while refuelling. 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. Brock had pushed the car to its limits in a spectacular display of car control. It was a significant victory for a number of reasons, the first of Brock's nine Bathurst wins which later led to him being nicknamed the "King of the Mountain" and "Peter Perfect". 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. 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.

1972 was also the last year that drivers were permitted to drive without co-drivers.

The 1972 race was a round of the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, which was open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars.[6]

Group C Era

The race was extended from 500 miles to 1000 kilometres in 1973. The increased pace of the cars had resulted in the 500-mile race distance being achieved earlier each year, and since

Group C Touring Car regulations for 1973.[10]
Upgrades were allowed to seats, lubrication systems, camshafts, carburettors, suspension, brakes and wheel rim sizes. These changes advantaged the better-resourced teams, as a great deal of testing was now needed to optimize the performance of the race cars. Factory teams had the best access to improved components that were often not readily available to private competitors.

In 1973 Holden campaigned upgraded XU-1s. Privateers entered improved Chargers. Ford unleashed its new XA model "hard top" coupe Ford Falcon GT which had been pioneered by John Goss. While not designated as a GT-HO, race-prepared Hardtop GTs incorporated most of the stillborn Phase Four's components, including the four-bolt 351 V8 engine. The 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 started at 9:30 am. When the flag dropped the "no substitute for cubic inches" ethic prevailed as the Goss Falcon hardtop powered away from pole position. At the end of lap one Fords held the first four places with Toranas fifth, six and seventh. The highest placed Charger was in eighth position. Brock inherited the lead when the Fords started pitting for fuel. 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. Intending to perform one less pit stop than the Ford teams, HDT team manager Harry Firth had instructed Chivas to "Get Max Laps" via a hand-held sign. The XU-1 coasted down Conrod Straight and came to a halt just before the entrance to the Pits. Chivas pushed the XU-1 up hill along pit lane. His pit crew could not lend assistance as this would have resulted in disqualification. By the time the XU-1 was refueled, Moffat was well in front. Brock set off in heroic pursuit of Moffat's Falcon GT but the XU-1 suffered a deflating tyre. Moffat claimed another Falcon victory, his third in only four years. 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. Class wins were achieved by a Datsun 1200, an Alfa GTV, a Mazda RX2 and, of course, the Falcon GT. At the end of the year Ford Australia gave the Falcon GT race cars to their drivers and withdrew from racing.

During the

Mazda RX3. Car number 34, a lone Morris Marina
, finished 6th in Class C having completed 125 laps.

.

Holden's 308 cubic inch V8-powered Toranas scored Bathurst victories in

XD Falcon. It was a famous win, coming twelve months after writing his car off in an incident with a rock in 1980. 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. 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.

Group A Era

From 1985 to 1992, the Bathurst 1000 was run to international

VL Commodores
in Europe.

Holden-based race teams continued development of the 308 cubic inch V8-powered Commodore. The HDT and the later

Holden Racing Team (HRT) were at the forefront of Commodore development. With almost no support from Ford Australia, Group A Ford Falcons never eventuated. Dick Johnson Racing switched to a 1983 Zakspeed-developed Ford Mustang GT formerly raced in Europe by German ace Klaus Ludwig. Johnson and co-driver Larry Perkins were very competitive in the agile Mustang but it lacked top-end power. Ford teams went on to adopt the more powerful, though less reliable, Ford Sierra Turbo Cosworth. 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.

.

Holden VK Commodore SS Group A of privateer racer Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey
took the honours. Grice had honed his skills in Europe, competing alongside compatriot Commodore driver Peter Brock and his newly recruited HDT teammate, Allan Moffat.

1986 saw the race's first fatality. Sydney driver Mike Burgmann died when his VK Commodore hit the concrete base of the bridge over Conrod Straight at 260 km/h (160 mph). 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. 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 100 km/h (62 mph). As a result of "The Chase", lap times around the circuit increased by approximately 4–5 seconds (based on times in comparable cars from the 1986 and 1987 races).

In

David Parsons took over the team's second car, the #10 Commodore of Peter McLeod
, to cross the line third behind the two Sierras. It was to be Brock's ninth and final Bathurst 1000 win.

Local Sierra teams dominated and won the next two Bathurst 1000s. 1988 saw Tony Longhurst and Tomas Mezera win in their Frank Gardner–prepared RS500. In the 1989 race, Peter Brock claimed his record-setting 6th pole at Bathurst, his first in anything but a Holden. 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.

In

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 HRT claimed a popular Bathurst victory for Holden after three seasons of Sierra domination.

The Nissan Skyline GT-R in which Jim Richards and Mark Skaife won the 1991 race.

A fierce new opponent was waiting in the wings.

Nissan Skyline GT-R. Though initially sufferring from problems related to complexity and reliability, the GT-R went on to dominate Group A racing worldwide. Gibson's lead drivers, Jim Richards and Mark Skaife, easily won the 1991 Bathurst 1000; Skaife had set a sensational time of 2:12.63 in the Top 10 Runoff for pole, 2/10th faster than George Fury's Group C 1984 pole time on the shorter pre-Chase circuit. Richards and Skaife repeated the win in controversial circumstances in 1992. The car gained the nickname 'Godzilla'. With four-wheel drive, four-wheel steer, and a powerful turbo 2.6-litre six-cylinder engine producing around 640 bhp (477 kW; 649 PS), the Skyline's superior handling and power output was unmatched by the rear-wheel-drive Sierras and Commodores. In an attempt to achieve parity between the makes, weight penalties (140 kg) and turbo-restricting pop-off valves were applied to the Nissan. With the pop-off valves in place, the Nissans were reported to now be only producing around 450 bhp (336 kW; 456 PS), though team boss Fred Gibson would (in later years) confess that the Winfield
-sponsored cars were actually producing around 600 bhp (447 kW; 608 PS) after his team had managed to fool CAMS officials during the year.

The Skyline's 1992 victory was particularly controversial. The parochial Bathurst crowd, and touring-car fans in general, had been conditioned to view the Bathurst 1000 as a perpetual struggle between Holden and Ford. 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. Late in the 1992 race, severe rainstorms swept the track, causing several accidents as dry-weather tyres caused extreme aquaplaning. During the ensuing mayhem the leading Skyline of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife slid into two wrecked cars. Simultaneously officials red-flagged the race due to the perilous condition of the wet track. The surviving cars were marshalled in single file on Pit Straight. Regulations decreed that, as the leaders had completed more than 75% of race distance, the race was not to be restarted.

Under these regulations, red-flag race results were based on positions held at the end of the last completed lap as there was no official record of the lap not completed. As Richards had been leading the race on that lap, his team was declared the winner. This was an unpopular decision with some race fans, many of whom could not understand how a wrecked Nissan could beat a perfectly healthy Sierra that had passed it on the track. As the rain clouds dissipated many unhappy campers loudly voiced their opinions. Race winners Mark Skaife and Jim Richards were challenged by a rowdy, confused and alcohol-fuelled crowd. 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.

Group 3A and Super Touring

Group A as an international formula faded away in the late 1980s. The

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) had planned to replace Group A at the end of 1991. This was postponed to the end of 1992 owing to the inability of FISA to specify a new International formula. As any new regulations were unlikely to suit large-engined cars, CAMS created a uniquely Australian touring car formula for 1993, Group 3A. This iteration evolved into the current Supercars category. Entry became limited to V8-powered Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores (with, in 1993 only, the exception of weight-limited normally aspirated Group A cars like the BMW M3s of LoGaMo Racing
).

The new regulations created a separate class for 2-litre cars, based on the

Commodore VP
. The winner of the 2-litre class was the John Cotter/Peter Doulman BMW M3 which had reverted to 2 litres capacity.

In the

EF Falcon. 1996 saw Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy, in a VR Commodore, cross the finish line ahead of the EF Falcon of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. Tony Longhurst and Steven Ellery
were third in another EF Falcon.

A race divided

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

V8 Supercars Challenge support races at the Australian Grand Prix; at various times different networks held the V8 Supercars and Formula One
broadcast rights.

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. TOCA Australia was invited to fill the void with a 2-litre

BMW 320i, but they were later disqualified as Baird had exceeded the mandated time limit for a continuous solo driving period. The race was awarded to their BMW Motorsport Australia teammates David and Geoff Brabham. 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. 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
.

As well as these races for two-litre cars, separate five-litre (V8 Supercars) races were held in 1997 and 1998, known as the "Australian 1000 Classic". 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. The

Ford EL Falcon
was badly damaged in a practice crash and required lengthy repairs before the race.

Both the Super Touring and V8 Supercar races claimed to be the legitimate Bathurst 1000. The V8 Supercars' case was that they were the truly Australian class of racing and, through contractual binding, had the "star" Australian drivers. The Super Touring claim to legitimacy was based on it being held on the traditional date by the ARDC who had run the event every year since 1963. Each of the four races in 1997 and 1998 are considered as legitimate Bathurst 1000s in the record books.[7]

V8 Supercars era

For 1999, the Super Touring event devolved into a 300-kilometre race for mixed V8s, which was won by Peter Brock's

500-kilometre race
for Super Touring won by Paul Morris. 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. 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. From 1999 onwards, the race also counted for championship points for the first time, taking a position as the final round on the calendar.

In 2000, the 1000-kilometre race remained in November because the

In

Holden VX Commodore. Despite late cooling problems from plastic bags in the air intake, Skaife and HRT again won the Bathurst 1000 in 2002, this time teamed with Jim Richards. Ten years after being heckled off the podium after winning in 1992, this time Richards jokingly said that the crowd was "a lovely bunch of people". Greg Murphy received the biggest time penalty (five minutes) in Bathurst history because of a pit-lane infringement; his car was released prematurely, rupturing a refuelling hose and spilling fuel in the pit box.[7]

In the Top 10 Shootout in

2005 race
on his birthday with Mark Skaife for HRT.

Ford BA Falcon of Marcos Ambrose and Warren Luff leads a train of cars during the 2005 race
.

In

2011, Nick Percat partnered with Garth Tander to become the first rookie to win the Bathurst 1000 since Jacky Ickx in 1977, with Tander barely holding off Lowndes in a close finish.[7]

Ahead of new regulations for 2013, the Triple Eight

Holden VE Commodore of Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell won in 2012 just 0.31 seconds ahead of David Reynolds and Dean Canto
. The closest non-formation finish was set just the year before when Tander and Percat lifted the trophy 0.29 seconds ahead of Lowndes and Skaife.

The

and Steven Richards, and Triple Eight Race Engineering's Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell. In 2013 the 1000 km was completed in the record time of six hours, eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds. This was Ford's first victory since 2008. It was also the first time since 1977 that an overtly Ford factory backed car triumphed.

2014 race
.

The

2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 saw Volvo return for the first time since 1998, with Garry Rogers Motorsport entering two Volvo S60s
. Between the 2013 and 2014 races, the track was resurfaced. This new track surface resulted in a marked reduction of lap times, and during free practice many of the drivers recorded times that were under the existing practice lap record. 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. Many drivers were caught off guard and ran into the tyre wall due to the debris on the track.

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. The cars were then lined up on pit straight, and controversy ensued as teams exploited the regulations and performed repairs on the cars. Once the track repairs were finished the race resumed in single file under the safety car. Racing soon recommenced, but competition was further interrupted by a number of safety-car periods. 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. Morris and Mostert had started the race from last position after being excluded from qualifying.[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. The incident also injured several marshals.[14] On Sunday, after a mid-race rain shower, Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards eventually prevailed for their sixth and fourth wins of the Bathurst 1000 respectively. It was Lowndes' thirteenth podium at the event, an all-time record.[15]

Supercars Championship era

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. 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 himself and McLaughlin at the Chase. Whincup received a fifteen-second time penalty; despite taking the chequered flag first, he was classified 11th.[16] This allowed the Tekno Autosports entry of Will Davison and Jonathon Webb to take victory, just over one tenth of a second ahead of the Triple Eight entry of Shane van Gisbergen and Alexandre Prémat.[16] Following the finish, Triple Eight announced they were appealing the penalty, regarding the appropriateness of a time penalty for such an offence.[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]

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.[20] Erebus also joined Tekno as the only teams to win both the Bathurst 12 Hour and the 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,[22] Lowndes' seventh event win and Richards' fifth.

Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat (foreground) won the 2019 Bathurst 1000 while team-mates Fabian Coulthard and Tony D'Alberto (background) were relegated to last place after a rules breach.

The

AU$250,000 with $100,000 of the fine suspended. As it could not be proven that the instructions were intended to advantage McLaughlin and Prémat, their race win remained.[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.[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.[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.[28] For the first time since 2000, the event was the final round of the championship, but Scott McLaughlin had already secured an unassailable lead at the penultimate event.[29]

Famous winners

The most successful driver at Bathurst is Peter Brock, whose nine victories (1972, 1975, 1978–80, 1982–84 and 1987) earned him the nickname King of the Mountain.

Bob Jane won the race four times in succession from 1961 to 1964. 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. The company became a title sponsor of the race between 2002 and 2004. 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.

Jim Richards won the race seven times (1978–80, 1991–92, 1998 and 2002) and also holds the record for the most starts (35) at this event. Richards' son Steven is also a five-time winner (1998, 1999, 2013, 2015 and 2018). 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
three time winner in 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Craig Lowndes, who was a protégé of Brock, and has followed his path in terms of success and popularity, has won the race seven times. He has won three Bathurst races in a Falcon (2006–08) and four in a Commodore (1996, 2010, 2015 and 2018), and also holds the record for most Bathurst podiums, with fourteen.

Larry Perkins is the equal fourth most successful driver at Bathurst, with six victories (1982–84, 1993, 1995 and 1997). Like Jim Richards, Perkins achieved three of his victories as co-drivers with Brock in consecutive years in the Holden Dealer Team era.

Mark Skaife has also won six times. His first won in 1991 with a Nissan Skyline GT-R, then again in 1992 with the same car, and in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2010 in a Holden Commodore.

Garth Tander is a five-time winner, all in Holdens.

Jamie Whincup, the driver with the most championship titles in ATCC/Supercars history, is a four-time winner of the race. His first three wins were with Craig Lowndes, with his fourth coming in 2012 with Paul Dumbrell.

Canadian-born Allan Moffat is Ford's most successful Bathurst driver, winning the race four times (1970, 1971, 1973 and 1977). The 1977 race saw Moffat and teammate Colin Bond cross the finish line side by side after opening up an indomitable lead in the early laps.

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 topic is still debated) onto the track. 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. He went on to win twice more, in 1989 and 1994.

List of winners

Year Event Name Driver(s) Car Laps
Elapsed time
Race average speed
Phillip Island (500 Miles)
1960 Armstrong 5001 Australia John Roxburgh
Australia Frank Coad
Vauxhall Cresta 167 laps
8h 19m 59.1s
96.56 km/h
60.00 mph
1961 Armstrong 5001 Australia Bob Jane
Australia Harry Firth
Mercedes-Benz 220SE 167 laps
8h 18m 0.0s
96.95 km/h
60.24 mph
1962 Armstrong 5001 Australia Harry Firth
Australia Bob Jane
Ford XL Falcon
167 laps
8h 15m 16.0s
97.48 km/h
60.57 mph
Mount Panorama (500 Miles)
1963 Armstrong 5001 Australia Harry Firth
Australia Bob Jane
Ford Cortina Mk.I GT
130 laps
7h 46m 59.1s
103.39 km/h
64.24 mph
1964 Armstrong 5001 Australia Bob Jane
Australia George Reynolds
Ford Cortina Mk.I GT
130 laps
1965 Armstrong 500 Australia Barry Seton
Australia Midge Bosworth
Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500 130 laps
7h 16m 45.1s
110.54 km/h
68.69 mph
1966 Gallaher 500 Finland Rauno Aaltonen
Australia Bob Holden
Morris Cooper S
130 laps
7h 11m 29.1s
111.89 km/h
69.53 mph
1967 Gallaher 500
Fred Gibson
Ford XR Falcon GT
130 laps
6h 54m 59.1s
116.34 km/h
72.29 mph
1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Australia Bruce McPhee
Australia Barry Mulholland
Holden HK Monaro GTS327 130 laps
6h 44m 7.9s
119.51 km/h
74.26 mph
1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Australia Colin Bond
Australia Tony Roberts
Holden HT Monaro GTS350 130 laps
6h 32m 25s
123.16 km/h
76.53 mph
1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Canada Allan Moffat
Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
130 laps
6h 34m 26s
122.85 km/h
76.34 mph
1971 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Canada Allan Moffat
Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III
130 laps
6h 9m 49.5s
130.55 km/h
81.12 mph
1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Australia Peter Brock
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1
130 laps
6h 0m 59.1s
133.74 km/h
83.10 mph
Mount Panorama (1,000 Kilometres)
1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Canada Allan Moffat
Australia Ian Geoghegan
Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop
163 laps
7h 20m 6.8s
136.33 km/h
84.71 mph
1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
John Goss
Australia Kevin Bartlett
Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop
163 laps
7h 50m 59.1s
127.39 km/h
79.16 mph
1975 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Australia Peter Brock
Australia Brian Sampson
Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 163 laps
7h 19m 11.3s
136.62 km/h
84.89 mph
1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Australia Bob Morris
United Kingdom John Fitzpatrick
Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 163 laps
7h 7m 12.0s
140.45 km/h
87.27 mph
1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Canada Allan Moffat
Belgium Jacky Ickx
Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop
163 laps
6h 59m 7.8s
143.15 km/h
88.95 mph
1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Australia Peter Brock
New Zealand Jim Richards
Holden LX Torana A9X SS Hatchback 163 laps
6h 45m 53.9s
147.82 km/h
91.85 mph
1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Australia Peter Brock
New Zealand Jim Richards
Holden LX Torana A9X SS Hatchback 163 laps
6h 38m 15.8s
150.65 km/h
93.61 mph
1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Australia Peter Brock
New Zealand Jim Richards
Holden VC Commodore
163 laps
6h 47m 52.7s
147.10 km/h
91.41 mph
1981 James Hardie 1000 Australia Dick Johnson
Australia John French
Ford XD Falcon
120 laps2
4h 53m 52.7s
150.31 km/h
93.40 mph
1982 James Hardie 1000 Australia Peter Brock
Australia Larry Perkins
Holden VH Commodore SS
163 laps
6h 32m 3.2s
153.04 km/h
95.09 mph
1983 James Hardie 1000 Australia John Harvey
Australia Peter Brock
Australia Larry Perkins
Holden VH Commodore SS
163 laps
6h 28m 31.6s
154.43 km/h
95.96 mph
1984 James Hardie 1000 Australia Peter Brock
Australia Larry Perkins
Holden VK Commodore
163 laps
6h 23m 13.6s
156.57 km/h
97.29 mph
1985 James Hardie 1000
John Goss
West Germany Armin Hahne
Jaguar XJ-S
163 laps
6h 41m 30.19s
149.44 km/h
92.86 mph
1986 James Hardie 1000 Australia Allan Grice
Australia Graeme Bailey
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
163 laps
6h 30m 35.68s
153.61 km/h
95.45 mph
1987 James Hardie 1000
David Parsons
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A
158 laps3
7h 1m 8.4s
139.82 km/h8
86.88 mph
1988 Tooheys 1000 Australia Tony Longhurst
Australia Tomas Mezera
Ford Sierra RS500
161 laps
7h 2m 10.28s
142.12 km/h
88.31 mph
1989 Tooheys 1000 Australia Dick Johnson
Australia John Bowe
Ford Sierra RS500
161 laps
6h 30m 53.44s
153.50 km/h
95.38 mph
1990 Tooheys 1000 United Kingdom Win Percy
Australia Allan Grice
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
161 laps
6h 40m 52.64s
149.67 km/h
93.00 mph
1991 Tooheys 1000 New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia Mark Skaife
Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R
161 laps
6h 19m 14.80s
158.21 km/h
98.31 mph
1992 Tooheys 1000 Australia Mark Skaife
New Zealand Jim Richards
Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R
143 laps2
6h 27m 16.22s
137.61 km/h
85.51 mph
1993 Tooheys 1000 Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Gregg Hansford
Holden VP Commodore
161 laps
6h 29m 6.69s
154.19 km/h
95.81 mph
1994 Tooheys 1000 Australia Dick Johnson
Australia John Bowe
Ford EB Falcon
161 laps
7h 3m 45.8425s
141.5882 km/h
87.9788 mph
1995 Tooheys 1000 Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Russell Ingall
Holden VR Commodore
161 laps
6h 20m 32.4766s
157.6701 km/h
97.9717 mph
1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 Australia Craig Lowndes
New Zealand Greg Murphy
Holden VR Commodore
161 laps
7h 9m 28.3584s
139.7062 km/h
86.8094 mph
1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 Australia Geoff Brabham
Australia David Brabham
BMW 320i
161 laps4
6h 41m 25.4072s
149.4681 km/h
92.8752 mph
1997 Primus 1000 Classic5 Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Russell Ingall
Holden VS Commodore
161 laps
6h 21m 55.5483s
157.0986 km/h
97.6165 mph
1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Sweden Rickard Rydell
New Zealand Jim Richards
Volvo S40 161 laps
6h 54m 23.4756s
144.7907 km/h
89.9688 mph
1998 FAI 10005 Australia Jason Bright
New Zealand Steven Richards
Ford EL Falcon
161 laps
6h 42m 23.9039s
149.1060 km/h
92.6501 mph
1999 FAI 1000 New Zealand Steven Richards
New Zealand Greg Murphy
Holden VT Commodore
161 laps
6h 51m 48.8354s
145.6969 km/h
90.5318 mph
2000 FAI 1000 Australia Garth Tander
Australia Jason Bargwanna
Holden VT Commodore
161 laps
7h 23m 30.2348s
135.3259 km/h
84.0876 mph
2001 V8 Supercar 1000 Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Tony Longhurst
Holden VX Commodore
161 laps
6h 50m 33.1789s
146.1872 km/h
90.8365 mph
2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Australia Mark Skaife
New Zealand Jim Richards
Holden VX Commodore
161 laps
6h 58m 41.0260s
143.3482 km/h
89.0724 mph
2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Rick Kelly
Holden VY Commodore
161 laps
6h 32m 55.4044s
152.7463 km/h
94.9121 mph
2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Rick Kelly
Holden VY Commodore
161 laps
6h 29m 36.2055s
154.0479 km/h
95.7209 mph
2005 Supercheap Auto 1000 Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Todd Kelly
Holden VZ Commodore
161 laps
6h 37m 17.0012s
151.0700 km/h
93.8705 mph
2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000[30] Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Jamie Whincup
Ford BA Falcon
161 laps
6h 59m 53.5852s
142.9354 km/h
88.8159 mph
2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Jamie Whincup
Ford BF Falcon
161 laps
6h 29m 10.1985s
154.2195 km/h
95.8275 mph
2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Jamie Whincup
Ford BF Falcon
161 laps
6h 26m 00.4291s
155.4831 km/h
96.6127 mph
2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Will Davison
Australia Garth Tander
Holden VE Commodore
161 laps
6h 40m 02.4884s
150.0284 km/h
93.2233 mph
2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Mark Skaife
Holden VE Commodore
161 laps
6h 12m 51.4153s
160.9668 km/h
100.0201 mph
2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Garth Tander
Australia Nick Percat
Holden VE Commodore
161 laps
6h 26m 52.2691s
155.0904 km/h
96.3294 mph
2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Jamie Whincup
Australia Paul Dumbrell
Holden VE Commodore
161 laps
6h 16m 01.3304s
159.6118 km/h
99.1782 mph
2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Mark Winterbottom
New Zealand Steven Richards
Ford FG Falcon
161 laps
6h 11m 27.9315s
161.5697 km/h
100.3948 mph
2014
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Paul Morris
Ford FG Falcon
161 laps
7h 58m 53.2052s6
125.3273 km/h
77.8914 mph
2015
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Australia Craig Lowndes
New Zealand Steven Richards
Holden VF Commodore
161 laps
6h 16m 07.7064s
159.5667 km/h
99.1714 mph
2016
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Australia Will Davison
Australia Jonathon Webb7
Holden VF Commodore
161 laps
6h 19m 25.3237s
158.1816 km/h
98.3105 mph
2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia David Reynolds
Australia Luke Youlden
Holden VF Commodore
161 laps
7h 11m 45.5456s
139.0071 km/h
86.3844 mph
2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Australia Craig Lowndes
New Zealand Steven Richards
Holden ZB Commodore 161 laps
6h 01m 44.8637s
165.9100 km/h
103.0917 mph9
2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
France Alexandre Prémat
Ford Mustang GT 161 laps
6h 27m 51.5260s
154.7408 km/h
96.1515 mph
2020 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
Australia Garth Tander
Holden ZB Commodore
161 laps
6h 10m 56.1143s
161.8006 km/h
100.5385 mph
2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Lee Holdsworth
Holden ZB Commodore
161 laps
6h 15m 06.1952s
160.0028 km/h
99.4211 mph
2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
Australia Garth Tander
Holden ZB Commodore
161 laps
6h 41m 53.7220s
149.3363 km/h
92.7933 mph
2023 Repco Bathurst 1000 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE 161 laps
6h 07m 07.4957s
163.4800 km/h
101.5818 mph

Notes:
^1 – Outright race winner was not officially recognised until 1965. Prior to that official results reflected four or five class races occurring simultaneously rather than a single race. The first car across the finish line has been retrospectively referred to as outright race winner since then.
^2 – Race was stopped before full race distance.
^3 – The first and second position finishers were disqualified post race.
^4 – The first position finisher was disqualified post race.
^5 – Denotes Australia 1000 races for V8 Supercars category.
^6 – Race was stopped for over an hour due to the track surface breaking up and requiring repair. Stoppage time is included in final race time.
^7 – The first position finisher was assessed a post-race time penalty for violating driving standards.
^8 – This is the first year with the newly added Chase in Conrod Straight.
^9 – Race record for time elapsed & average speed.

Records and statistics

Multiple winners

By driver

Wins Driver Years
9 Australia Peter Brock 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987
7 New Zealand Jim Richards 1978, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2002
Australia Craig Lowndes 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018
6 Australia Larry Perkins 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997
Australia Mark Skaife 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2010
5 New Zealand Steven Richards 1998, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2018
Australia Garth Tander 2000, 2009, 2011, 2020, 2022
4 Australia Bob Jane 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Australia Harry Firth 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967
Canada Allan Moffat 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977
New Zealand Greg Murphy 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004
Australia Jamie Whincup 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
3 Australia Dick Johnson 1981, 1989, 1994
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 2020, 2022, 2023
2
John Goss
1974, 1985
Australia Allan Grice 1986, 1990
Australia John Bowe 1989, 1994
Australia Russell Ingall 1995, 1997
Australia Tony Longhurst 1988, 2001
Australia Rick Kelly 2003, 2004
Australia Will Davison 2009, 2016
Australia Chaz Mostert 2014, 2021

By entrant

Wins Entrant
10 Triple Eight Race Engineering
9 Holden Dealer Team
8 Walkinshaw Andretti United
7 Ford Works Team
4 Dick Johnson Racing
3 Perkins Engineering
Gibson Motorsport
2 K-Mart Racing Team
Ford Performance Racing

By manufacturer

Wins Manufacturer
36 Holden
21 Ford
2
Nissan

Most pole positions

By driver

Rank Driver Poles Years
1 Australia Peter Brock 6 1974–1989
2 Australia Mark Skaife 5 1991–2006
3 Canada Allan Moffat 4 1970–1976

By manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Poles Years
1 Ford 26 1967–2022
2 Holden 24 1968–2021
3
Nissan
3 1984–1991

Most starts

Rank Driver Starts Years
1 New Zealand Jim Richards 35 1974–2006
2 Australia Peter Brock 32 1969–2004
3 Australia Bob Holden 30 1960–1998

Most podiums

Rank Driver Podiums Years
1 Australia Craig Lowndes 14 1994–2018
2 Australia Peter Brock 12 1969–1987
Australia Larry Perkins 1977–1998
New Zealand Jim Richards 1974–2002

Race records

Description Record Driver/s Car Year
Race record 6:01:44.8637
(161 laps)
Australia Craig Lowndes
New Zealand Steven Richards
Holden ZB Commodore
2018
Lap record 2:04.7602 Australia Chaz Mostert Ford Mustang GT 2019
Largest winning margin 6 laps Australia Peter Brock
New Zealand Jim Richards
Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback
1979
Smallest winning margin 0.1434s Australia Will Davison
Australia Jonathon Webb
Holden VF Commodore
2016

Qualifying records

Description Record Driver Car Year
Qualifying record 2:03.3736 Australia Chaz Mostert
Holden ZB Commodore
2021

Driver records

Description Record Driver Car Year
Youngest race winner 20y 268d Australia Rick Kelly
Holden VY Commodore
2003
Oldest race winner 55y 41d New Zealand Jim Richards
Holden VX Commodore
2002
Youngest race starter 17y 67d Australia Cameron Waters Holden VE Commodore 2011

Deaths

In the over fifty-year history of the event, three drivers have died whilst competing in the Bathurst 1000.

In

John Player Special) on the high-speed straight known as Conrod Straight. "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.

In

BMW M3 Evolution
whilst travelling along Conrod Straight. After veering into the wall on the left side of the track, his car came to a relatively controlled stop on the opposite side of the course. When marshals reached the scene, Hulme was unconscious and he was pronounced dead at Bathurst Hospital after suffering a second heart attack.

In

Holden VP Commodore
, had a mechanical failure and went straight ahead at the entry to The Chase, hitting a barrier at almost 250 km/h (160 mph).

Additionally, the

Development V8 Supercar Series support race on the Friday of the meeting. Porter had been scheduled to compete in the 1000 as a driver for the Brad Jones Racing
team.

Peter Brock Trophy

2006 race in an accident during the Targa West rally in Western Australia. Following this, Supercars announced that from 2006 onwards, the drivers in the Bathurst 1000 would be racing to win the Peter Brock Trophy.[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 trophy, manufactured by Hardy Brothers, is inscribed with the words "King of the Mountain", a long-time nickname of Brock's. It weighs 2.5 kg (6 lb) and stands 50 centimetres (20 in) tall.[33] Craig Lowndes, a long time mentee of Brock, has won the trophy a record six times since its inception.

Event sponsors

See also

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