Bathurst 1000
The Bathurst 1000 is a 1,000.29 kilometres (621.6 mi) touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recent incarnation of the Australian Touring Car Championship. In 1987 it was a round of the World Touring Car Championship. 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.
Details
First Aired: 9/30/1973
Languages: English
Created by: Supercars Media, Nathan Prendergast
Type: Video
Production
10
Seven Network
Fox Sports
KayoSportsCast
Seasons
The Great Race
Relive over five decades of Australia's 'Great Race' in this definitive, year-by-year anthology of the 1000-kilometre era at Mount Panorama. Starting from the format's historic inception in 1973, this season tracks every legendary Ford versus Holden factory war, the high-tech international turbo revolutions, and the raw emotion of the modern Supercars epoch. Each episode chronicles a single year of high-octane endurance history, capturing the iconic drivers, unforgettable controversies, and legendary machines that tamed the mountain.
