When did the Bathurst 1000 start?
When did the Bathurst 1000 start?
20 November 1960
It was first held on 20 November 1960 on the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Victoria, over a 500-mile (800 km) distance. The race was claimed by the organisers, the Light Car Club of Australia, to be ‘the world’s premier production saloon car race’.
Will Camaro race in supercars?
The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship will mark the first time in nearly 40 years that the Camaro nameplate will be on the grid. Already, Gen3 prototype chassis have been revealed by Triple Eight Race Engineering and PACE Innovations.
What are the rules of Bathurst 1000?
It’s a 161 lap slog that teams complete with teams of two drivers per car. The lead driver can’t do any more than 107 laps under the rules while the co-driver needs to have turned in at least 54 laps.
How many cars are in the Bathurst 1000?
26
A 26-car field will contest the 2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, the pinnacle of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. All up, 16 Holden Commodores, six Ford Mustangs and four Nissan Altimas will tackle the Mountain.
Is the Camaro going to be in the Bathurst 1000?
CAMAROS will soon get the chance to try and conquer the Bathurst 1000 as Supercars has revealed it will be amongst the next generation race car to appear on the grid from 2022. Codenamed “Gen3”, the program will deliver an evolution of the existing race car platform to transport Supercars in to the future.
Where was the 2011 Bathurst 1000 race held?
The race was on Sunday, 9 October 2011 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and was Race 20 of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was the fifteenth running of the Australian 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997.
Is the Bathurst 500 part of the touring car championship?
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.
When did Holden and Ford stop competing in Bathurst 1000?
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.