The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 kilometre motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Mount Panorama circuit near Bathurst. Bathurst is located 220 kilometres West of the city of Sydney or about a three hour drive along the Great Western Freeway/Highway. Car makes the like of Mini, Jaguar, BMW, Volvo, Nissan, Ford and Holden have raced and won at The Mountain track since the inaugural race in 1973. However, longest running rivalry has been between the two local makes, Ford and Holden.
It's the most anticipated race of the year. An event with almost unrivalled grandeur, prestige and mystique. Though it falls two-thirds of the way through the season it's the V8 Supercars grand final. The spiritual home where glory can turn a horror championship year into the best year of your life.
The track: Mount Panorama, Bathurst
6.213km
Race distance
1000.29km
Average lap speed
178km/h
Fuel used during race
4.6 litres per lap (almost 800 litres for the race)
75L/100
Top speed
298km/h down Conrod straight
you can watch on Motorstv and SpeedTV channel the full race today/tonight! :honger:
maybe, it could be possible, to reveal something about S3 "Alpha,beta,gamma" in a promotion activity, in context of the British GT or BTCC Race Weekend in Sept. at Rockingham. *brain fart*