Bathurst 1000 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 km motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Mount Panorama circuit near Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.The race has a long and colourful history, having been conducted for numerous categories such as production cars, Group C, Group A, Super Touring and currently the popular V8 Supercar category. It was first held at Bathurst in 1963, replacing an earlier endurance race at Philip Island in Victoria, over a 500 mile distance. It changed to the present distance in 1973.
Makes as diverse as Mini, Jaguar, BMW, Volvo, Nissan, Ford and Holden have tasted sucess at "The Mountain". However, the strongest and longest-running rivalry at the mountain has been between the two local makes, Ford and Holden.
Between 1985 and 1992 saw the race running under international Group A rules. Imported turbocharged cars, first the Ford Sierra turbos dominated the race during the late 1980s, being disqualified after a win in 1987, winning in 1988 and 89, and losing in 1990 to the local favourite Holden Commodores only after all the leading Sierras broke down. In 1991 and 1992, turbocharged, four-wheel-drive Nissan Skyline GTRs won easily, much to the displeasure of a parochial crowd who booed the winners (Jim Richards and Mark Skaife). Richards memorably called the crowd "a pack of arseholes" from the winner's podium. The moment was fateful, helping to precipitate the gathering split in Australian touring car racing between the internationalist Super Touring category and the Australian-centred V8 Supercars.
Peter Brock's name is indelibly associated with the race, having won it a total of nine times.
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