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2020 Supercheap Autos BATHURST 1000

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2020 SUPERCHEAP AUTOS BATHURST 1000
October 15-18 at Mount Panorama.

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A big enough race, one watched and followed live by many here, to warrant it's own thread. And it is only a few days away.
With this years title race already sewn up by ScottyMac the Bathurst race will, after a torrid 'Cerveza Bug' affected year be the final race of the 2020 seson. Hopefully the lack of championship influences will allow the race to be one based on nothing more than fighting to win the Great Race. The dreaded lergy has also rendered the event a very limited one as far as spectating goes.... I think only 40000 spectators permitted and those socially distanced. It will be strange to not have the atmosphere of tens of thousands of enthusiastic fans on the mountain, camping out for the weekend. (On site camping of course not allowed this year)

More relevant to the event is the fact that co-drivers will be arriving pretty green.... normal years they will have had the Sandown 5000 as a warm up, not to mention many co-driver familiarity days which have not happened this year.

Last years race was filled with controversy..... McLaughlin and co-driver Alex Premat secured one of the most contentious victories in Great Race history last season, the fall-out from which saw his DJR Team Penske squad hit with as record-breaking $250,000 fine.

That was for instructing Fabian Coulthard to deliberately hold up the field behind the Safety Car, which helped McLaughlin maintain critical track position heading into the race's closing stages.



There was more controversy to come, McLaughlin retrospectively stripped of his pole position a month after the race once it was revealed his qualifying engine failed post-race technical checks.

BATHURST & MOTOR RACING
Bathurst has had a long association with motor racing, for both cars and motorcycles.

Motorcycle racing is generally believed to have started in Bathurst around 1911 on the roads in the Kelso/Sunny Corner area. Today, the Long Track is a highly popular inclusion on the Motorcycling Australia calendar as is the new Supermotard competition. Panorama Motorcycle Club runs the motocross track at the top of Mount Panorama, with regular club meets.

Speedway style racing commenced in 1931 on what was known as the Vale Circuit. This continued until 1937, when the newly-built circuit at Mount Panorama was completed. The first race was held there in March 1938.

Mount Panorama has hosted various Australian Grand Prix, for both motor-cycles and open four-wheelers and, since October 1963, has been both the spiritual and physical home of touring car racing in this country.

Today, the City of Bathurst is virtually synonymous with motor racing, known throughout the world because of its challenging and picturesque motor racing circuit.

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THE CIRCUIT

Originally constructed in 1938 as a scenic tourist drive, Mount Panorama has hosted all types of motorsport including the world famous Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, the annual 12 Hour GT race, 24 Hour endurance races and the Easter motorcycle meetings.

The circuit is public road on non-race weekends and has also hosted the Australian Grand Prix in the past. It remains one of the all-time favourite circuits of V8 Supercar drivers and is ranked among the great race tracks of the world.

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Race history

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.

Although the Bathurst 1000 is today run by just two marques, Ford and Holden, makes as diverse as Mini, Jaguar, BMW, Nissan and Volvo have also tasted success at "The Mountain". Holden has the most victories at Bathurst with 25 wins, while Ford has 16 (or 17 if including the victory from the 1962 Phillip Island event).

Mount Panorama at Bathurst is 210 kilometres west of Sydney and is the focal point of Australian Motor Racing. The six kilometre anti clockwise track is normally a public road and was first used in 1938, with Easter Sunday motorcycle racing. However, World War II intervened, and racing didn't resume until 1947, with the Australian Grand Prix. Further Grand Prix meetings were held in 1952 and 1954. However, the feature event of the Mount Panorama circuit is the Bathurst 1000, held in October each year for touring cars and the track has undergone many changes in the interest of safety over the years.

The Great Race was first held in 1960 at Phillip Island as the Armstrong 500. The race was originally over 130 laps or 500 miles and was originally conceived as the ultimate endurance test of production cars. The early races were separated into classes according to buying price, that way the public knew what their buying dollar would bring in terms of performance and reliability. Bob Jane and Harry Firth were the stars of the early races winning in a Falcon and Mercedes.

The race moved to Mt Panorama in 1963 after the track at Phillip Island, in Victoria, needed resurfacing after the 1962 race. The original line of thought was that Bathurst was made for small cars because the big V8s struggled due to excessive wear of tyres and brakes. But the Mini Cooper S victory in 1966 was in fact the last time a normally aspirated 4 cylinder car has taken outright honours at Bathurst.

The following year a V8 finally won, the XR Falcon GT of Firth and Fred Gibson. Holden scored its first win the next year in a Monaro and in 1969 as well. Allan Moffat then dominated the race in 1970 and 1971 to create the Falcon GTHO legend.

Holden had by this stage dropped the V8 from its racing program to race a light weight car powered by a six cylinder, triple carburetted engine, the LJ Torana XU-1. Peter Brock won in 1972 thanks to its superior fuel economy and handling in the wet conditions.

Bathurst was now seen as the most important race to car companies with the catch phrase being, "Win On Sunday, Sell On Monday". With that in mind the Big Three (Ford, Holden & Chrysler) set about making Bathurst specials, race cars to be sold as road cars. Ford had the Phase Four Falcon GTHO, Holden the XU-2 (a V8 powered LJ Torana) and Chrysler had the Charger V8. An article about these developing Supercars saw the government ban such projects and these Supercars became stillborn.

In 1973 the race changed to 163 laps or 1000 kilometres, hence the name. Meanwhile Brock looked set to win again in 1973 until his car ran out of fuel to allow Moffat to win in a XA Falcon GT. The return of the Holden V8 to racing saw wins in 1975 and 1976. Moffat then engineered the classic Ford 1-2 victory in 1977 but after Brock returned to the Holden Dealer Team he won from 1978 - 1984, the exception being in 1981when Dick Johnson won a shortened race (120 laps). The race was stopped after Bob Morris and Christine Gibson in XD Falcons collided at McPhillamy Park to cause a multiple pile up. After the 1981 race the track was widened at McPhillamy Park to allow crashed cars to leave the race track.

A Dick Johnson crash in qualifying, when his car went through the trees at Forrest Elbow in 1983, prompted safety fences to be installed all the way around the circuit and the pit entrance moved from Pit Straight to the end of Conrod Straight.

By the end of 1984 the Bathurst race was no longer a production car race, the cars were looking more like sport sedans, so a change was needed to renew public interest. The advent of Group A in 1985 saw the demise of the Ford Falcon, Nissan Bluebird, Mazda RX7 and the Chevrolet Camaro replaced with Jaguars, BMWs and Volvo Turbos. The BMW, despite winning the Australian Touring Car Championship, ran second to the Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars in 1985.

Allan Grice returned the Commodore to the winners list in 1986. A fatal race accident on Conrod Straight in the 1986 race, when Mike Burgmann struck the Bridgestone bridge, added the Caltex Chase to the circuit, to not limit the speed down Conrod Straight but to reduce the length of time cars travelled at high speed. The subsequent addition of the chase reduced the number of laps. The Bathurst 1000 now comprises 161 laps, in all more than 6 hours of fast and furious motor racing.

The Ford Sierra Turbo arrived in 1987 to win the race (later disqualified) but despite being the fastest car at that time it was also unreliable. Turbos were a lap to lap proposition, but despite the high attrition rate of Sierra race cars they won in 1988 and 1989. In 1990 a Commodore won due to all the leading Sierras breaking down.

By 1991 Nissan had fully developed the ultimate Group A race car, the twin turbo six cylinder 4WD Nissan GT-R. Nissan won twice, in 1991 and in 1992 when torrential rain lashed the circuit and caused chaos as cars on slick tyres spun off the circuit at an alarming rate. The race was red flagged after the 143rd lap only for the sun to reappear within ten minutes! But their dominance caused a change in the rules again.

A return to the old Holden - Ford V8 war was hoped to renew interest in touring car racing. By 1993 turbos were no more and Larry Perkins became a hero by beating former Nissan drivers, Jim Richards and Mark Skaife. In 1994 Johnson and John Bowe won the race in a Falcon over a 20 year old rookie, Craig Lowndes, and in 1995 Perkins reaffirmed his hero status when he drove from last place to win.

The 1996 race commenced in a downpour, but 22 year old Craig Lowndes and 24 year old Greg Murphy dominated, becoming the youngest drivers to win, and Lowndes became only the second driver, after Peter Brock, to win the Touring Car Championship, Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 in the same year, all in his rookie year.

But this is part of what makes the Bathurst 1000 remain one of Australia's most popular motor races, bringing tens-of-thousands of visitors to the city of Bathurst for the October long weekend.


PREVIOUS NAMES OF 'THE GREAT RACE'

The race has changed names several times over the years to reflect naming rights sponsorship, and the change in race distance from 500 miles to 1000 kilometres (approx. 621 miles).

* Armstrong 500 (1963-1965)
* Gallaher 500 (1966-1967)
* Hardie Ferodo 500 (1968-1972)
* Hardie Ferodo 1000 (1973-1980)
* James Hardie 1000 (1981-1987)
* Tooheys 1000 (1988-1995)
* AMP Bathurst 1000 (1996-1998)
* Primus 1000 Classic (1997*)
* FAI 1000 Classic (1998*-2000)
* V8 Supercar 1000 (2001)
* Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 (2002-2004)
* Supercheap Auto 1000 (2005-present)


Famous winners

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

Jim Richards has 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. Larry Perkins is the third most successful driver at Bathurst, with six victories (1982-84, 1993, 1995 and 1997). Both Richards and Perkins have shared some of their victories as co-drivers with Brock.

Craig Lowndes has won 7 '1000's. (1996, 2006, 2007, 2008,2010, 2015, 2018) Also 7 podium finishes other than the wins.
He has also won the Bathurst 12 hour twice.

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

Mark Skaife has won six times, his first was in 1991, with a Nissan Skyline GT-R. He also won in 1992 in the same car, and in 2001,2002 and 2005 in a Holden Commodore. Final win was with Craig Lowndes in 2010



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 subject is still debated to this day) onto the track. Thanks to public donations of over AU$70,000 - and a matching donation from Ford Motor Company - 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.

Kiwi born Greg Murphy has won 4 times


The Prize - The Peter Brock Trophy.

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Craig and Jamie, proud winners of the inaugural Peter Brock Trophy.... seems a long time ago now.


The video of Waltrip at Mt Panorama.



As for F1 at Bathurst of course it did happen many moons ago when the Australian Grand Prix was even held there (long before it ever became a Championship event)... the closest to that these days is when Jenson Button did a Vodafone demo in his McLaren F1, breaking the outright track record in the process.



Separate from this event, we were to witness the S5000 modern day F5000 cars running next month at what was to be a Bathurst International event.... sadly this had to be cancelled.


Over the years racing ‘royalty’ has competed with a list of who’s who including Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Johnny Rutherford, Jacky Ickx (1977 winner), Denny Hulme, Armin Hahne (1985 winner), Rauno Aaltonen (1966 winner), Janet Guthrie, Dieter Quester, Johnny Cecotto, Roberto Ravaglia, Gianfranco Brancatelli, Roland Ratzenberger, Emanuele Pirro, Klaus Niedzwiedz, Klaus Ludwig, Henri Pescarolo, Derek Bell, John Fitzpatrick, Satoru Nakajima and many, many others from International Touring Car Categories world wide.

And then there was German royalty. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold Von Bayern of Bavaria and of course he drove a BMW.
During the days of the Group A formula Prince Leopold was enticed to Bathurst to race in the 1000km race in 1984.

He was sided with the 1967 F1 World Champion Denny Hulme in Frank Gardner’s JPS Team BMW 635CSi.
The pair managed to finish 15th, second in class but four laps behind the class-winning TWR Rover. But not after the Prince destroyed the car in practice when he arrived at the Dipper thinking it was a fast corner...... went in so hard that he also destroyed TV cameras the other side of a concrete barrier.



WEATHER FORECAST

It wouldn’t be Bathurst without Mother Nature wanting to play a hand in shaping the weekend, and 2020 appears to be no different.


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The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a has predicted an 80 percent chance of rain for Sunday at this year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

The latest forecast, issued on Monday, has only a five percent chance of any rain on for practice on Thursday, a low of seven degrees Celsius and a high of 24.

A partly cloudy day is expected for qualifying on Friday with a 30 percent chance of any rain. Up to 2mm of possible rainfall is forecast with a low of eight and a high of 22.

There is a 60 percent chance of rain with “a shower or two” forecast for Saturday, which is expected to see a low of 10 and high of 21.

The Top 10 Shootout will take place in the afternoon on Saturday. Between 1mm and 6mm of possible rainfall is on the cards.

Sunday is currently forecast to be the wettest with showers forecast and an 80 percent chance of rain between 4mm and 15mm.

Race day is expected to be the coolest of the weekend with a low of 10 and a high of 16.

Last year’s Bathurst 1000 was hit by rain in practice, but Sunday’s race was a dry affair throughout.

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https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/covid-delay ... st-super3/

The combined Super2/Super3 field is down to 21 cars because the VS Commodore (seriously) that was entered has been withdrawn.
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P1 set to start in half an hour or so. (9:20 am local time)

Support categories just starting the weekend ball rolling now with practice for the ''Combined Historic Touring cars" from Group N to Heritage cars. ie from Minis to Mustangs Camaros plus more modern Group C and also Group A Historic Touring including Commodores, Ford Falcons and Jaguar XJS.

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SVG and Tim Slade got together in the #97 and #17 cars to start things off in P1. Slade in the DJRTP Falcon put his hand up for the contact as he was just on his outlap, getting the feel of the car wheen SVG came up behind him on the Mountain, and went for a pass when Slade did not realise he was on the inside. Just a minor touch, but it spun Slade round and left SVG with a bit of steering damage. Slade escaped anything other than a bit of contact damage to the bodywork.

McLaughlin had been fastest for much of the hour-long session before handing over to his new co-driver with around 15 minutes remaining.

Apart from that P1 was pretty drama free. Cam Waters ended up fastest in the Monster Energy Ford from Whincup in the RBR Holden. James Courtney ended up P3.

Times were surprisingly quick straight out of the box, Waters almost into the 2:04's with the top ten all in the 5's.
Results: Practice 1

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver(s) Car Fastest lap Split
1 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Mustang GT 2:05.0233
2 888 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.2892 0:00.2659
3 44 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Ford Mustang GT 2:05.5226 0:00.4993
4 9 Penrite Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.5617 0:00.5384
5 5 Truck Assist Racing Lee Holdsworth Ford Mustang GT 2:05.6530 0:00.6297
6 2 Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing Bryce Fullwood Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.7699 0:00.7466
7 14 Cub Cadet Mowers Todd Hazelwood Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.8179 0:00.7946
8 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team S.McLaughlin/T.Slade Ford Mustang GT 2:05.8715 0:00.8482
9 55 Supercheap Auto Racing Jack Le Brocq Ford Mustang GT 2:05.9025 0:00.8792
10 99 Penrite Racing Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.9237 0:00.9004
11 18 IRWIN Racing M.Winterbottom/J.Golding Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.9356 0:00.9123
12 15 Castrol Racing Rick Kelly Ford Mustang GT 2:06.0109 0:00.9876
13 7 NED Whisky Racing A.Heimgartner/D.O’Keeffe Ford Mustang GT 2:06.2527 0:01.2294
14 25 Mobil 1 Appliances Online C.Mostert/W.Luff Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.2615 0:01.2382
15 35 Yellow Cover Racing Garry Jacobson Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.3044 0:01.2811
16 20 DEWALT Racing S.Pye/D.Fiore Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.3183 0:01.2950
17 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Mustang GT 2:06.4493 0:01.4260
18 19 Local Legends Racing Alex Davison Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.6193 0:01.5960
19 3 Team CoolDrive M.Jones/T.Blanchard Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.6593 0:01.6360
20 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.8215 0:01.7982
21 8 R&J Batteries Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 2:07.1314 0:02.1081
22 34 UNIT Racing J.Kostecki/Z.Goddard Holden Commodore ZB 2:07.2678 0:02.2445
23 22 Team SYDNEY C.Pither/S.Owen Holden Commodore ZB 2:08.3293 0:03.3060
24 4 SCT Motor Sports J.Smith/J.Perkins Holden Commodore ZB 2:08.5604 0:03.5371
25 40 Team Valvoline GRM Tyler Everingham Holden Commodore ZB 2:08.7453 0:03.7220


FP2 is a one hour session, and is for co drivers only and is just starting now

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FP2 Co driver session.... Moffatt fastest in the #55 Supercheap Car.

James Moffat finished fastest in the Supercheap Autos car he shares with Le Brocq. Just a second off the main driver times of FP1.
Quite impressive given their lack of track time this year. Penrite Racing’s Brodie Kostecki was 2nd fastest

Tim Slade was third-quickest in Scott McLaughlin’s Shell V-Power Mustang with a 2:06.1158s, ahead of Will Davison (#6 Monster Energy Mustang) and Warren Luff (#25 Mobil 1 Appliances Online ZB Commodore)

Craig Lowndes finished down the order having had a power steering failure and sat much of the session out, completing just 8 laps.. Nothing major and the car will be fine for FP3.

Early days yet but the Tickford cars are all looking fairly fast.

FP2 results:

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Thought a spotters guide showing who is driving what would make it easier for those overseas following the race, and who may not be familiar with certainly some of the co-driver names and what they are driving.

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Waters fastest in FP3

Cam Waters put his Tickford Monster Mustang on top of the time sheets with a stunning 2:04.16 lap, ensuring Tickford topped all three sessions today, with Moffatt having topped the co-driver session in the Tickford Supercheap car. Waters lapped 0.3 faster that ScottyMac in second, with SVG 3rd, a few hundredths slower again.

Actually I thought today's times were really quick, but looking back at last year's opening day times, they were considerably faster with the top 4 well into the 3's on day 1 last year. :shocked:

They were definitely trying pretty hard though today, with Whincup and Percat both glancing the wall coming out of the Elbow onto conrod, and we had a few late breakers using escape roads.

The weather forecast for Sunday has been updated to 95-100% chance of rain, with 25mm expected! Could be a long slow and SC interrupted day, but I hope not.


Results: Practice 3


Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver(s) Car Fastest lap Split
1 6 Monster Energy Racing C.Waters/W.Davison Ford Mustang GT 2:04.1696
2 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Scott McLaughlin Ford Mustang GT 2:04.4633 0:00.2937
3 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team S.van Gisbergen/G.Tander Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.4938 0:00.3242
4 7 NED Whisky Racing A.Heimgartner/D.O’Keeffe Ford Mustang GT 2:04.7407 0:00.5711
5 8 R&J Batteries N.Percat/T.Randle Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.9925 0:00.8229
6 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Mustang GT 2:05.0730 0:00.9034
7 5 Truck Assist Racing L.Holdsworth/M.Caruso Ford Mustang GT 2:05.0966 0:00.9270
8 99 Penrite Racing A.De Pasquale/B.Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.1319 0:00.9623
9 44 Boost Mobile Racing J.Courtney/B.Feeney Ford Mustang GT 2:05.1430 0:00.9734
10 2 Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing B.Fullwood/K.Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.1440 0:00.9744
11 18 IRWIN Racing M.Winterbottom/J.Golding Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.3204 0:01.1508
12 20 DEWALT Racing S.Pye/D.Fiore Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.3853 0:01.2157
13 55 Supercheap Auto Racing J.Le Brocq/J.Moffat Ford Mustang GT 2:05.5677 0:01.3981
14 25 Mobil 1 Appliances Online C.Mostert/W.Luff Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.5812 0:01.4116
15 14 Cub Cadet Mowers T.Hazelwood/J.Boys Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.6597 0:01.4901
16 888 Red Bull Holden Racing Team J.Whincup/C.Lowndes Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.7202 0:01.5506
17 35 Yellow Cover Racing G.Jacobson/D.Russell Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.9568 0:01.7872
18 9 Penrite Racing D.Reynolds/W.Brown Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.0002 0:01.8306
19 34 UNIT Racing Jake Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.0294 0:01.8598
20 15 Castrol Racing R.Kelly/D.Wood Ford Mustang GT 2:06.1393 0:01.9697
21 19 Local Legends Racing Alex Davison Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.1648 0:01.9952
22 3 Team CoolDrive M.Jones/T.Blanchard Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.2607 0:02.0911
23 4 SCT Motor Sports Jack Smith Holden Commodore ZB 2:07.1111 0:02.9415
24 22 Team SYDNEY C.Pither/S.Owen Holden Commodore ZB 2:07.6507 0:03.4811
25 40 Team Valvoline GRM T.Everingham/J.Ojeda Holden Commodore ZB 2:08.0537 0:03.8841


Practice 4, for co-drivers only, starts tomorrow at 09:45 local time/AEDT.

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** IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THOSE INTENDING TO WATCH THE GREAT RACE LIVE ON SUNDAY**


Bathurst 1000 start set to be brought forward

Supercars is expected to bring the start of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 forward by half an hour due to the threat of inclement weather.

The race was set to start at 11:30 local time/AEDT but will instead start at 11:00 local time.

The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the morning and afternoon on Sunday.
A forecast issued on Thursday morning predicted a 100 percent chance of rain between 15mm to 20mm.

Having said that a later forecast claims it is now only 80% certain.

It is not the first time recently that the start has been brought forward.... it also happened in 2017 which had rain for most of the race. That year the race ran for over 7 hours.

I will keep the thread updated with any further changes to the schedule.

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That should be 01:00 am BST, if i am correct.
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erwin greven wrote: 3 years ago That should be 01:00 am BST, if i am correct.
Yep +10 on BST +9 on you in Holland so 11am here is 2am Holland , 1am UK

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Yes, we switch October 25th. The muricans switch November 1st.
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practice Bathurst:
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Scott Mac provided a bit of interest in FP5 when he tried a qualy simulation lap and got it all wrong,messing up a downchange coming into Forrest Elbow, collecting the wall with a glancing blow before hobbling back to the pits.

He was still fastest in the session, mind you his little moment, at the end of the session, may have messed up a few others putting in fast ones with the yellow flags and debris cleanup. Certainly Thursday pacesetter was 'doing purples' when he had to abort his lap and pitted.


Results: Practice 5

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver(s) Car Fastest lap Split
1 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Scott McLaughlin Ford Mustang GT 2:04.3716
2 2 Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing Bryce Fullwood Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.4849 0:00.1133
3 5 Truck Assist Racing Lee Holdsworth Ford Mustang GT 2:04.5299 0:00.1583
4 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Mustang GT 2:04.5437 0:00.1721
5 888 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.6280 0:00.2564
6 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.6792 0:00.3076
7 25 Mobil 1 Appliances Online Chaz Mostert Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.7582 0:00.3866
8 19 Local Legends Racing Alex Davison Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.8075 0:00.4359
9 44 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Ford Mustang GT 2:04.8543 0:00.4827
10 20 DEWALT Racing Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.9309 0:00.5593
11 8 R&J Batteries Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.9438 0:00.5722
12 55 Supercheap Auto Racing Jack Le Brocq Ford Mustang GT 2:05.1590 0:00.7874
13 99 Penrite Racing Anton De Pasquale Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.2312 0:00.8596
14 7 NED Whisky Racing Andre Heimgartner Ford Mustang GT 2:05.2912 0:00.9196
15 14 Cub Cadet Mowers Todd Hazelwood Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.4324 0:01.0608
16 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team Fabian Coulthard Ford Mustang GT 2:05.4877 0:01.1161
17 15 Castrol Racing Rick Kelly Ford Mustang GT 2:05.5619 0:01.1903
18 34 UNIT Racing J.Kostecki/Z.Goddard Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.5973 0:01.2257
19 18 IRWIN Racing Mark Winterbottom Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.8190 0:01.4474
20 9 Penrite Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.8702 0:01.4986
21 3 Team CoolDrive Macauley Jones Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.3173 0:01.9457
22 35 Yellow Cover Racing Garry Jacobson Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.5916 0:02.2200
23 4 SCT Motor Sports Jack Smith Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.7636 0:02.3920
24 22 Team SYDNEY C.Pither/S.Owen Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.8063 0:02.4347
25 40 Team Valvoline GRM Tyler Everingham Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.9094 0:02.5378


Earlier in the day we had two other practice sessions which saw a couple of reds..... mainly rookies getting in trouble as they try to pick up the pace. Ojeda lost the rear of the Garry Rogers Motorsport Wildcard entry on his way into The Cutting before scraping the wall, midway through the session, although it was one of the more innocuous hits for that section of the Mount Panorama circuit. Ask Coulthard about big offs in the cutting!

With 10 minutes to go in Practice 4, Jordan Boys arrived too hot at Hell Corner and ran theTodd Hazelwood’s Cub Cadet ZB Commodore he is sharing into the tyre wall which lines the gravel trap.
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Qualifying just starting..... this is for setting positions outside the top 10 as well as the top 10 in this session will qualify for tomorrows top 10 Shootout.

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