The 2024 Bathurst 1000 (known commercially as the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000 for commercial reasons) is an upcoming motor racing event for Supercars held on the week of 10 to 13 October 2024. It will host the tenth round of the 2024 Supercars Championship and will take place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, featuring a single race of 1000 kilometres.
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| Round 10 of 12 in the 2024 Supercars Championship | ||||||||
 Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit | ||||||||
| Date | October 10-13 2024 | |||||||
| Location | Bathurst, New South Wales | |||||||
| Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||
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Report
editBackground
editEvent history
editThe event will be the 67th running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 64th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It will be the 28th running of the "Australia 1000" race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998.
Shane van Gisbergen and Richie Stanaway are the defending race winners, but will not compete together. Van Gisbergen has moved to the United States to race in NASCAR, while Stanaway moved to Grove Racing.[1][2]
Entry list
editSo far, twenty-six cars are expected to enter the event - 16 Chevrolet Camaros and 10 Ford Mustangs. In addition to the twenty-four regular-season entries, two "wildcard" entrants are expected to join the field - one from Triple Eight Race Engineering, and the other from Super2 team Matt Chahda Motorsport making their second appearance after 2022.[3]
So far, main-gamer Ryan Wood and Super2 Series drivers Cameron Crick (son of four-time Bathurst 1000 starter Rodney Crick), Cameron McLeod (grandson of 1987 race winner Peter McLeod), and Cooper Murray will make their debut in the Bathurst 1000.
References
edit- ^ "Stanaway seals comeback with Penrite Racing". Supercars. 21 August 2023.
- ^ Pavey, James (16 August 2023). "Brown in, van Gisbergen out at Triple Eight". Supercars.
- ^ Pavey, James (12 April 2024). "Triple Eight hands Murray solo debut in Darwin". Supercars.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ State of play: 2024 Supercars enduro line-ups Supercars 28 April 2024
| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2024 Sandown 500 |
2024 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2024 Gold Coast 500 |
| Previous year: 2023 Bathurst 1000 |
Bathurst 1000 | Next year: 2025 Bathurst 1000 |