Bathurst 1000 Facts for Kids

The first corner at Mount Panorama, known as Hell Corner.

The Bathurst 1000 (currently branded as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for sponsorship reasons) is a 1,000-kilometre (620 mi) touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as a championship event for Supercars.

Widely regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport in Australia, the Bathurst 1000 is colloquially known as The Great Race among motorsport fans and media. The race concept originated with the 1960 Armstrong 500 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, before being relocated to Bathurst in 1963 and continuing there in every year since. The race was traditionally run on the Labour Day long weekend in New South Wales, in early October. Since 2001, the race is run on the weekend after the long weekend, normally the second weekend in October.

Race winners are presented with the Peter Brock Trophy. This trophy was introduced at the 2006 race to commemorate the death of Peter Brock. Brock is the most successful driver in the history of the race, winning the event nine times, and was also known as one of the most popular and fan-friendly drivers during his long career.

List of winners

Phillip Island (500 Miles)
1960	Armstrong 500	John Roxburgh / Frank Coad	Vauxhall Cresta	167 laps / 8h 19m 99.1s
1961	Armstrong 500	Bob Jane / Harry Firth	Mercedes-Benz 220SE	167 laps / 8h 18m 0.0s
1962	Armstrong 500	Harry Firth / Bob Jane	Ford XL Falcon	167 laps / 8h 15m 16.0s
Mount Panorama (500 Miles)
1963	Armstrong 500	Harry Firth / Bob Jane	Ford Cortina Mk.I GT	130 laps / 7h 46m 99.1s
1964	Armstrong 500	Bob Jane / George Reynolds	Ford Cortina Mk.I GT	130 laps / ?h ?m ?s
1965	Armstrong 500	Barry Seton / Midge Bosworth	Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500	130 laps / 7h 16m 45.1s
1966	Gallaher 500	Rauno Aaltonen / Bob Holden	Morris Cooper S	130 laps / 7h 11m 29.1s
1967	Gallaher 500	Harry Firth / Fred Gibson	Ford XR Falcon GT	130 laps / 6h 54m 99.1s
1968	Hardie-Ferodo 500	Bruce McPhee / Barry Mulholland	Holden HK Monaro GTS327	130 laps / 6h 44m 0.0s
1969	Hardie-Ferodo 500	Colin Bond / Tony Roberts	Holden HT Monaro GTS350	130 laps / 6h 32m 0.0s
1970	Hardie-Ferodo 500	Allan Moffat	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	130 laps / 6h 33m 0.0s
1971	Hardie-Ferodo 500	Allan Moffat	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III	130 laps / 6h 9m 49.5s
1972	Hardie-Ferodo 500	Peter Brock	Holden LJ Torana XU-1	130 laps / 6h 0m 99.1s
Mount Panorama (1,000 Kilometres)
1973	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	Allan Moffat / Ian Geoghegan	Ford XA Falcon GT	163 laps / 7h 20m 6.8s
1974	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	John Goss / Kevin Bartlett	Ford XA Falcon GT	163 laps / 7h 50m 99.1s
1975	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	Peter Brock / Brian Sampson	Holden LH Torana L34	163 laps / 7h 19m 11.3s
1976	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	Bob Morris / John Fitzpatrick	Holden LH Torana L34	163 laps / 7h 7m 12.0s
1977	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	Allan Moffat / Jacky Ickx	Ford XC Falcon	163 laps / 6h 59m 7.8s
1978	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	Peter Brock / Jim Richards	Holden LX Torana A9X SS	163 laps / 6h 45m 53.9s
1979	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	Peter Brock / Jim Richards	Holden LX Torana A9X SS	163 laps / 6h 38m 15.8s
1980	Hardie-Ferodo 1000	Peter Brock / Jim Richards	Holden VC Commodore	163 laps / 6h 47m 52.7s
1981	James Hardie 1000	Dick Johnson / John French	Ford XD Falcon	120 laps / 4h 53m 52.7s
1982	James Hardie 1000	Peter Brock / Larry Perkins	Holden VH Commodore	163 laps / 6h 32m 3.2s
1983	James Hardie 1000	Peter Brock / Larry Perkins / John Harvey	Holden VH Commodore	163 laps / 6h 28m 31.6s
1984	James Hardie 1000	Peter Brock / Larry Perkins	Holden VK Commodore	163 laps / 6h 23m 13.6s
1985	James Hardie 1000	John Goss / Armin Hahne	Jaguar XJS	163 laps / 6h 41m 30.19s
1986	James Hardie 1000	Allan Grice / Graeme Bailey	Holden VK Commodore SSGroupA	163 laps / 6h 30m 35.68s
1987	James Hardie 1000	Peter Brock / David Parsons / Peter McLeod	Holden VL Commodore SSGroupA	158 laps / 7h 1m 8.4s
1988	Tooheys 1000	Tony Longhurst / Tomas Mezera	Ford Sierra RS500	161 laps / 7h 2m 10.28s
1989	Tooheys 1000	Dick Johnson / John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	161 laps / 6h 30m 53.44s
1990	Tooheys 1000	Win Percy / Allan Grice	Holden VL Commodore TWR SSGroupA	161 laps / 6h 40m 52.64s
1991	Tooheys 1000	Jim Richards / Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R	161 laps / 6h 19m 14.80s
1992	Tooheys 1000	Mark Skaife / Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R	143 laps / ?h ?m ?s
1993	Tooheys 1000	Larry Perkins / Gregg Hansford	Holden VP Commodore	161 laps / 6h 29m 6.69s
1994	Tooheys 1000	Dick Johnson / John Bowe	Ford EB Falcon	161 laps / 7h 3m 45.8425s
1995	Tooheys 1000	Larry Perkins / Russell Ingall	Holden VR Commodore	161 laps / 6h 20m 32.4766s
1996	AMP Bathurst 1000	Craig Lowndes / Greg Murphy	Holden VR Commodore	161 laps / 7h 9m 28.3584s
1997	AMP Bathurst 1000	Geoff Brabham / David Brabham	BMW 320i	161 laps / 6h 41m 25.4072s
1997	Primus 1000 Classic	Larry Perkins / Russell Ingall	Holden VS Commodore *	161 laps / 6h 21m 55.5483s
1998	AMP Bathurst 1000	Rickard Rydell / Jim Richards	Volvo S40	161 laps / 6h 54m 23.4756s
1998	FAI 1000 Classic	Jason Bright / Steven Richards	Ford EL Falcon *	161 laps / 6h 42m 23.9039s
1999	FAI 1000 Classic	Steven Richards / Greg Murphy	Holden VT Commodore	161 laps / 6h 51m 48.8354s
2000	FAI 1000 Classic	Garth Tander / Jason Bargwanna	Holden VT Commodore]	161 laps / 7h 23m 30.2348s
2001	V8 Supercar 1000	Mark Skaife / Tony Longhurst	Holden VX Commodore	161 laps / 6h 50m 33.1789s
2002	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000	Mark Skaife / Jim Richards	Holden VX Commodore	161 laps / 6h 58m 41.0260s
2003	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000	Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	161 laps / 6h 32m 55.4044s
2004	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000	Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	161 laps / 6h 29m 36.2055s
2005	Supercheap Auto 1000	Mark Skaife / Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	161 laps / 6h 37m 17.0012s
2006	Supercheap Auto 1000	Craig Lowndes / Jamie Whincup	Ford BA Falcon	161 laps / 6h 59m 53.5852s
2007	Supercheap Auto 1000	Craig Lowndes / Jamie Whincup	Ford BA Falcon	-	* Denotes races for V8 Supercars category

Images for kids

The Austin Lancer of Brian Foley and Alan Edney during the 1960 race.
The Ford Cortina GT in which Bob Jane and Harry Firth won the 1963 race.
The Ford XT Falcon GT of Barry Seton and Fred Gibson overtakes the Datsun 1000 of Bill Evans and John Colwell during the 1968 race.
The Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 in which Bob Morris and John Fitzpatrick won the 1976 race.
A replica of the Jaguar XJ-S in which John Goss and Armin Hahne won the 1985 race.
The Nissan Skyline GT-R in which Jim Richards and Mark Skaife won the 1991 race.
The Ford BA Falcon of Marcos Ambrose and Warren Luff leads a train of cars during the 2005 race.
The Ford FG Falcon in which Chaz Mostert and Paul Morris won the 2014 race.
Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat (foreground) won the 2019 Bathurst 1000 while team-mates Fabian Coulthard and Tony D'Alberto (background) were relegated to last place after a rules breach.

Bathurst 1000 facts for kids

List of winners

Images for kids

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