Bathurst 1000

motoring BATHURST 1000 Australia's great race by the numbers Total distance Races The Bathurst 1000 and the Mt Panorama racetrack 1000.29km 55 and counting.. are world renowned. Each October they attract racing fans from around the country and drivers from around the world. Here's motoring.com.au's look at the 2013 event by the numbers... HEIGHT 862m mountain top MO UN T PA N O RA HEIGHT 688m pit straight CIRCUIT LENGTH CLASSIC WINNERS 6.213km * cars may be larger than they appear, thanks Biante MINI COOPER S FORD FALCON XR GT FORD FALCON XW GTHO Phase |I HOLDEN TORANA GTR XU-1 FORD FALCON XC (1966) (1967) Harry Firth & (1977) Allan Moffat & Red Bull consumed (1970) Allan Moffat by the Triple Eight RBRA team over the Bob Holden & (1972) Peter Brock Rauno Aaltonen Fred Gibson Jacky Ickx Bathurst weekend 1200 x Forrest's Falcon XW GTHO Elbow (Allan Moffat/Alan Hamilton & The Dipper Fred Gibson/Barry Seton) McPhillamy VALE Park Skyline In more than half a century of racing, 3 drivers have perished competing in the Bathurst 1000. The Esses OLDEST WINNER Mike Burgmann, 1986 His Holden VK Commodore hit a ENDURANCE RACE tyre barrier at 268km/h (167 mph) on Conrod Straight. "The Chase" On race day, each Red Bull Racing Australia V8Supercar will use... three-corner chicane was added to the end of the long straight in 1987, dedicated to Burgmann. driver 3 changes Jim Richards, 55, 2002 Denny Hulme, 1992 780 Don Watson, 1994 Conrod Straight claimed Watson's Holden VP 32 The former Formula 1 world Obam litres of E85 petrol champion suffered a heart attack while driving his BMW Commodore. M3 on Conrod Straight. tyres Rad Bull MOU DEN Reid Park TOP LAP TIMES sets of brake pads 4991 THROUGH THE DECADES gear changes YOUNGEST WINNER time Quarry THIS YEAR'S SAFETY CAR Corner 3m 00s 2m 50s Chrysler 300 SRT8 2m 40s Griffin's Rick Kelly, 20, 2003 Holden Torana The A9X (Peter Brock) 2m 30s Bend Cutting 2m 20s CARS COMPETING THIS YEAR 2m 10s The field has doubled from two to four brands this year Cars reach up to 300km/h 2m 00s 60s 70s 80s 10s year near end of track, on the longest racing straight in Australia (1.9km in length) 90s 00s FORD MERCEDES- BENZ E-CLASS HOLDEN NISSAN FALCON COMMODORE ALTIMA 29 TOP 5 QUICKEST RACERS WINS BY MANUFACTURER 17 2010 Mark Skaife/ Craig Lowndes, Commodore 6h 12m 51s (avg. speed 160km/h) The 2012 Jamie Whincup/ Chase 1 1 Paul Dumbrell| Commodore 6h 16m 1s (avg. speed 159km/h) Holden Commodore 1991 Ford NISSAN VOLVO VK (Peter Brock) JAGUAR Mark Skaife/ HOLDEN Jim Richards Skyline GT-R 6h 19m 14s (avg. speed 158km/h) 1995 Larry Perkins/ Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VS (Larry Perkins) 6h 20m 32s (avg. speed 157km/h) 1963 Commodore 1997 Larry Perkins/ Russell Ingall FIRST WINNER HARRY FIRTH & BOB JANE 9 TIMES WINNER Commodore 6h 21m 55s (avg. speed 157km/h) in a Ford Cortina GT 500 Australia lost one of its most respected, Holden Commodore VE II (Jason Bright) loved and influential drivers on Murray's Corner A START / FINISH September 8, 2006, when Peter Brock died in a road rally. Hell He was the undisputed 'King of the Mountain' having conquered Mount Panorama nine tímes, a record yet to be bested -- and may never be! Holden Commodore Corner VZ (Mark Skaife) BIGGEST CROWD THEN NOW 193,647 in 2006 Peter Brock Memorial Read about the Bathurst 1000 at http://www.motoring.com.au motoring CONROD STRAIGHT 2m 21.1s 2m 15.13s 2m 12.33s m 08.65s 2m 08.8215s Mountain Straight ЦШи