Bathurst is the one weekend of the year that we're all glued to the TV. Now you need to check out Nascar driver, Darryl Waltrip's lap of Mt. Panorama, it's hilarious
Bathurst is a 1000 km race (161 laps) or just over 621.4 miles. It’s an endurance race at speed & takes 6 hours to complete. The race is in October, the middle of our Spring, temps in the car can reach up to 65°C/149°F. They have 2 drivers per car tag teaming to get to the finish line. The public road is 60km/hr (37 miles). I’ve travelled on it quite a few times & it’s not easy at 60 😅 I can’t imagine doing the speeds these guys do during the race. Plenty of people attempt to speed on the road circuit but police patrol it frequently & they always catch some wanna-be racer. Great reaction✌🏼
You beat me to it Renee. Perfect description of the race. Now all they need to do is see footage of the local kangaroo population on the track behaving like streakers on a cricket pitch. Gotta love Australia.
Some conversions for you - 300 kms equals 186.411 miles an hour The track at Bathurst New South Wales is 6.2 km long or about 3.9 miles long. The race is 161 laps. It goes for about 6 hours, so it is an endurance race. My Dad was a mechanic, so I've been watching since the 70s. Race cam was invented and used for this race in 1979. (Brilliant!). Drivers talk to the commentators, a lot of whom were previous racers. Imagine talking at those speeds and taking on that track. Australia used to produce some very fine cars, primarily the Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore (their parent company is GM). Growing up, most Aussies were either Ford or Holden fans. And they were very committed. Two great legends were Dick Johnston, who raced Fords and Peter Brock, for Holden RIP. We don't produce cars anymore, which is a shame. It certainly has impacted this race for me. Jimmy Barnes has a song called Shutting Down our Town about the closing down of car factories in Australia.
the race has gone for up to 8 hours from time to time because of accidents and restarts, and most of the white male population take the day off work to stay home and watch the race on the day of the big race.
Actually, Alan Moffat and Johnny Goss were the original Ford Boys. Tricky Dicky is a "Johnny Come Lately"... and yes, I am old. I was alive when the Mini Cooper S was the podium 😎
This is one of the most impressive, professional and enjoyable presentations of a lap of Bathurst by someone who knows what they are talking about from experience! Goosebumps each time I watch it, laughs with the reactions from those who have never watched this race and kudos to the guys who provide us with their strength/guts and heart to participate.
I’m a 63yr old Aussie mum who absolutely LOVES this race and have all of my life! My dad owned a large Ford dealership, so of course I was alway a Ford girl! My aunt won’t answer her phone while the race is on., for me, it’s the best race in the world!! Plus I love the fact that they used the music from Gangsta’s Paradise near the end, sounds great!!
If you want to hear what a former American Nascar champion Daryl Waltrip thinks of the Bathurst track then watch it for a huge laugh as his scared comments from the passenger's seat at the speed and the tight bends. He then describes what it's like from a former Nascar drivers view. You will get a great laugh out of it. So watch and enjoy it's real funny.
I've driven the track. Everyone talks about how steep it is going up but it's so steep coming down as well. There's one corner I went round at 40 k's and it felt too fast. They go round that corner at 100 k's! It's insane how quick those cars are.
I agree, I drove it in May last year while on holidays just to see what it was like to do a circuit. When I came over the top of the mountain at abt 50kph I started to to hit the brakes....all I could see was sky...I started to say to myself where's the road FFS. One of the best maintained road surfaces in Oz.
Some of my fondest memories as a child in NSW.... from the early 70's onward... was the yearly family trip to Bathurst.... my dad was friends with one of the Bike/Side platform racers (they don't do that anymore) so we'd go every year in support. I remember being about 4, getting to the camp grounds... setting up the tents.... and it was always near the bikies..... I'd wander over, say hello and then get lollies and be looked after by the bikies..... mum and dad had no problem with it :D The smell of Bathurst, the sound, the atmosphere.... still resonate with me after more than 50 years :D Brilliant!!!
I lived in Toodyay where Brocky died and I done the the circuit faster than ever car that day in in 1 Holden Rodeo with a 4 cylinder Isuzu motor in it, I drove that road almost every day twice for 5 years. From Toodyay to Chidlow and back. I'm not better than Brocky as he was in a left hand car he had never driven before, but I sure am smarter
@@terencemcgeown2358 That was terribly sad and a poor judgement call on Brock's behalf. He had just gotten off a plane was tired and jet lagged and as you said did not know the road. He should never have got in that car.
I say it as a motorsport fan, not as a patriotic Aussie, there is no better single-race anywhere in the world in this day and age. It's a very special place.
damm right mate, there is no better car race ,and probobley not as dangerous as our Bathurst 1000,i have yet to be able to go see one because its always sold out years in advance its so popular,but i watch it every year on t.v and id have to say you probley see more of it on tv or online than you would at the track , but i have been to a motor car race at eastern creek australia and i didnt think to bring ear plugs, i was deaf for a week afterwards because the cars screaming down past me on the straight were so loud it sent me deaf for a week.
Bathurst is an Epic atmosphere. I've been to F1 in Melbourne... has nothing on the mountain!! This is why supercars drivers are sooo good at road circuits. No compromise. The best place to go watch a motor race
He talked you through 1 lap of Bathurst. It takes 161 laps to finish the race. The fastest race lap is held by James Golding, who set a time of 1 minute 59.8 seconds. At the Public road speed of in 60km/h it take a around 6 minutes 15 seconds to do one lap.
@@gamergirl5317 I lived out that way for a while too. Grew up in Sydney, religiously watching that race on TV every year. I finally got to drive around it but, at normal road speeds. The bit that blew me away the most after watching them come a gutsa there often enough was while just going normal traffic speed, visualising them coming down off the mount through those twistys. Holy crap! It was freaky trying to imagine flying through them at the speeds those guys do! And I did race bikes so speed wasn't exactly alien to me but, sheee it! That is terrifying even to think about trying to go through them in a car at those speeds! I just wish these two yapping yanks would stop interrupting him at all the critical moments. Miss high beams as soon as she opens her mouth even missed a lot because her ego wouldn't let her STFU for more than a couple of seconds!
I live 40km from Bathurst and everytime I go up to do some shopping we grab lunch and go sit at the park at the top of the mountain it’s a 60km speed limit and there are speed cameras everywhere not to mention the Highway Patrol that are present to catch you if you speed.. I have to say back in the 70s and early 80s I have gone down the straight at 180kms scary as hell was a passenger and I can tell you they got a mouth full of me when we stopped.there are beautiful homes on the mountain and come race day you can’t move there it’s a huge event. Travis you know you can get the Bathurst 1000 Supercars in a video game..play station and Xbox my brother has them.. 😊🥰🇦🇺
@@jameswade5 the speed limit is 60km around the track as it a public road.. it’s 6.213kms if you want to get technical around the whole of the track. have walked it and drive it more times than I can remember.. Thankyou🧐🙄
And RIP Peter Brock "Peter Perfect' the grand master of the Mountain. There is also a great YT vid about a Bathurst Race, called 'the greatest motor race of all time' that is worth a watch.
As someone who has raced at Bathurst.... its a full commitment track, but you have to creep up on learning it, or it will bite hard.... I will be back there this year to improve on my previous attempt.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 We get up in the morning. Friends arrive for a Barby and Beers . And Nobody leaves until the Race is over. We watch the whole Race, And ignore or even turn off our Mobile phones. Even unplug the Home Phone.
Kiwi here my late husband was addicted to this race would not accept any phone calls I would keep him supplied with food and drink for the whole weekend. He did not miss a minute I would join him for the last few laps mainly because I would like to know how the Kiwi drivers were doing as Kiwi drivers have always done well at Bathurst.
Howdyyawl from the land down under. Us OZZIES play hard. We play for keeps. Nothing in this country is to be taken for granted. Gota have eyes in the back of your head. We live it every day, we earn it. We're tough but fair. We're all mates at the end of the day. Keeping it real 😊
I grew up in Bathurst. Race week is a once in a lifetime experience that everyone should do. Was great having the track there everyday….I’d take every new car around there as a priority!! Lol
That track is very scary. One of the few old style tracks left in the world, designed back when safety was not considered important. So scary that 1967 Formula 1 World Champion died of a heart attack coming down the mountain on Conrod Straight. It gets its name from a race in 1939 when a car threw its con rod through the side of the engine. The gravity assist means that cars go faster than their design speeds. The speed limit for the public is quite low and because boy-racers want to do silly things on the course after a couple of beers, police monitor it very closely. TV doesn't really show you how steep some of those gradients are, and how blind many of the corners can be. Bathurst is a fun circuit to race on in video games.
OK, I am 64 and watched this race from a being a young child. I got to drive around the track for the first time last week and I could not stop smiling. I have raced cars on other tracks from 13 years of age and at the road speed limit which is 60kms/hour it was, across the mountain, terrifying. You actually hit the brake to go at a lower speed than60kms. I don't know how those drivers do it at the speed they do it in. If you get an opportunity in your life to visit the track then do it except it is not open to the public on the weekends, only week days during the day. Yes people live on that road, it's a bit of an upper class area.
I have stayed in Ridges Mount Panorama many times. It is so much fun watching from the balcony, people drive the road/track, it's public road when races are not on. Cars make the pilgrimage to do the drive, even bus loads of people. I was lucky enough to pit crew in the Superbikes 🙃
The Great Race! There is a 174 m (571 ft) vertical difference between its highest and lowest points, and grades as steep as 1:6.13. You know that something amazing/bizarre/unique will happen every year and it always does! It can be dry at the bottom of the mountain but pouring with rain at the top, so within one lap you can be caught out and there can be carnage!
I've been watching Bathurst car racing since it first started in 1963, sat down with dad at home and watched it all day and was hooked. My kids went through that too and when they did their Learner driving, we would start in Victoria and drive all the backroads, over mountains, dirt roads, through creek crossings and highways, we would call in to Mt Panorama and do two laps at 60 kph (37mph) then continue up to our relatives in Brisbane, about 1400 km. Then return down the coast road over Sydney Harbour Bridge then down the Hume Highway back to Albury-Wodonga. Mostly peak hour traffic through the cities, my kids also began learning to drive in car club motorkhanas (slalom) from age 12. They are all grown up now, their reflexes and anticipation are now keeping their own children safe! And they all remember their laps around Bathurst with a respect for driving.
I've driven around this track 3 times. Comming off the mountain on every dip & curve in a normal road car, your car feels like your car is dropping as the wheels are lifting off the roadway. Interesting Connrod Straight had some bends added to slow the cars down to a top speed off 300 kilometres per hour. Before those bends, the strait was even longer entering a 90 degree bends & cars used to lose their breaks & fligh right off the end of the straight.
hear it was like the ocean. when you think you have it beat. and take it for granted even for a second. that's where it will slap you up the side of the head
This is The Race that STOPS A NATION. I remember going over to my Aunty's house and camping at her place for the weekend when Dick Johnson hit that fateful rock. As a privateer he built a strong car and was leading at that point. The main race is on the sunday. The lead up starting thursday is all just as spectacular. THE TOP TEN SHOOTOUT. Only the top ten fastest from the 2 previous races get to be on the track ... one car at a time for two laps. One warmup lap, then 100% for ONE LAP. There is a lap time board, and as each successive driver's time is recorded, the positions change by hundredths of a second up or down the leaderboard. Once the tenth driver has either 😢 their way to No 1 or any where back to 10, THAT IS THEIR STARTING GRID POSITIONS for the start of the Sunday race. AND ... Lets not forget ... THE WEATHER. I have watched races where it is dry track racing from Conrod Straight down the mountain, all the way round to half way up the lead-in to the 2nd corner going up the montain on the opposite side of the track. Then there is THE RAIN on the mountain with all the twisty corners going up through the cuttings over the top and down through blind corners going down the other side. On slick tyres ... NO GRIP... You Aquaplane in the wet... BANG. If your team selects the wrong tyre selection, the wet weather tyres overheat on the dry half of the track, or, you lose traction with the dry slick tyres on the wet half of the track. This is a race where no-one knows who the winner is until the last crossing of the Start/Finish line and the chequered flag is waved. The Mount can make or break teams, it is brutal on drivers and machines.
The race itself is 6 hours and there are support categories before hand. It's a day where another of people have bbqs and get together to watch it. Truly a great weekend growing up in Australia
That rollover at The Chase 13:31 was Fabian Coulthard in 2010. Whats impressive about that is if you watch the race (It happened on lap 1 I think), he got out of the car, waved at the crowd and walked to the marshals and then took his helmet off and waited for the medical guys to come get him to go check him out. Not a scratch on him.
Hi guys, apart from race time it is a 60 mph (36 mph) tourist road. Parts of are interesting then, especially the dipper! It is one race track that us Aussies really love. This year it was used for the opening race of the Supercars season, and then we wait for the 100 km race in October. Other racers also use it, and, one of the best, and most exciting circuits on the plant. Mark Larkham, and ex driver, is a fantastic commentator. He is fantastic on explaining the technical aspects of racing thee beautiful cars.
I just love Bathurst. One day of the year i spend the whole day on the lounge. My cousin works for one of the teams. But i also love American Cart series. 60 year old female petrol head. Lol One of the scariest things ive ever done was drive one of these types of cars doing 240km plus fown the straight. Professional driver beside me. Started to slow for a corner. Guy is go go go. All i could think was i would be rolling at the end. Scarey but brilliant.
Hi guys General public speed limit is 60km/h. The track is used some weekends for other races but the bathurst 1000 is like a religion. I’ve driven it before the race on race day in a mini bus and it’s so steep!!
Just so you are aware, Channel 7 a TV station in Australia invented cameras to go into the cars just for this race. It used to be a production car race so the cars were voted up street legal cars, and the winner was the car you bought that year as it was the most reliable, but it was all about Holden vers Ford. Holden was the Australian General Motors subsidiary. When it's a public road it 60 kph.
CBS invented the live in-car camera which debuted in their telecast of the Daytona 500 in February 1979. Channel 7 debuted Racecam later the same year. The Channel 7 system was better and would be adopted by CBS in 1981.
@@robossuperchannel9434 Although a vehicle-mounted 16mm motion picture camera was used as early as 1973, the technology was first developed in the late 1970s by the Seven Network in Australia, who introduced it for the 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 endurance race at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, New South Wales.
@@peterlinsley4287 The CBS in-car camera system debuted seven months before the Channel 7 system. Racecam was a better system, and after CBS lead commentator Ken Squire saw it in action while guest commentating during the 1980 Hardie Ferodo, CBS adopted it for the 1981 Daytona 500. It was only in later years that the story changed to the commonly held belief that 7 invented the live in-car camera.
@@robossuperchannel9434 I think you will find the CBS acquired the rights to use a streamlined version of the technology for their coverage of the race.
@@peterlinsley4287Yes, for the 1981 Daytona 500. Prior to that CBS had its own system. This was clarified by an article in Australian Muscle Car Magazine and the National Motor Racing museum at Bathurst. If you ever get the chance to see the CBS system you'll see that they are nothing alike. The CBS system is a monstrosity covered in heat protection and uses ground mounted relays for the picture. The 7 system was elegant, using existing portable camera technology and relays to a helicopter. This difference resulted in a better picture and sound. Note that the CBS system has no audio from the car. The development of in-car cameras is a rabbit hole worth exploring if you have the time and and interest. 😊
I LOVE your reaction! This race has changed over the years. They had to standardise the cars to all V8's because they used to have all types of touring cars like V12's, V6 and 4 cylinder turbos that blew the doors off local V8 cars so now it's 99% Ford and General Motors V8 touring cars. There are other races at this circuit for the other types of cars but the big one is this one you watched.
Love this video. Mark Larkham is a beloved legend of Australian racing and now broadcasting. He's a great analyst and is so good at conveying what's going on with great knowledge and excitement. His commentating contract wasn't renewed last year, and the public outcry was so great that they were forced to re-hire him. Mount Panorama is one of the most challenging racetracks on the planet, and the Bathurst 1000 is the greatest touring car race on the world. It's the race all Aussie racers dream about winning. Bathurst weekend is an important part of Australian culture every year, and the race has made winners into legends. There have been many great rivalries too. To Australians, the names Peter Brock and Dick Johnson are equivalent to what Magic Johnson and Larry Bird would mean to an American. As well as the Bathurst 1000, there is also the Bathurst 12 Hour which is a longer endurance race for GT cars (Ferraris, Porsche, etc.). If you like sim racing and want to have a crack at the track, it's featured in Gran Turismo. I've done hundreds of laps, and I know there is still so much time on the table. It's such a complex and challenging circuit. There's so much you have to get right to do a good lap and so many little things to go wrong and put you in a wall, and to win, you have to do 161 good laps. Search TH-cam for "Greg Murphy's lap of the gods Bathurst" the see one of the greatest laps ever driven of the circuit. It was the fastest lap ever at the time, and it was right on the edge of the capability of the car. Brilliant stuff.
I'm an Aussie originally from Bathurst living in South Australia used to go up and down all the time in cars and bikes before the security for university did their lap it's fun 😊
Bathurst is MASSIVE in Aussie. And also in NZ. There's a lot of petrol heads here that will plan to have the whole weekend just to sit in front of a TV to watch this race ... or fly over and be there in person.
I traveled interstate to see the track outside of the race week. Casually drove around it in its entirety. None of what you see on TV or in racing games does justice to the real track. Especially The Dipper section of the track. Its intimidating driving the circuit at the signed speed limit. Racing at speed would be an adrenaline junkies nirvana.
For my first Bathhurst race we camped at the top when I was 10 years old to watch the race. I'm now over 70. If I'm in the country in early October, I always watch the telecast and support out local team, Brad Jones Racing.
This track you can play online or on a car racing games. The speed limit around Mount Panorama is 60km/h. Although it is tempting to be a race driver for a day, many people have been caught speeding on the track, and it is popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists, so please don't speed.
NSW police maintain speed cameras and patrol cars during the 48 weeks of the year the road is open to public drivers. Speed limit is 50 km around the course and 40km on dangerous turns from the Cutting to the Dipper. Bathurst 1000 is a pre-eminent production car (supercar) race in the world. Bathurst becomes a visitors Mecca during the week leading to the Bathurst 1000 weekend.
The speed limit for the public on Mt Panorama is 60 kph (35mph). Spent many hours trackside here in my younger years. Best track ever. Fastest lap time 2mins:3secs for the 6.2 kilometres.
Great reaction guys. It's a great race, heapz of high speed thrills and spills. It's a huge day in Australian sport. A great day to grab ya mates, and gather around the telly, fire up the bbq, and drink lots and lots of beer...
That's me at 4.40...never did get to see it on tv...My mum lives about 300 mts from the front gate...i go to the race pretty much every year,lived up there for a while and have driven the track countless times and have ended up at the top after a big night on many occasions. It's a mystical place
The speed limit around the Mount Panorama road is 60 Km/Hr- 35 miles per hour. I’ve driven a couple of regular street cars around there and it is intimidating. On standard street tyres, you’re all over the road. That first major set of twists and turn up the hill I was doing 60 to 80 Km/Hr. The race cars are doing better than that in miles per hour. At 190 Km/Hr down Conroe Strait, my heart was in my throat- the race cars are doing 300.
All of our Supercar races are on public roads all year and then they set up the barriers and grandstands for the event and close off the track until it’s over then it all returns like it was never there. It’s AWESOME. If you think watching on a screen gets your heart pumping, you should see one live. We went to Townsville for the V8 Supercars on the last year of Holden V Ford and it was Out Of This World. The atmosphere is electric. I can’t get enough of those Revs. Vroom vroom 🏎️
I live about an hour away from this circuit --- I've driven around it... in both directions - many times. It is strictly speed-limited on non-race days. Awesome and a very unique place.
I used to love watching Bathurst back when there were multiple classes of cars all racing at the same time. Minis and Cortinas, Toranas, Monaros, etc. I liked the ending of the review video - Suzie was so red-faced and breathless it looked like something else had just finished 😊
I drove around Mt Panorama several years ago with a camera mounted on a tripod and videoed my drive around the circuit. I edited the speed by 3 times and also had the camera angled down and over the bonnet....turned out great, just like,I can only imagine, driving round in one of the Supercars...good fun.
I have driven on this track at Bathurst its fantastic its a weekend in September with people camping out on the grounds and partying and drinking its a bit wild but fun.
Been to the Great Race many times, a wonderful experience that has to be experienced to understand what it is really about. It is so much more than just motorsport.
Speed limit is 60kms, They also do a 12hr race there as well. I have been watching Bathurst since 1980 and have only missed 5 years (Life got in the way!) The track back then had very little safety and even less when it first started! If you like this clip! Find the one of the history of our GREAT RACE! Cheers Sue
I’m a true blue Aussie , and also have been and continue to be a fan of the V8 Supercars . From way back in the 1960’s when there were mu and dad cars racing around Bathurst till nowadays they are specific racing vehicles . It is the best race in the entire world 161 laps of full on concentration and knife edge driving . You guys have NASCAR (circle driving) we have Bathurst where driving that track at full noise takes skill and stamina
Great vid to show track dynamics, from a guy who raced many laps around it. I've driven it, parts of the dipper you can't see the track, just hope for the best. Amazingly only one person has died (due to race incident) in 1986, b4 the chase was put in. My Favorite Intro is "This Mountain - 2011 Bathurst 1000 intro". Narrated by Jack Thompson, from movie "The Man from Snowy River". There's also "Bathurst 1000 Race History in HD. Narrated by Russell Crowe"
Last time I drove it the public speed limit was 60kmh (40 mph). Having watched Bathurst on TV since I was a kid, I can tell you it's the longest 6.2km drive of your life at 60kmh. ...and parts of that track are way steeper than they look on TV!
I love watching the YT videos from the mid 60's onwards when the track had no barriers and the cars where just normal production cars. There's YT videos from every year.
Such a great ad. There is a reason it is called "The Great Race". I've been watching this race my whole life. Watch some of the early ones where they didn't have the walls!
Im a busy lad, and miss every supercars race in the season. but you can bet your last dollar I am glued to the TV come Bathurst time for the entire 1000kms, and it frequently comes down to the wire on the last lap!
An indication of how much faster these cars are, 30 years ago you would have to be up at the break of day to watch the start of Bathurst and it would finish at a similar time to what it does these days however these days the race doesn't start until around 11.15am. Peter Brock was the King Of The Mountain with the most wins of the race, he won nine times and his win in 1979 was by a record margin of 6 laps.
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Bathurst is the one weekend of the year that we're all glued to the TV.
Now you need to check out Nascar driver, Darryl Waltrip's lap of Mt. Panorama, it's hilarious
Darryl Waltrip is funny af.
Genuine terror.
Oh hell yeah that is so funny , u can't fake that fear haha
/ Bathurst is the place where Mt panorama is
That is extreme fear - from a 3-time NASCAR champion.
can't stand car racing its so boring
Bathurst is a 1000 km race (161 laps) or just over 621.4 miles. It’s an endurance race at speed & takes 6 hours to complete. The race is in October, the middle of our Spring, temps in the car can reach up to 65°C/149°F. They have 2 drivers per car tag teaming to get to the finish line.
The public road is 60km/hr (37 miles). I’ve travelled on it quite a few times & it’s not easy at 60 😅 I can’t imagine doing the speeds these guys do during the race.
Plenty of people attempt to speed on the road circuit but police patrol it frequently & they always catch some wanna-be racer.
Great reaction✌🏼
@Suzi Depending on your racing game you may be able to DL the Mt. Panarama circuit and give it a try. It's .... challenging.
You beat me to it Renee. Perfect description of the race. Now all they need to do is see footage of the local kangaroo population on the track behaving like streakers on a cricket pitch. Gotta love Australia.
@@nickbradbury347 Thanks Nick, I like your description too 😂
Don’t forget the Bathurst 12 hour race for GT3 cars. Those cars lap the circuit a little faster than the Supercars.
My husband raced bikes at Bathurst & said it was often easier traveling at race speed because you could use the full width of the road.
Some conversions for you -
300 kms equals 186.411 miles an hour
The track at Bathurst New South Wales is 6.2 km long or about 3.9 miles long.
The race is 161 laps.
It goes for about 6 hours, so it is an endurance race.
My Dad was a mechanic, so I've been watching since the 70s.
Race cam was invented and used for this race in 1979. (Brilliant!). Drivers talk to the commentators, a lot of whom were previous racers.
Imagine talking at those speeds and taking on that track.
Australia used to produce some very fine cars, primarily the Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore (their parent company is GM). Growing up, most Aussies were either Ford or Holden fans. And they were very committed. Two great legends were Dick Johnston, who raced Fords and Peter Brock, for Holden RIP.
We don't produce cars anymore, which is a shame. It certainly has impacted this race for me. Jimmy Barnes has a song called Shutting Down our Town about the closing down of car factories in Australia.
Joe Hockey to thank for that
the race has gone for up to 8 hours from time to time because of accidents and restarts, and most of the white male population take the day off work to stay home and watch the race on the day of the big race.
Don’t forget the mighty pacer and chargers
Actually, Alan Moffat and Johnny Goss were the original Ford Boys. Tricky Dicky is a "Johnny Come Lately"... and yes, I am old. I was alive when the Mini Cooper S was the podium 😎
This is one of the most impressive, professional and enjoyable presentations of a lap of Bathurst by someone who knows what they are talking about from experience! Goosebumps each time I watch it, laughs with the reactions from those who have never watched this race and kudos to the guys who provide us with their strength/guts and heart to participate.
I’m a 63yr old Aussie mum who absolutely LOVES this race and have all of my life! My dad owned a large Ford dealership, so of course I was alway a Ford girl! My aunt won’t answer her phone while the race is on., for me, it’s the best race in the world!! Plus I love the fact that they used the music from Gangsta’s Paradise near the end, sounds great!!
If you want to hear what a former American Nascar champion Daryl Waltrip thinks of the Bathurst track then watch it for a huge laugh as his scared comments from the passenger's seat at the speed and the tight bends. He then describes what it's like from a former Nascar drivers view. You will get a great laugh out of it. So watch and enjoy it's real funny.
It’s the best commentary
Definitely worth a look...lol
This is GOLD!!!
Best video haha
I think most of his responses are him playing up to the audience
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Yes exactly.
He was a champion race driver and there's no way he would be scared, he actually played it up a bit too much I think.
First motorcycle race there was 1938.
Great memories of seeing the 500s race around there in the 80s.
Great reaction guys. The legal speed limit for public is 60km/hr as it's a residential street. On race day, anything goes.
It is actually 50km p hr in residential streets unless marked otherwise.
@@HenriHattar The track route actually has 60 klm/hr signage. It is also two way traffic.
@@davidbrown9015 RESEDENTIAL ROADS ARE 50KM PER HOUR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED>!!!!
@@davidbrown9015 I was NOT commenting on the actual TRACK route....can u NOT read?
I was! Can you not read....OR SPELL? 🤣@@HenriHattar
I've driven the track. Everyone talks about how steep it is going up but it's so steep coming down as well. There's one corner I went round at 40 k's and it felt too fast. They go round that corner at 100 k's! It's insane how quick those cars are.
I agree, I drove it in May last year while on holidays just to see what it was like to do a circuit. When I came over the top of the mountain at abt 50kph I started to to hit the brakes....all I could see was sky...I started to say to myself where's the road FFS. One of the best maintained road surfaces in Oz.
Former winners, Shane van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin are currently earning their stripes in Indy and NASCAR racing and doing well as 'rookies'.
Some of my fondest memories as a child in NSW.... from the early 70's onward... was the yearly family trip to Bathurst.... my dad was friends with one of the Bike/Side platform racers (they don't do that anymore) so we'd go every year in support. I remember being about 4, getting to the camp grounds... setting up the tents.... and it was always near the bikies..... I'd wander over, say hello and then get lollies and be looked after by the bikies..... mum and dad had no problem with it :D The smell of Bathurst, the sound, the atmosphere.... still resonate with me after more than 50 years :D Brilliant!!!
Best race in the world hands down great reaction
Bathurst speed limit is 60km/h (about 36mph) for normal road use. The speed these guys get up too is just amazing.
I've been lucky enough to drive this track as an amature driver back in the 90s. All i can say is, if you go offline your screwed. BANG.
I lived in Toodyay where Brocky died and I done the the circuit faster than ever car that day in in 1 Holden Rodeo with a 4 cylinder Isuzu motor in it, I drove that road almost every day twice for 5 years. From Toodyay to Chidlow and back. I'm not better than Brocky as he was in a left hand car he had never driven before, but I sure am smarter
@@terencemcgeown2358Gidgegannup, not Toodyay. It is a wonderful spot. I love the rollercoaster on the Motorbike
@@terencemcgeown2358 That was terribly sad and a poor judgement call on Brock's behalf. He had just gotten off a plane was tired and jet lagged and as you said did not know the road. He should never have got in that car.
@@DavidQuick-t4e especially with it being a left hand drive too.
6 hours of racing where there is always something exciting to see. These cars are just the best sounding race cars.
I say it as a motorsport fan, not as a patriotic Aussie, there is no better single-race anywhere in the world in this day and age. It's a very special place.
damm right mate, there is no better car race ,and probobley not as dangerous as our Bathurst 1000,i have yet to be able to go see one because its always sold out years in advance its so popular,but i watch it every year on t.v and id have to say you probley see more of it on tv or online than you would at the track , but i have been to a motor car race at eastern creek australia and i didnt think to bring ear plugs, i was deaf for a week afterwards because the cars screaming down past me on the straight were so loud it sent me deaf for a week.
Bathurst is an Epic atmosphere. I've been to F1 in Melbourne... has nothing on the mountain!! This is why supercars drivers are sooo good at road circuits. No compromise.
The best place to go watch a motor race
He talked you through 1 lap of Bathurst. It takes 161 laps to finish the race.
The fastest race lap is held by James Golding, who set a time of 1 minute 59.8 seconds.
At the Public road speed of in 60km/h it take a around 6 minutes 15 seconds to do one lap.
Wait till you see Kangaroos hopping in front of the cars
Would it even be Bathurst without Skippy putting in an appearance?
They have a kangaroo clause in the regulations 🤣
i use to live at Bathurst when I was younger, we Australians live for the Bathurst 1000
@@gamergirl5317 I lived out that way for a while too. Grew up in Sydney, religiously watching that race on TV every year. I finally got to drive around it but, at normal road speeds. The bit that blew me away the most after watching them come a gutsa there often enough was while just going normal traffic speed, visualising them coming down off the mount through those twistys. Holy crap! It was freaky trying to imagine flying through them at the speeds those guys do! And I did race bikes so speed wasn't exactly alien to me but, sheee it! That is terrifying even to think about trying to go through them in a car at those speeds!
I just wish these two yapping yanks would stop interrupting him at all the critical moments. Miss high beams as soon as she opens her mouth even missed a lot because her ego wouldn't let her STFU for more than a couple of seconds!
there was a horse on the track one year lol
I’ve lived in Bathurst most of my life and the city population increases to over 200,000
People from 40000 over the 4 day event . It’s an amazing race
The race is called Bathrust 1000, in mount Panorama, Australia, being part of the V8 Supercars calendar....
Couldn't help but notice the typo😂
@@stuwhyte479Yes, the image of bath-rust.
I live 40km from Bathurst and everytime I go up to do some shopping we grab lunch and go sit at the park at the top of the mountain it’s a 60km speed limit and there are speed cameras everywhere not to mention the Highway Patrol that are present to catch you if you speed.. I have to say back in the 70s and early 80s I have gone down the straight at 180kms scary as hell was a passenger and I can tell you they got a mouth full of me when we stopped.there are beautiful homes on the mountain and come race day you can’t move there it’s a huge event. Travis you know you can get the Bathurst 1000 Supercars in a video game..play station and Xbox my brother has them.. 😊🥰🇦🇺
6.1km NOT 60km....161laps IIRC
@@jameswade5 the speed limit is 60km around the track as it a public road.. it’s 6.213kms if you want to get technical around the whole of the track. have walked it and drive it more times than I can remember.. Thankyou🧐🙄
And RIP Peter Brock "Peter Perfect' the grand master of the Mountain.
There is also a great YT vid about a Bathurst Race, called 'the greatest motor race of all time' that is worth a watch.
King of the hill was dark days at the mountain for ford fans but have to respect what he accomplished on that track
Need to check out Greg Murphys Bathurst lap of the Gods. Fastest lap ever in an H pattern gearbox.
As someone who has raced at Bathurst.... its a full commitment track, but you have to creep up on learning it, or it will bite hard.... I will be back there this year to improve on my previous attempt.
Good luck!
The worlds first cameras in race cars was by Channel HSV7, at Bathurst. Just a bit of trivia.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 We get up in the morning. Friends arrive for a Barby and Beers . And Nobody leaves until the Race is over. We watch the whole Race, And ignore or even turn off our Mobile phones. Even unplug the Home Phone.
Kiwi here my late husband was addicted to this race would not accept any phone calls I would keep him supplied with food and drink for the whole weekend. He did not miss a minute I would join him for the last few laps mainly because I would like to know how the Kiwi drivers were doing as Kiwi drivers have always done well at Bathurst.
You’re a good wife. He was blessed to have you. God bless. 🙏
Probably 'cos about 60% of NZ is not flat at all...
I used to work for a V8 Supercar team and love Bathurst. Party time! it was great to see our old car racing - not so much crashing...
Best, and toughest race on the planet. No contest!
So glad you guys had fun with this one.
Bath urst lol, watching without talking through it for this is really important 😂
Never shut up they are Americans
I'd love to see you guys react to Clarke and Dawe " the front fell off " absolutely hilarious
Good thing they towed it outside the environment.
And no cardboard derivatives.
@@BrickNewton 🤣🤣🤣 the man was a genius
Howdyyawl from the land down under. Us OZZIES play hard. We play for keeps. Nothing in this country is to be taken for granted. Gota have eyes in the back of your head. We live it every day, we earn it. We're tough but fair. We're all mates at the end of the day. Keeping it real 😊
I grew up in Bathurst. Race week is a once in a lifetime experience that everyone should do.
Was great having the track there everyday….I’d take every new car around there as a priority!! Lol
That track is very scary. One of the few old style tracks left in the world, designed back when safety was not considered important. So scary that 1967 Formula 1 World Champion died of a heart attack coming down the mountain on Conrod Straight. It gets its name from a race in 1939 when a car threw its con rod through the side of the engine. The gravity assist means that cars go faster than their design speeds.
The speed limit for the public is quite low and because boy-racers want to do silly things on the course after a couple of beers, police monitor it very closely. TV doesn't really show you how steep some of those gradients are, and how blind many of the corners can be.
Bathurst is a fun circuit to race on in video games.
That was both one of the saddest and yet most poignantly beautiful days in the history of motorsport.
OK, I am 64 and watched this race from a being a young child.
I got to drive around the track for the first time last week and I could not stop smiling. I have raced cars on other tracks from 13 years of age and at the road speed limit which is 60kms/hour it was, across the mountain, terrifying. You actually hit the brake to go at a lower speed than60kms. I don't know how those drivers do it at the speed they do it in. If you get an opportunity in your life to visit the track then do it except it is not open to the public on the weekends, only week days during the day. Yes people live on that road, it's a bit of an upper class area.
I have stayed in Ridges Mount Panorama many times. It is so much fun watching from the balcony, people drive the road/track, it's public road when races are not on. Cars make the pilgrimage to do the drive, even bus loads of people. I was lucky enough to pit crew in the Superbikes 🙃
The Great Race! There is a 174 m (571 ft) vertical difference between its highest and lowest points, and grades as steep as 1:6.13. You know that something amazing/bizarre/unique will happen every year and it always does! It can be dry at the bottom of the mountain but pouring with rain at the top, so within one lap you can be caught out and there can be carnage!
I've been watching Bathurst car racing since it first started in 1963, sat down with dad at home and watched it all day and was hooked. My kids went through that too and when they did their Learner driving, we would start in Victoria and drive all the backroads, over mountains, dirt roads, through creek crossings and highways, we would call in to Mt Panorama and do two laps at 60 kph (37mph) then continue up to our relatives in Brisbane, about 1400 km. Then return down the coast road over Sydney Harbour Bridge then down the Hume Highway back to Albury-Wodonga. Mostly peak hour traffic through the cities, my kids also began learning to drive in car club motorkhanas (slalom) from age 12. They are all grown up now, their reflexes and anticipation are now keeping their own children safe! And they all remember their laps around Bathurst with a respect for driving.
I've driven around this track 3 times. Comming off the mountain on every dip & curve in a normal road car, your car feels like your car is dropping as the wheels are lifting off the roadway. Interesting Connrod Straight had some bends added to slow the cars down to a top speed off 300 kilometres per hour. Before those bends, the strait was even longer entering a 90 degree bends & cars used to lose their breaks & fligh right off the end of the straight.
If you can't beat the mountain, you will never win this race
hear it was like the ocean.
when you think you have it beat.
and take it for granted even for a second.
that's where it will slap you up the side of the head
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My sister used to race mount panorama as a cyclist! That was super fun to watch too
even on a bicycle it would be daunting
This is The Race that STOPS A NATION. I remember going over to my Aunty's house and camping at her place for the weekend when Dick Johnson hit that fateful rock. As a privateer he built a strong car and was leading at that point. The main race is on the sunday. The lead up starting thursday is all just as spectacular. THE TOP TEN SHOOTOUT. Only the top ten fastest from the 2 previous races get to be on the track ... one car at a time for two laps. One warmup lap, then 100% for ONE LAP. There is a lap time board, and as each successive driver's time is recorded, the positions change by hundredths of a second up or down the leaderboard. Once the tenth driver has either 😢 their way to No 1 or any where back to 10, THAT IS THEIR STARTING GRID POSITIONS for the start of the Sunday race. AND ... Lets not forget ... THE WEATHER. I have watched races where it is dry track racing from Conrod Straight down the mountain, all the way round to half way up the lead-in to the 2nd corner going up the montain on the opposite side of the track. Then there is THE RAIN on the mountain with all the twisty corners going up through the cuttings over the top and down through blind corners going down the other side. On slick tyres ... NO GRIP... You Aquaplane in the wet... BANG. If your team selects the wrong tyre selection, the wet weather tyres overheat on the dry half of the track, or, you lose traction with the dry slick tyres on the wet half of the track. This is a race where no-one knows who the winner is until the last crossing of the Start/Finish line and the chequered flag is waved. The Mount can make or break teams, it is brutal on drivers and machines.
Great reaction guys. Great video of Mt Panorama, Bathurst the Supercar race.
The race itself is 6 hours and there are support categories before hand. It's a day where another of people have bbqs and get together to watch it. Truly a great weekend growing up in Australia
That rollover at The Chase 13:31 was Fabian Coulthard in 2010. Whats impressive about that is if you watch the race (It happened on lap 1 I think), he got out of the car, waved at the crowd and walked to the marshals and then took his helmet off and waited for the medical guys to come get him to go check him out. Not a scratch on him.
You can race this track and the cars in some of the games.
My favorite course on iracing.
Hi guys, apart from race time it is a 60 mph (36 mph) tourist road. Parts of are interesting then, especially the dipper! It is one race track that us Aussies really love. This year it was used for the opening race of the Supercars season, and then we wait for the 100 km race in October. Other racers also use it, and, one of the best, and most exciting circuits on the plant. Mark Larkham, and ex driver, is a fantastic commentator. He is fantastic on explaining the technical aspects of racing thee beautiful cars.
I just love Bathurst. One day of the year i spend the whole day on the lounge. My cousin works for one of the teams. But i also love American Cart series. 60 year old female petrol head. Lol One of the scariest things ive ever done was drive one of these types of cars doing 240km plus fown the straight. Professional driver beside me. Started to slow for a corner. Guy is go go go. All i could think was i would be rolling at the end. Scarey but brilliant.
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@@samuelmitchell5677 yes Mount Panarama is world famous
Is it wrong that that brings a tear to my eye. Love love love. ❤️
Not at all wrong
No. I've watched it probably 40 times and Marks passion for the Mountain makes me emotional every time.
@@benspencer9523 it’s one of my favorite places to be. 😁
just terrific......I live there & its all that he says. His commentary during the race is so informative,it is without peer.
Love your reactions.Bathurst one of the greatest tracks on the planet.Normal road speed limits apply
Hi guys
General public speed limit is 60km/h.
The track is used some weekends for other races but the bathurst 1000 is like a religion. I’ve driven it before the race on race day in a mini bus and it’s so steep!!
Just so you are aware, Channel 7 a TV station in Australia invented cameras to go into the cars just for this race. It used to be a production car race so the cars were voted up street legal cars, and the winner was the car you bought that year as it was the most reliable, but it was all about Holden vers Ford. Holden was the Australian General Motors subsidiary. When it's a public road it 60 kph.
CBS invented the live in-car camera which debuted in their telecast of the Daytona 500 in February 1979. Channel 7 debuted Racecam later the same year. The Channel 7 system was better and would be adopted by CBS in 1981.
@@robossuperchannel9434 Although a vehicle-mounted 16mm motion picture camera was used as early as 1973, the technology was first developed in the late 1970s by the Seven Network in Australia, who introduced it for the 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 endurance race at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, New South Wales.
@@peterlinsley4287 The CBS in-car camera system debuted seven months before the Channel 7 system. Racecam was a better system, and after CBS lead commentator Ken Squire saw it in action while guest commentating during the 1980 Hardie Ferodo, CBS adopted it for the 1981 Daytona 500. It was only in later years that the story changed to the commonly held belief that 7 invented the live in-car camera.
@@robossuperchannel9434 I think you will find the CBS acquired the rights to use a streamlined version of the technology for their coverage of the race.
@@peterlinsley4287Yes, for the 1981 Daytona 500. Prior to that CBS had its own system. This was clarified by an article in Australian Muscle Car Magazine and the National Motor Racing museum at Bathurst.
If you ever get the chance to see the CBS system you'll see that they are nothing alike. The CBS system is a monstrosity covered in heat protection and uses ground mounted relays for the picture. The 7 system was elegant, using existing portable camera technology and relays to a helicopter.
This difference resulted in a better picture and sound. Note that the CBS system has no audio from the car.
The development of in-car cameras is a rabbit hole worth exploring if you have the time and and interest. 😊
I'm Australian and now I'm hooked
I LOVE your reaction! This race has changed over the years. They had to standardise the cars to all V8's because they used to have all types of touring cars like V12's, V6 and 4 cylinder turbos that blew the doors off local V8 cars so now it's 99% Ford and General Motors V8 touring cars. There are other races at this circuit for the other types of cars but the big one is this one you watched.
Love this video. Mark Larkham is a beloved legend of Australian racing and now broadcasting. He's a great analyst and is so good at conveying what's going on with great knowledge and excitement. His commentating contract wasn't renewed last year, and the public outcry was so great that they were forced to re-hire him. Mount Panorama is one of the most challenging racetracks on the planet, and the Bathurst 1000 is the greatest touring car race on the world. It's the race all Aussie racers dream about winning. Bathurst weekend is an important part of Australian culture every year, and the race has made winners into legends. There have been many great rivalries too. To Australians, the names Peter Brock and Dick Johnson are equivalent to what Magic Johnson and Larry Bird would mean to an American. As well as the Bathurst 1000, there is also the Bathurst 12 Hour which is a longer endurance race for GT cars (Ferraris, Porsche, etc.). If you like sim racing and want to have a crack at the track, it's featured in Gran Turismo. I've done hundreds of laps, and I know there is still so much time on the table. It's such a complex and challenging circuit. There's so much you have to get right to do a good lap and so many little things to go wrong and put you in a wall, and to win, you have to do 161 good laps. Search TH-cam for "Greg Murphy's lap of the gods Bathurst" the see one of the greatest laps ever driven of the circuit. It was the fastest lap ever at the time, and it was right on the edge of the capability of the car. Brilliant stuff.
I'm an Aussie originally from Bathurst living in South Australia used to go up and down all the time in cars and bikes before the security for university did their lap it's fun 😊
Bathurst is MASSIVE in Aussie. And also in NZ. There's a lot of petrol heads here that will plan to have the whole weekend just to sit in front of a TV to watch this race ... or fly over and be there in person.
Much better staying at the campsites for 5-6 gays
I mean Days
Larko really get you going he's such a wealth of knowledge.every year we all look forward to larko,s intro .great vid guys 👊🇦🇺
I traveled interstate to see the track outside of the race week. Casually drove around it in its entirety. None of what you see on TV or in racing games does justice to the real track. Especially The Dipper section of the track. Its intimidating driving the circuit at the signed speed limit. Racing at speed would be an adrenaline junkies nirvana.
Totally concur
For my first Bathhurst race we camped at the top when I was 10 years old to watch the race. I'm now over 70. If I'm in the country in early October, I always watch the telecast and support out local team, Brad Jones Racing.
This track you can play online or on a car racing games.
The speed limit around Mount Panorama is 60km/h. Although it is tempting to be a race driver for a day, many people have been caught speeding on the track, and it is popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists, so please don't speed.
I watch this race every year. Love it.
I’m Australian but not a massive racing fan but this clip give me goosebumps every single time
NSW police maintain speed cameras and patrol cars during the 48 weeks of the year the road is open to public drivers. Speed limit is 50 km around the course and 40km on dangerous turns from the Cutting to the Dipper.
Bathurst 1000 is a pre-eminent production car (supercar) race in the world. Bathurst becomes a visitors Mecca during the week leading to the Bathurst 1000 weekend.
The speed limit for the public on Mt Panorama is 60 kph (35mph). Spent many hours trackside here in my younger years. Best track ever. Fastest lap time 2mins:3secs for the 6.2 kilometres.
Did Bathurst twice for bikes and twice for cars, I have goosebumps!
Bathurst eats souls for breakfast.
Great reaction guys.
It's a great race, heapz of high speed thrills and spills.
It's a huge day in Australian sport.
A great day to grab ya mates, and gather around the telly, fire up the bbq, and drink lots and lots of beer...
hehehe, aimlessly cruising TH-cam and stumble across this vid about the racetrack i can see out my window as I watch it ;)
I have been driven around this track by a crazy Scotsman, never again, it's so steep! 😱 I would rather watch this great video! 🥵👍
Not THE crazy Scotsman? If so I'm heaps jelo.
Very cool. Enjoyable and fun reaction. Thank you both.
huGGs
That's me at 4.40...never did get to see it on tv...My mum lives about 300 mts from the front gate...i go to the race pretty much every year,lived up there for a while and have driven the track countless times and have ended up at the top after a big night on many occasions. It's a mystical place
The speed limit around the Mount Panorama road is 60 Km/Hr- 35 miles per hour.
I’ve driven a couple of regular street cars around there and it is intimidating. On standard street tyres, you’re all over the road. That first major set of twists and turn up the hill I was doing 60 to 80 Km/Hr. The race cars are doing better than that in miles per hour. At 190 Km/Hr down Conroe Strait, my heart was in my throat- the race cars are doing 300.
All of our Supercar races are on public roads all year and then they set up the barriers and grandstands for the event and close off the track until it’s over then it all returns like it was never there. It’s AWESOME. If you think watching on a screen gets your heart pumping, you should see one live. We went to Townsville for the V8 Supercars on the last year of Holden V Ford and it was Out Of This World. The atmosphere is electric. I can’t get enough of those Revs. Vroom vroom 🏎️
Wrong not all on public roads. Perth for one is at Barbagallo raceway
I live about an hour away from this circuit --- I've driven around it... in both directions - many times. It is strictly speed-limited on non-race days. Awesome and a very unique place.
Mount Panorama Bathurst is one of those tracks that is "simple" but one of THE most challenging and greatest tracks in the world.
I’m an Aussie & that was awesome to watch. I’ve been to the track during the 4-5 day event but not seen the race….😂. Loved your reactions
2014 is without a doubt the greatest race in all motorsport history. And you knew you were watching something so speical
I used to love watching Bathurst back when there were multiple classes of cars all racing at the same time. Minis and Cortinas, Toranas, Monaros, etc.
I liked the ending of the review video - Suzie was so red-faced and breathless it looked like something else had just finished 😊
I drove around Mt Panorama several years ago with a camera mounted on a tripod and videoed my drive around the circuit. I edited the speed by 3 times and also had the camera angled down and over the bonnet....turned out great, just like,I can only imagine, driving round in one of the Supercars...good fun.
I have driven on this track at Bathurst its fantastic its a weekend in September with people camping out on the grounds and partying and drinking its a bit wild but fun.
Been to the Great Race many times, a wonderful experience that has to be experienced to understand what it is really about. It is so much more than just motorsport.
Very fun reaction!
That terrifying moment when the tyre came through the front windshield, and they were both busy looking at each other... :D
Speed limit is 60kms, They also do a 12hr race there as well. I have been watching Bathurst since 1980 and have only missed 5 years (Life got in the way!) The track back then had very little safety and even less when it first started! If you like this clip! Find the one of the history of our GREAT RACE! Cheers Sue
This is one of the best ever Documentary's ever produced.
No one remembers who won the championship.
Everyone remembers who wins Bathurst...
I’m a true blue Aussie , and also have been and continue to be a fan of the V8 Supercars . From way back in the 1960’s when there were mu and dad cars racing around Bathurst till nowadays they are specific racing vehicles . It is the best race in the entire world 161 laps of full on concentration and knife edge driving . You guys have NASCAR (circle driving) we have Bathurst where driving that track at full noise takes skill and stamina
Greatest car race in the world .
Its more like a Hillbilly Ridge run. Racing on a real road and nothing like NASCAR.
@@partymanauyep, definitely different that just turning left all the time.
Great vid to show track dynamics, from a guy who raced many laps around it.
I've driven it, parts of the dipper you can't see the track, just hope for the best.
Amazingly only one person has died (due to race incident) in 1986, b4 the chase was put in.
My Favorite Intro is "This Mountain - 2011 Bathurst 1000 intro". Narrated by Jack Thompson, from movie "The Man from Snowy River".
There's also "Bathurst 1000 Race History in HD. Narrated by Russell Crowe"
Last time I drove it the public speed limit was 60kmh (40 mph). Having watched Bathurst on TV since I was a kid, I can tell you it's the longest 6.2km drive of your life at 60kmh. ...and parts of that track are way steeper than they look on TV!
You've got to hand it to those convicts, this is a great race. Amazing spectacle.
I love watching the YT videos from the mid 60's onwards when the track had no barriers and the cars where just normal production cars. There's YT videos from every year.
Such a great ad. There is a reason it is called "The Great Race". I've been watching this race my whole life. Watch some of the early ones where they didn't have the walls!
Im a busy lad, and miss every supercars race in the season. but you can bet your last dollar I am glued to the TV come Bathurst time for the entire 1000kms, and it frequently comes down to the wire on the last lap!
An indication of how much faster these cars are, 30 years ago you would have to be up at the break of day to watch the start of Bathurst and it would finish at a similar time to what it does these days however these days the race doesn't start until around 11.15am. Peter Brock was the King Of The Mountain with the most wins of the race, he won nine times and his win in 1979 was by a record margin of 6 laps.
It used to always start at 10am and finish around 5.30pmish before the 6pm news
I love it when Americans, who're only turn left, find out what a REAL race track looks like
"who're" ? Try "who".
as if america totally doesnt have circuits and series that race them.
Here it is... the parochial, ignorant Aussie Bogan, that has no clue, and is about as bright as a black hole
Nascar is a beast of its own right. The two cannot be compared, but neither is less than the other.