Bathurst is the greatest car racetrack in the world. It comprises 1000km (161 laps / 6+hours) of mayhem, bravery, and sheer stupidity, and is often won by mere seconds. First used in 1938 the track is a closed public road with an elevation of 174m (571ft) which makes it difficult to walk up let alone do what these guys do. Peter Brock won this great race nine times, and his legacy will be forever carved in history as The King of the Mountain.

Mark Larkham is a supercar veteran. He hasn’t won the race or a championship but he has held his own against the best of em. He knows what he is talking about.

Mark Larkham just explained what it takes to complete just ONE lap.. now go do that again another 160 times! 6.2 kilometres per lap x 161 = 1000 kilometres. The race takes roughly 6 hours from start to finish. This is what us Aussies call "The Great Race", and now you have watched this, you can see why! Shane van Gisbergen is the current Bathurst champion. He just won back to back races (he has won this race in 2020, 2022 & 2023), with plenty of second places along the way. He is leaving Supercars for NASCAR next year. SVG won the Chicago street race. Lots of us Aussies and Kiwi's will now be watching a lot of Nascar races next year! Great reaction :) #subbed

I’ve been watching Bathurst for over fifty years and it never disappoints

This track gave birth to Racecam!

The one weekend in October, where most of the country is glued to the TV and only get off the couch to go to the loo. BATHURST ❤. Nascar champion Darryl Waltrip came over here and did a lap as a passenger. His video is a must watch

If you grew up in Australia and was interested in cars you could draw the Mount Panorama track. It was etched in your phsyche. If you grew up in Sydney you made sure to drive west to Bathurst (2 & 1/2 hours) just to drive around the track, which is a public road. Naturally you can only drive at 60km/h, but it's still incredible. The TV coverage of the race doesn't show the elevation. It's really steep going up and more so coming down. Iconic.

And this is a public road when races aren't on. Look closely and you'll see houses and driveways around the track. 300kph is 186.4 mph Racing at Bathurst started in 1960 10 motorsport is the TV channel covering that race. 161 laps - 1000km - 6hrs with 2 drivers per car.

Darryl waltrip does a lap in the passenger seat you can see the fear in his eyes

The Bathurst 1000 has run without intervention from the Safety Car on only two occasions: 1989 and 1991. The greatest number of Safety Car periods in a Bathurst 1000 is 13 in the 2000 race, while the greatest number of laps affected by the Safety Car is 45 of the 161 laps in the 2006 race.

I live in Bathurst and Mt Panorama is my home track. I am a fire and rescue marshall and officiate at every event on the mountain. It is the greatest race circuit in the world

This the race that had brought in race cams in the cars it was the first to do it. This race on this track is always roughly around my birthday which 6th October

Props for saying Bathhurst right the first time without any prior guidance, that right there is when I gave my thumbs up.

Mt panorama isn't a race track, is is a gazetted road, it was originally built as a tourist road during the great depression. It becomes a race track at certain times during the year. People have homes along side the track...

It's not always a 'race track', it's a normal driving road when Bathurst isn't on.

The Bathurst 1000 is the longest race of the series, such that, this is the only race that requires each car to utilize two drivers in rotation; you have the main driver, and a support driver.

When it's not race day or practice Mt Panorama (aka, Bathurst) is a quiet country road with a speed limit of 60kph, with farm houses inside the track & outside

This is the track I know the best and have never set foot outside of Canada !! Have been watching when we can get it for nearly 20 years now ! Since started karting in 08 I watch the 2007 race intro ! Have watched probably 200 times and close to 125 podiums ! Inspiration from afar ! If had the cash would make the trip or build my own kart sized version of the track !!

Fantastic race, this video really shows the mountain and race well.

Bathurst is the proving ground for many of the top Aussie and Kiwi drivers, whom have made the jump to other driving disciplines elsewhere in the world. And The Dipper that's mentioned is no joke. The TV cameras do not convey how blind some of those corners are, or the gradients and elevation changes as you head down to Forrest Elbow. If you ever wonder why drivers like SVG and a handful of others can just jump into NASCAR or other auto disciplines and win, its because they tamed this monster of a track beforehand.

The V8 Supercar race is a 161 laps while there also is another race that goes on for 12hrs straight. Which used to be a 24hr in early 2000s

Watch Waltrip take a lap around Bathurst it's funny

Im 47, when I was 12 travelling with the fam, i remember dad stopping the car and leaving mum and is kids on the holl so he could do a lsp in peace 😂 back when it was Holden v Ford. Best years!

161 laps takes about 6 and a half hours. Fantastic race, one of the great circuits

This is the first time I've heard Mount Panorama called "evil". 6.213 km x 161 laps =1000 km. No there's never been a race without a crash, in fact a lot of people watch it just for the crashes. To win Bathurst everything must be perfectly aligned, the car, the strategy, the weather, the team and most importantly the drivers.

The Mount Panorama circuit measures 6.213km long, with Sunday's race scheduled for 161 laps - split between a main driver (who pilots the car solo for most of the year) and a ring-in co-driver, including many previous full-time racers

lol most of the fans of this race could do a good rendition of that track, the drivers know more than we do

161 laps that takes about 6 1/2 hours, depending on how many pit stops and safety cars after a crash. If you leave the track you can rejoin from where ever you end up.......but you are normally waiting for the ambulance or bogged down in sand. The Caltex Chase at the end of Conrad Straight was added after too many died becoming air borne over the 2nd hump or the 3rd hump. Now the Chase is probably more dangerous than the 3 humps used to be. The Supercars take the Chase at approx. 300 klm ( almost 200 mph ) depending on how well they exit Forest Elbow to start the acceration. If you back off for the Chase you can forget a good lap time and will probably have a few cars fly past you. The hard part is stopping for the next left hand corner !!!! At 300 klm you cant touch the brakes until the car is straight, squared up and balanced. Then your too close to the left hander to brake sufficiently.......so once you clear The Chase and the car feels straight, you jump on the brake pedal as hard as you can and pray you make the left hander.......orherwise you plough straight into a very wide and very deep sand trap. I cant remember anyone ever winning from a sand trap. lol The second corner is probably the next most difficult ....... You approach at around 260 klm ( about 160 mph ) and you have to wipe off about 130 klm under brakes and take the corner at about 130 klm ( about 80 mph ). The corner itself looks like a beautiful smooth 90 mph corner.......BUT it isnt. The road is cambered the wrong way to send you into the wall / mountain. Then the brakes.......the braking area on approach is full of bumps etc. ( Ever tried to brake when going over a cattle grid ? lol Get the brakes wrong and a few cars fly past you or you hit the mountain. At best, your lap is kaput.....hope you can make up time before the end. Now grate........should be the most difficult corner on any track. The approach is full speed up the hill and then flat out as the track levels out and then dips. At well over 200 klms ( probably about 125 mph ), the track turns left and you are still hard on the accelerator. The grate is exactly where your front right tyre WANTS to go and the whole car is on the limit. If the front right tyre touches the grate......your day is over, the car might never race again and you probably need an ambulance, but you are praying that none of the cars coming through are going to collect you.....than can be deadly.

This is a public road turned into a street circuit each october for this particular race, 1000km race, 6 hours, 161 laps uphill/downhill, 6.2km each lap a test of human endurance

I dont follow motorsports, but bathurst i watch without fail everytime.

Bathurst is an epic event, there are always crashes, so much so that the local TAFEs (Aussie equivalent to trade-schools) send their panel beating students there for race week, they get a LOT of experience in a short time. Even though there are a lot of crashes, there have only been 4 fatalities at the Bathurst 1000 race, 1 in a 'support' race, 1 in practice, and 2 in the race itself (and one of those was a heart attack not a crash).

The track is an access road for the farms around the mountain. It has been upgraded in the lats 40 yrs but it must still be access for private properties for all of the year except the Bathurst 1000 weekend.

620 miles, 161 laps, around 6 hours of racing with brake pads and disc change being mandatory, I've it 5 times and it always blows my mind.

You have heard of Shane van Gisbergen's win at the Chicago Nascar. He has won Bathurst 3 times. Now you know the caliber of the drivers that race Mount Panorama

Best race track on the Planet ... Just Awesome ...

Mt Panorama is a Public Rd It's a Feeder Rd for the Farm owners that surround it. During day to day throughout the year it is subject to normal speed limits and road rules. There is always some Galah that gets busted by the Cops thinking they are a Racecar Superstar. Yes it is an actual Mountain that you are circumnavigating and a country road all in one. Old Man Penske himself blown away having never seen anything like it !

TEN Motorsport, it is Channel 10 an Australian Television Network. Another network 7. Invented Racecam the in car camera system. The track is usually a public road 60kph is the maximum speed for the public. The has been held there since the 60's , its 1000km long or 500 miles. It runs for about 6 hours. General Motors Holden and Ford Australia developed the high performance cars especially for Bathurst.

That is just one lap of the circuit. Over the next six and a half hours, you have to repeat it 161 times; and hope you not only finish it, but that you won it. This is the penultimate race of The Supercar Championship, this is the ONE race that everybody wants to win; there is no other greater accomplishment.

The short distance is the top ten shootout the day before the race which sorts out the starting grid

The 10 at the start refers to Channel 10, and the track returns to being a normal country road after the event, a road with normal speeds instead of up to 300kph or nearly 200 miles per hour.

That era was the Australian Ford Falcon vs Holden Commodore. The Holden was Exported to America as the SS Chevrolet. These Days it is Mustang vs Camaro. The Track is actully a Public Road during the Year.

It’s so much the grate, it’s more like a marker for what’s ahead.

I always enjoy watching Americans react to this video ... They come in super confident like Nascar and Indy are elite ... Then they realise ... oh shxt ... Supercars at Bathurst Mt Panorama is the elite 🇦🇺

The Mount Panorama circuit measures 6.213km long, with Sunday's race scheduled for 161 laps - split between a main driver (who pilots the car solo for most of the year) and a ring-in co-driver, including many previous full-time racers. Fot the rest of the year the road is a Public road.

thanks for checking us out mate

You also have to watch out for wildlife on the track, watch the videos showing kangaroos jumping along the track while their racing.

There is always accidents but very minimal injuries for how much the cars are beaten up. Yes Bathurst is one the toughest tracks in the world, if you want a good analog for how intense the track is there is a video here on KZfaq where Darrell Waltrip is passenger for a lap of the track and his reactions show how different Bathurst is compared to NASCAR street courses

Once upon a time there was no Chase. It was just a straightforward track all the way to the bottom and if you hid it fast enough. And you came over the rise you would flip your car

I am a father of 4 and I changed fathers day to Bathurst.

“99 laps to go…” nah mate, 160 laps to go! 😮

Should've seen it before the concrete barriers went up 😮😮😮😮

5:25 No not because of the grate, because of the enormous downward pressure on the front right wheel and the power steering could shit itself. The Grate is just the name of that part of the track, yes there is a grate there hence the name.

It was Channel 10 Television at the time. Now it's on Channel 7 Television.👌

the length of the race is about 625 miles 1000 k and top speed is 187 mph 300 kph

To answer, anyone who ends up off at the Chase is too busy trying not to shit themselves and trying to pull the car up to be able to take advantage.

It is not a dedicated track, it is a normal public road for use by everyone.

Add it to your bucket list ....its a public road cmon down and try it been running since the 1960s

I think it was Johnny Rutherford who flipped a Torana @ McPhillamy park in the 70's

Regarding leaving the track. If the driver gains a positional advantage by cutting they need to redress by returning to the position they were in before the excursion. Otherwise, as long as the car is good to go, they can carry on.

I've raced this on IRacing. It's a beast but it's tons of fun.

D. I ❤love the races there ,yes he only showed A lap there . Races are 6 hours long 🤯🤯🙏🙏

No the car that goes across the sand trap must redress - slow to allow the other car to be in the same position as when he went off the track.

Oh......and TEN is an Australian tv station, Chanel 10 but sometimes Chanel 0.

I believe Bathurst 2023 in October, there were no crashes. Correct me if I'm wrong.

to appreciate this circuit you need to drive arround in a standard road car wirh your wife or girl friend in the passenger seat at the 60kph speed limit! You WILL use the brakes at that speed! Then wonder how these guys do what they do on race day!

This is one lap of the most intense tracks in the world, Imagine the mental and physical toll that it must take during 161 laps.

They raced motorbikes at Bathurst every Easter until the crowds got too rowdy and out of control It was always a huge four days

You dont realise how steep it is driving up and down Mt Panorama unless youve driven it yourself. Its a public road 44 weeks a year, I recommend you drive it. The angles are ridiculous

7:09 Must skydive that bloke.....Fairdunkum committed, and no Parachute.

161 laps my friend 👍👍👍

The "track" is a normal public country road for 11 months of the year with a 60kmh (35mph) speed limit ..... the race is 161 laps, about 6 hours

Beats going round and round in a circle, just a tad more skill needed compared to the American excuse for a race track. This is a road mate and these are the best drivers in the world.

And remember the track go's up and down a mountain.

Ten Motor sport is Televsion Channel 10 in australia, Motor car , Supercar and yes it is like our indy 500 except its 1000

you'd have to be a lunatic to try to cut through the sand trap at the end of Conrod Straight....it will clog the airflow to the radiator & the bumps in it will feed you straight into the sand trap (& wall) on the other side of the racetrack (as you lose steering/braking) also....the cameras don't give you a true indication of the gradient of the racetrack, many Aussies have walked it (you can after every day's events are finished) & most of the gradients are at least 60 degrees (up/down)

Yes that is correct, you use a 'Pen' to draw with,,,,,,,,,

161 laps, approximately 6hours and 1000kms [ 621 miles. Aabout 30-35 cars usually finish out of 60 starters. R.I.P. Brocky

our great race the Bathurst 1000 is 161 laps long with two drivers in every car. the greatest ever driver at Bathurst is the one and only Peter brock with 9 Bathurst 1000 victories which earnt him the nickname the king of the mountain.

Why is it nobody who does a reaction to this video understands Larko's explanation of the grate. It's not the worry of driving over the grate, it's about the load, or if you like the weight transfer on the front right hand tire. Drivers crash there not because of the grate, but their steering can't handle the turn. The grate is really nothing more than what it's called, a grate.

The Grate is a location on the track not a feature of the track. When someone says a driver is passing by the grate, everyone who knows Bathurst knows where that is on the track.

Many of those clips were from races over 5/8 yr period.

161 laps, 1000km 2 drivers per car, a primary driver who pilots the car for the entire season and a co driver brought in for this race and generally drives as co driver 1 other endurance race earlier in the season. the co driver is required to do at least 54 laps as the primary driver is not allowed to complete more than 107 laps.... and if a driver goes off the road and then rejoins the road in a situation that shortens the lap and then gains a spot in front of a car he was behind because of this he must redress and let that vehicle that he got in front of pass him to regain the positioning of the vehicles before he went off the track

Bathurst 1000 isn't raced on a race track, when the grate race is not on its a normal public road, going up and down a mountain.

Aussie Aussie Aussie... Bathurst is THE GREAT RACE

That's a two way public road on non race days.

1000kms (500 miles).. Over 6 hours and usually won by a car length or less.. 161 LAPS of this terror track! EVERY Aussie kid has this track memorises.. And its in several PC games, awesome but difficult track to even get around.. Im 51 and still never done a decent lap haha.. 9:42 depending on situation, unless you "gained benefit/position" if you get back on cleanly, you wont be penalised (usually)

Ten motorsport is channel 10's and motorsport is just a part of the channel

10Motorsport means Channel 10 TV station and Motorsport is the show itself.

TEN is a tv channel :)

There are two other tracks like Bathurst in the world. Spa Francachamps in Belgium Nordschleife Nuremberg in Germany. Not for the faint hearted. At Bathurst you heart is in your mouth going over the top at 60 kph in a sedan road car.

It was and is a public road.

I've been 305KPH on a Motorbike, and somehow, that felt safer then being in a car, things we do when we are young and dumb.

161 laps!!!

100kph is 60mph,so 300kph is 180mph. 161laps for 1000klms.

Larkos best video . I always watch this video before the race .

All good. SVG will know what to do. (my credo).

I race on this track with "Real Racing 3" on my Apple TV.

Aussie racing is top tier action ,we don't compare our cars to nascar we're more evolved our cars are fully adjustable for road circuit racing and our rules are well defined racing is clean for the most part because the rules and fines are severe for teams if breaches occur scrutiny is a highpoint too the cars must conform to strict standards do love American facing but supercars series is very watchable and perfect format for viewing

168 laps, 1000km, 6 hour race.

1000 km (621 miles) puts a lot of wear on any car, but doing that distance as fast as the car can go on this track, you can image something going to break on at least 1 car, there are always crashes, not always rhe drivers fault, it's as much an endurance test as a speed test, then there are the economy games, can you do the race with 2 pit stops instead of 3? you could gain some time but what about tyre wear and how much fuel do you have? This is a really hard race, when I was little it used to take a lot longer, they would be racing in the dark on this track, you think this is an evil track in daylight, it's harder at night.