NASCAR Fan Reacts to Why Watch The Bathurst 1000? (Australia)
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- This American Nascar fan is about to learn about a killer endurance race on a wicked narrow and challenging Mount Panorama BATHURST race course... 1000 km of Intense racing action! #bathurst1000 #nascar #americanreacts
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I died a little inside every time he said
“BATT - HURST”
I know. It’s so weird!
And there were 3 or 4 examples within that video of how it is pronounced 🤦🏻♂️😂
Almost as much as when people say Legos!
@@awballard Yes so true. I’ve been in the toy industry since 1991 and designed 1600+ new toys and working with the major companies, I know first hand “Lego” hates its name being pluralised! It’s like putting an S on the end of sheep! It’d one of those singular and plural names/words!
Yeah heard Jay Leno say Bathurst . So it’s not an American thing.
Jeremy Clarkson had the best description of Bathurst when he said ‘it’s where a bunch of drunk Holden and Ford fans camp on the mountain and spend the weekend fighting about who is superior, and sometimes in the middle a car race might break out’.
About sums it up
I remember watching that episode when he said that and pissed myself laughing!
I was one of those people in 1998... best car race ever. . Camped on shell corner... last race for dick Johnson
I think you’ll find it was actually Richard Hammond
Sadly it is holden fans no more... very sad.
I cringe everytime he said "BAT HURST".
I guess it's because having a bat is probably more familiar to him than having a bath.
@@stewartmarler1416 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's better than BAAH-THIRST I sometimes hear Yankees say.
Don't get me started on MEL-BAWWWRN
That's street cred right dare lol
My Home town. I grew up about 3 Km from the track.
Ba - Thurst ;)
😂😂😂😂
Ikr its doing my head in mate
Na mate, it's baffest!
My head just wanted to scream at him
Ba-thurst
BAthurst
I'm surprised he didn't mention that while being Australia's greatest race it's actually a public road and people live along it. To the extent that there is scheduled times through the race week when the track is closed to racing so residents can enter or leave their properties.
I grew up in Bathurst and had friends that lived in those houses. Most of them would leave and rent out their houses to out of towners because they didn't want to get stuck there for the whole weekend.
@@lisainthestudio These days they wouldn't bother ... or be able for that matter. What's another weekend in lockdown if you've endured a couple of weeks (or months) in lockdown already?
I went to Bathurst about 10 years ago with my family and we drove around the track (I didn't unfortunately as I was too young to drive at the time). My favourite part was that it was bin day and also pouring with rain, so was imagining the poor rubbish truck having to climb up that mountain emptying all the bins left on the curbside 😂
I’m an Aussie and I never heard of bat hurts!
Sounds like a chinese thing mate
@@dosdahrk4504 The ordinary Chinese did not create the virus from bats. It is the Chinese Communist Party completed their task under the leadership of XI, Jinping.
@UCFibBDdG0P7RwvLeAQlKehg why you gotta make this about the coronavirus.... dork
Bogan
@@craiglilyspeer8971 I don’t own any Ford or Holden jackets so I prefer yobbo!
Mark Larkham's This is Mt Panorama: This is Bathurst is a video to watch. Gives me chills every time. Best description of Bathurst....EVER!
It is the hardest race track to put into brain..
Many overseas drivers have tried to learn it, and failed..
Many Australians have done Bathurst..
And gone overseas and won.. if you can do 161 laps off Bathurst you can race a race car..
You should watch the old video of peter brock going though the track in the 90s. He was the king of the mountain.
Russell crow done the best promo video for bathurst i reckon that ones a chilling one
"Happy Bathurst Day" is actually a thing down here in Australia.
I haven't missed a race in 20 years, but I usually have to watch the last 60 laps on replay as by the 5th hour I'm very drunk hahaha
Yeah I was there in 2019 and by the end of Sunday I don't think anyone's walking straight or some aren't even walking like me lol
I'm Aussie, Mt Panorama is a public scenic road they close off for Bathurst. Kid you not, drove that at the speed limit then got a lot of respect for those race drivers especially hitting top of the mountain then going into conrod straight, they call it conrod straight due to engine conrods blowing out. Kid you not, heading down conrod there's this guy in his mobility scooter with the Aussie flag flying a smile on his face that surgery wouldn't remove, absolute legend that bloke.
The cars are ground up builds. Nothing stock about them, but the bodywork has rules to make it look as much like the production car as possible while still maintaining an aero package.
There’s a no bat in Bathurst 🤦♂️
It’s just as cringeworthy listening to Jeremy Clarkson saying Bath (as in bath tub) urst.🇦🇺
apparently he's 'heard about bathurst' but not from anybody who knows how to pronounce it?
@@user-uy6uc5ey5q probably just read the name somewhere, in a game or something
@@James-im2ip I mean its not said like 3 million times in the documentary he's watching.
Came here for this comment
You've gotta checkout Darell Waltrip doing a hotlap of Bathurst,it's hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
Poor guy pissed himself!
Hahaha, he lost his lunch & he didn’t even have any!
@@thompsonfamilyhuntingadven4036 strange things happen on a geological oddity
Its a GEOLOGICAL ODDITY. baaahaa
Shit his pants the entire lap 🤣🤣
Car specs are pretty simple, 5L (305CI) V8, 10:1 compression 7500RPM rev limit, 6spd Sequential Gearbox (mechanical shift), no traction control, no ABS, and the drivers seat must accommodate a large set (of balls). Bathurst 1000 each car has 2 drivers (min/Max 107/54 laps per driver).
Some spectacular crashes but overall it is a pretty safe race, there have only been 4 fatalities since 1963, 2 during the race (one of which was the driver suffering a heart attack while driving), 1 in qualifying and 1 in a support race during the race weekend, I think this is a pretty good record for a race like this, and considering the (lack) of 'modern' safety devices/rules in the early years of the race.
This was so interesting to watch! As a Bathurst local I loved hearing your take on the great race.
BRO Gregg Murphy's lap of the god's Bathurst WICKED
Still right up there in favourite moments for me.
@@m.l.b.2908 YEAH and Gregg Murphy's a really good man in 2004 at the V8 supercars pukekohe race track i was there with my then 18 year old brother in-law who has schizophrenia and is very very shy but thinks that the sun shines out of Gregg's you know what we saw Gregg come out of his big camper trailer in full race gear heading back to his car for a restart after a big crash kepa saw him and started walking backwards away from Gregg i shouted out Gregg can i get a photo of you with my brother he stopped and said yes but you have to be quick then I of his pit crew took my camera and says get in there bro Kepa has that photo Framed on his bedroom wall still that one action gained my respect for ever
@@heathcornbeef Nice! Your BIL must've been stoked. 😀
@@m.l.b.2908 probably ONE OF THE BEST THINGS HE'S EXPERIENCED AND MEETING HIS HERO WHO TREETED HIM SO NICE ARM AROUND KEPAs shoulder big smile and off he went AND cleaned up for us red blooded Holden fan's
Stopped watching nascar when it started trending more towards entertainment over racing to appease TV networks. I started watching aussie supercars to fill the void. Love the fact the supercars channel is now posting a lot of historic races too.. anyone looking for good old racing without all the constructed intrigue should check aussie supercars out...
I stopped watching Nascar when the officials couldn't follow the same rules every race. Why is a driver allowed to do something in one race, but a different driver be penalised for doing the exact same thing in another race. And some of the cheating that went on is so ridiculous they have their own youtube videos.
Yes love the old Bathurst races
I wish we brought back traditional bathurst racing, automotive companies taking a car off the production line at random, giving it a few racing mods and having it compete against other mildly modified road cars to prove which is the best.
That was real racing.
Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday...
Thing to note, it's a public road (outside of races), you can get in your corolla and take a spin...
Neat!
At the speed limit yea
@@nukkurbusiness8806 You can still end up in the kitty litter... :-)
Yeah i have been booked about 6 times driving around there..bathurst is about 40 mins from my home town
Cops are onto that...
I remember the guy pushing his car over the line in 1997. Some pretty iconic moments at Mount Panorama
Good reaction... engaging. I've played this track in a game called GTR2 with a decent Force Feedback wheel and it was amaaaazing.
Good to see a yank enjoy some real racing no banked oval track and slip stream, it's Bathurst, The Great Race, the quick and the dead, but I still remember that dark chapter when a Volvo lead for a while.
Darrell Waltrip’s hot laps of Bathurst .. is a pisser , shows you on board.
Thank you for reviewing our beloved Bathurst track. I’m lucky enough to have Bathurst as my birth place!!
Did you stay in Bathurst? I moved there when I was 5 and went to West Bathurst primary and Bathurst High.
I remember my dad driving us around the track in our family car. Its actually a public road the rest of the year. Thw twisty bit across the mountain is very, very tight. Really unbelievable how much speed they carry through here.
The one thing he forgot to mention is that you have a co-driver as well
Watch Darrell Waltrips hot lap, Scott McLaughlins 2017 pole lap, or Peter Brocks 1991 qualifying attempt. IMO some of the best driving around Bathurst
Greg Murphy?
Happy Birthday. From Australia to iwRocker
Hey so this is the most random thing I have watched on utube in a while :) it was fun. Brought back a lot of memories - that shot of the crazy ass party with shit on fire.... I been in the middle of that shit when I was a kid, my Mum and Aunties used to work the food vans on top of Mount Panorama, got dragged out of bed in the middle of the night by the parentals, fleeing for our lives as drunk yobo's set shit on fire (including cars) and dragged each other around by their legs off the back of motorbikes ....... gold memories!!
Both of my kids are born in October and I sat in my bed watching the race during my time in hospital!
Most of the track is normal roads during the year so you can 'drive' bits of it.
There are some amazing accidents and its a wonder more drivers are not hurt. People camp for the weekend, staking out the best places to watch.
It's traditionally a weekend where everyone has a bbq going, lots of food and friends around and you spend most of it watching the race, yelling at the tv and generally having a good time.
You are almost right, the only part you can’t drive is pit lane.
People camp for a whole week most start arriving the Saturday week before the race love camping there myself
18 October was last years race. 10 October this year.
Postponed to November now.
Bathurst is one of the great tracks worldwide. It's up there with the Nurburgring Nordschleife, Daytona, Le Mans, Spa Francorchamps, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Talladega, Road Atlanta, Road America, Suzuka, VIR, Monza, Laguna Seca and Riverside.
And remember: Australia is on the other side of the International Dateline, so October 18 for them is October 17 for you, Americano.
In the 80's Tom Walkinshaw built a couple of Jaguar XJ12 coupes for racing at Bathurst and there's a video here on CZcams of the on board with Tom driving and shifting a H-pattern transmission.
I went to the top of the mountain to watch qualifying. I remember a display by the "Roulette's" (Australian Air Force Acrobatics Team), and they were level with us! Gives an idea of how much you climb and drop each lap!
As an aviation enthusiast who is familiar with the Roulettes.....that would have been awesome to see.
This track is actually a road that after the race is used by locals, you will see people's houses as the cars fly past
With a speed limit of about 60 kmph ..lol and the cops do patrol there...every year I was there as a younger guy I lived about 40 mins away from Bathurst so was easy to get there.
they're worth a bit on money though. A place Conrod straight sold for 1.6 mill last year
Put up some of the races from the eighties and more on Brock and Johnson Great vid man.
Love your stuff mate, you really get the Aussie way of life. Get over here and experience it in person! I live in Queensland in the Whitsundays, you are welcome to stay with me and my family and we will get tickets to Bathurst, trip to the barrier reef and great fishing!
I love Bathurst, it made me a fortune, representing a bunch of blokes charged with offences there.
Good for everyone, I'm sure your clients were just a few rowdy blokes having a bit of high jinx 🙊🙉🙈
You're a good egg.
Anthony Burke I'll be calling you from Bathurst cop shop 1 of these years
The only stock part on the new Ford Mustangs in V8 supercars is the rear tail lights
That's only because they had to change the dimensions to meet the requirements as per the rules
The historical footage as Bathurst is the best. Once upon a time, the rules required the race cars are based on actual production cars; take a car off the showroom floor, strip out what you don't need for racing, and modify what you need to race. In the 90s, they became custom built cars; the shell wasn't a production body, but a shell to which panels resembling a production car like US stock cars. However, they've had modern fuel injection and more advanced V8s since the late 80s. Look up "VL Group A Commodore," "XD Falcon "True Blue" and "VH E-349 Charger"
17yrs old and I’ve been there a few times, been watching it since very very young. Last few years been watching the whole series a lot more and couldn’t recommend it enough
These cars have nothing from a standard road car, sorry the tail lights might still be used.
They are a space frame car with the carbon fibre panels connected to them
Yeah, they made safe for competitive driving racing, just like WRCs are. and?
2 drivers per car. One can do 1/3 other 2/3. Chuck in some kangaroos and rain. And boom. Bathurst.
Don't forget stray plastic bags
One of the cars broke down in the 90s near the finish line, the driver got out and pushed the car over the finish line. There is a pub in the centre of the track, where locals would sit and watch the race on TV rather than going outside to see it live. The race weekend started on Wednesday for most locals, they had a parade on Thursday with a night concert and fireworks in the centre of town. It was the only weekend of the year that Bathurst went from a quiet country town to a booming metropolis, many locals would leave town for the weekend and rent out their houses to out of towners. People actually live at the bottom of the mountain, some of their driveways are accessed directly from the track. The other side of the mountain has a wildlife sanctuary, you walk down a long dirt track to see all the animals, more kangaroos than I've ever seen in my life.
Been to this most awesome race event 3 times in my life , each time was just awesome and then some . For those who love race cars , V8 supercar events this should be on your bucket list .
Weird - I’ve done laps of Chicagoland Speedway at 160mph; I’ve gone around the Gold Coast street circuit in regular traffic; I’ve run around the Albert Park Lake F1 circuit; but I’ve yet to get to Mt Panorama.
You will, all roads lead to Bathurst and Nats.
Get your priorities right mate! Maybe you need a run 🏃🏻♂️around Mount Panorama to bring you back to reality!
Definitely do it.
Either as a public road and do the speed limit, as there's always cops on Conrod, or if you've got a fun car sign up for Challenge Bathurst and do it at full noise.
Sadly whilst they look like the road car , all the car are the same engine / gearbox / diff / chassis . Before 1994 it was a lot more road car , more so in the 70’s / 80’s
I watched the early October races and loved the almost standard cars. My preference was always the motorcycle races.
Pretty sure the engines are different per manufacturer. Having been at the races they all sounded different, especially back when Mercedes were still participating.
@@jamesross4593 you are correct , I should have said control chassis. The engines are by the manufacturer but they are all power and displacement regulated . The box and diff are the same .
Yeah they killed it
Bro my birthday is 18th October as well, I'll be watching it over here in New Zealand 🤙 I'm not even a huge motorsport fan, but Bathurst and aussie supercars are awesome, and the best drivers are new zealanders - scott McLaughlin and Shane van gisbergen
Hey bro, cool vid, but if you weren't sure, here's some info, during bathurst 1000, each car has 2 drivers, who rotate during the race...keep up the good work man, i love hearing your view on our supercars and V8's .
Watch the Daryl Waltripp lap of Bathurst.
And yes these are still “loosely” based on stock/production cars. That being the Holden Commodore & formerly the FORD Falcon, now the FORD Mustang. And from 2022 the Chev Camaro (as Holden has ceased to exist) & FORD Mustang.
For many years the moto of the sport was “Race on Sunday, buy it on Monday”.
And as you like “trucks” ya should check out the Aussie Ute’s. They’re like the El’Camino but better.
Check out my preference the Holden V8 1 tonner (from any decade) and my daily driver the Holden Crewman Cross8. Give us ya opinion, lol.
Nah, nah, nah. Watch 'Bathurst 1987 - Glenn Seton's Nissan Skyline Crossed Upp in the Wet.'
Since 2021 Supercars have not been based on production cars at all, not even loosely. Rather, they use a spaceframe chassis which is identical to all cars, and a composite body. Even as early as 2004 the cars were all on a control floorpan/suspension.
"Win on sunday, sell on monday"
@@MrKdr500 not any more.
A few years ago it was holden, ford, Volvo, nissan and Mercedes, now its just holden and ford but im not to sure to what cars there are gonna use now as holden is no longer producing cars
Minis
Ba-thirst. Grew up watching Bathurst in the 70's/80's, Dick Johnson, Alan Moffat and Peter Brock. Good to go through those, cars were closer to road versions.
Bath urst. Good videos bloke!
Whilst I still watch Bathurst every year, the magic has gone - Long live 1970s - 1980s, Bond, Brock Johnson & Moffat etc.
Certainly the era to watch can't stand watchin it now its to generic they all look the same
That’s right l don’t watch it anymore.
I’ve done laps in cars and on motorcycles - the essess & the dipper are truly frightening. The road drops away so fast you lose sight of it.
The dipper would scare the absolute shit out of me. I've seen so many cars go through there with one wheel in the air.
@@dramoth64 It's not as bad now than it used to be in the 70s/early 80s as every car used to hoick a wheel up at that section.
I did the mountain in my commodore at legal non-race speeds. That is 60 ok.
The esses and the dipper still caused a serious pucker moment.
I have no clue how these guys do that spot at 200+.
@@kevkoala back in the day it was nearly a straight drop
@@dramoth64 In a road car you would go through the dipper at under 10 mph in low gear and have your foot on the brake pedal. That they go through five times faster or more is amazing.
I know they all used to be either Holden Commodores or Ford Falcons (I don't watch anymore so I don't know if any new cars have been allowed in changed). I've never been to Ba-Thurst before but I remember I once went to the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide for my birthday and it just blew my mind. Standing at the track side screaming at the top of my lungs for the Holden racing team. Was the best fun I'd had in years.
I've been watching sedans go around in october since the early 70's. Great race for a reason.
Yep same here haven't missed a race since 1974
Most v8 supercars are Holden Commodores and Fords Falcons, both Aussie made cars
yeah nah mate. Since around 2000 the Commodores and Falcon are spaceframe chassis race cars that share few parts with the production cars. the 5ltr V8s are no longer production being based off the Chev 308 crate motor and the Ford 302 but built from the ground up as a race engine. V8 Supercars are practically Australian NASCAR as they’re as close to a production cars as an F1
They don't make cars in Australia anymore.
@@pokinacha Didn't it get so bad that they regulated to have SOME Aussie componentry on both makes.
@@flamingfrancis the light clusters I think. Most of the car was made in Australia but with nothing to do with the car it was modelled off. Hollinger gearboxes, engines built in Australia and the chassis made here too but that’s not the point. I’d say tho that the public have a part to play, race on Sunday, buy on Monday is a pipe dream these days when the highest selling car is a Ute followed by another Ute.
You have to react to Peter Brock, one of the best racers in AUS history.
The King of The Mountain! May he Rest In Peace.
Americans might confuse him with THEIR Peter Brock, ex-racer.
G'day mate you should check out Darryl Waltrip Bathurst lap for a great perspective of a flying lap. His reactions are gold.
Bathurst Fun Fact:Two years later, Stuckey tyre service became involved with Dunlop race tyres in Australia, first as distributor for Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, and later for the whole of Australia. In that first year of 1972, Australia saw slick tyres for the first time. Their use quickly spread to all categories. Australia's most important race, Bathurst, was won on slicks for the first time in 1972, by Peter Brock in a Torana. These were Dunlop slicks. Co-incidentally hand grooving was also introduced in that race as wet weather was experienced. It was Harry Firth, then manager of the Holden Dealer Team, who pioneered this development in conjunction with Dunlop Racing Service in Australia.
I'm going to chuck another vote on for the Darrel Waltrip lap, one of the funniest things you will ever see.
Anyone who finds that video anything but annoying isnt a racer.
There is only 1 king of the mountain. Peter Brock. Always was always will be.
The origins of Bathurst (and it's BATH-urst) was a "race on Sunday, sell on Monday" event, where race-cars basically came off the production with very few concessions to safety. This also led to companies designing and building limited run homologation vehicles specifically for winning at Bathurst. Many of these special vehicles became instant, and very desirable, classics (like the Ford GTHO). There are a few historical clips of early Bathurst races here on CZcams especially indicative of it's more commercial roots. No armco, no roll cages, standard seatbelts and pit stops that included a cigarette and carton of milk for the driver.
Another great video called "Welcome to wherever you are", shows a group of guys building themselves a "Mad Max/Road Warrior" replica and road-tripping it to The Great Race which climaxes with some great footage of the Saturday night party on the hill at Bathurst before the race on Sunday.
yeah traditionally since the 80s the most common cars in the race are GM holden Commodores ( G6 and G8 Pontiacs are rebadged Commodores ) and Ford Falcons ( which seems to being pushed out by the US Mustang in recent years ). Both these have high end power house models with 6 and 7 litre V8s available.
Watch There’s nothing like it this is Mount Panorama this is Bathurst
The 70's and 80's were the best, it's all bullshit now.
Spaceframes with panels that kind of resemble streetcars?
@@psychedashell Yes, that's all they are now.
One of the things that made Bathurst special for us older guys was the rivalry. Just like in the US is was Ford V Holden for nearly 50 years with both sides fielding factory teams most of the time. It’s also an all day race so reliability is a big factor and the track itself is mean. It’s OUR race just like NASCAR is the American’s race. I think NASCAR is so cool but a lot of people outside the US don’t understand it because it’s held on an oval track which looks easy but what isn’t easy to convey on tv is the speed. These guys are sitting just inches from each other looking for a way to outsmart the other drivers all while “cruising along” at over 320km/h. Amazing. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
It is also a normal road the rest of the year. Was fun to drive it.
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You should dig up some the older footage, when the Great Race was truly great, not the silhouette crap you were watching.
By "older footage" would you be possibly referring to the days before touring car racing went pro Holden?
have driven around this track more times than I can remember , watching on television does not do it justice , it's so steep in places , the esses and the dipper are insane .
Yep, you are right mate.... hence the old Holden vs Ford rivalry in Australia lol...... this race is epic. It's usually two drivers taking shifts.... this race is truly epic :D my parents started taking me back in the early 70's..... bikers used to babysit me when I was wandering around lol..... different times friend, different times lol
Those dates were for 2020. 2021 dates are 7th-10th October.
They also have a 12 hour race in February for GT cars which attracts some of the best drivers and GT race teams from all over the world and they're about 2 seconds a lap faster. I've been going to the 12 hour for over 10 years and love it.
As a bathurst 1000 fan from Australia, it’s pretty cool to see this in my recommended, u gotta get that bathurst pronunciation down pat tho 😂
Aussie here love the race it is the biggest day of the year for me and haven't missed a race since 1974
My favorite race of the year is the Bathurst 12 hour and my favorite Iracing course.
Hey great video! See what you think about the Adelaide 500. This is another V8 Supercars race that is a street circuit (and old F1 track). It's brutal because the track is surrounded by concrete walls! Unfortunately the track is no longer used as of the last 2 years, but has provided some insane action over time.
I took a mates old v8 kingswood around the day after the race. Holy crap! Every corner is flippin blind, like driving through a tunnel. The supercars were blazing over the top, we were doing 80ks and howling all four tyres. I went back a few years later to do pit duty for the motorcycle guys and they had to be careful down conrod straight so as to not flip over at 280+ cresting the humps.
October is a very busy month for Australian sporting. NRL finals, AFL finals, and Bathurst race
I love in Bathurst, the track is crazy my man
The only time my T.V. stays on from morn - arvo (used to be eve). 161 laps of Aussie pride to the world.
I grew up in Bath Urst in the late 60's70s'and 80's and went to university there. I lived on the mountain for a year just past the esses. S's, I have seen a vechilcle end up in a tree. Mount Panorama, used to hae motor bike races over Easter (from memory ) and also mini miners (the british vehicle ) used to race on it too. I grew up with it being 500miles then 1000kms. It goes all day and a limited volume of petrol/disel is allowed, along with tyre changes and pitt stops in the course of the day. Each team has two drivers. The track has changed especially down on the bottom area there used to be a corner that if you missed it you ended up heading backinto town. (I believe it is Murrays corner today).
Yes the accidents are part of the enjoyment. Camping at the top of the mountain is really popular and that is the video of the fires you saw in this video. Popular as Mcphilamy park is the top of the hill where a lot of these accidents have acurred . It used to be an area popular with hoons, and lots of alcohol and drugs. We were never allowed up there.
You can drive around the track as it is a normal road.
Growing up in Bathurst the race is huge part of town life If you can look at some of the vintage videos. Especially say the minis. It was in the past a war basically between Holden and Ford.
Today less so I believe.
IThe university Charles Sturt is at the base of the mountain, and I have watched the race trackside several times, though TV is of course better as you obviously see more. Not sure if this still holds true, but people live on the mountain inside the track and outside (where we did) and if you lived inside the mountain track area. You had to decide if you were staying home or not as you have no ability to get back in once you leave. Many residents now rent their homes for incredible money for the weekend.
I'm not even really a car/racing fan, but Bathurst is one of my favourite events of the year. It's the middle of Spring and my best mate puts on a big barbecue and we all go down to his place by the beach and eat lots of food and get drunk with the race on in the background. It's just the best time.
I drove my supercharged VE GTS around the track was awesome just need to get my VF GTSR there now
Checkout some old school races when Peter Brock and Dick Johnson were the men to beat. Them was the days. Brocky's an aussie bloody legend mate lol. And fun fact, the track is actually a normal road that anyone can drive on when it's not being used as a track (but only at the speed limit of course lol). So the track conditions are more like a normal road than a super well maintained race track. Making the track even trickier to negotiate.
Ian check out the olden days when the 32gtrs were allowed to play with all sorts of makes at Bath Hurst. Skaife drove an R32 Gtr and Brock a VL Grp A. Good old days when it was fun to watch!
I live in Bathurst, nice to see the interest. Btw we say Bathst, don’t pronounce the hurst. Will give you cred if you ever get here. Driving it yourself, it’s normally a public road, is an experience. A mate races in one of the support categories and says approaching skyline, a descending, blind right hander at 160kms, is pucker factor 10. The best marshals on the on the circuit are positioned there, they even flinch you brake hard. Glad your enjoyed it
Driven a v8 supercar at Eastern Creek raceway. Its a great fun car to drive. Driven the Mount Panorama track in a stardard ford falcon. The esses are scary at 60kph sticking to the speed limit. The track has fixed speed cameras and a police presence nearly all the time. In the early days the smaller cars won because they could do the curves faster while the big cars were faster on the straights but ran out of brakes for the curves.
The current cars are Holden, Ford and Nissan but the championship organizers are working deals to have Chevrolet, Toyota and some others enter.
They typically run V8 engines but have opened this to V6TT and Higher.
Formerly the rules were also 4 door production sedans but like the engines this was expanded to "any car that fits the 'car of the future' model" which is a chassis frame for the cars.
These rule changes were brought about when Holden was dissolved in 2018/2019.
I will always suggest watching Greg Murphy's 'Lap of the Gods'. It's not the fastest lap ever, but it's one of the most spectacular laps that has ever been done on that circuit, and even though it's going to be 18 years old this year, it's still a revered moment.
I remember in 1979 doing "one" lap of Bathurst in a 1968 V8 Holden Kingswood. Overheated the engine on the way up and cooked the brakes on the way down. And remember that was just one lap!
The sand trap is also called the kitty litter by fans...lol because it collects all the crap coming of the cars and to slow them down ...love watching your channel
V8s should’ve been racing round Mt Panorama this week, but postponed to December due to COVID. I had an interesting drive round the paddocks & pits getting a COVID test there this weekend
I have only chanced upon your channel in the past couple of weeks. Have you seen Darryl Waltrip being taken for a hotlap around Bathurst? His commentary is hilarious. Another American reacts, but to actually being driven around the track at race speeds
RE: Racing games, after you get used to the down hill bits e.g. the esses and the dipper, Laguna Seca is like a Sunday drive with you Grandmother :P
I live about an hour away from Mount Panorama... When it's not used as a racetrack, it's a public road. You can drive around it....at a restricted speed of course.
Greg murphy, Marcos ambrose will always be my number one.you might of heard peter brock skyline for the top of the mountain, well he was a bit before my time. He died in a different car race just a few weeks before bathurst. The person that won that year was a mate and someone that looked up to brocky as we call him and that guy was in tears making that speech after he won.
Ian You want to Watch "When Murphy Clocked His Lap Of The Gods"
It's possibly the greatest lap of the mountain ever.
Behind the boxing day test, Bathurst is my favourite day of the year.
Bathurst my favorite city, Mt Panorama my favorite mountain as a Queenslander this my favorite part of NSW also love the camping atmosphere with my volunteer friends
Note,, BaffThirst..... cheers. It's a crazy race, steeper in real life. Like your vid.
My brother works for Pirelli Motorsport. And Dunlop Tyres. Fitting the cars in this vid along with GT cars.
Dad Flag marshaled Adelaide Grand Prix 10 years.