2018 VASC Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (October 3-7)

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:57 pm

It's time for the big one. Australia's great race, the greatest touring car race in the world, and quite honestly one of the greatest races across the board in motorsport. Nowhere else in touring car racing you will see 26 teams and their drivers battle for 6+ hours at 110% percent while constantly in door handle to door handle battles across the 1000 kilometer challenge. The amount of history this event has is unreal. While the old school manufacturers aren't building their cars in their traditional state, the battle between the fans in blue & red will continue rage on. 26 teams, 52 drivers, 3 manufacturers will all battle for the Peter Brock Trophy on that first Sunday of October. It's time for the 56th edition of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, the 59th year of the great race across 2 venues & the 61st race overall across multiple rulesets. Supporting the race weekend includes the 250km contest for the Dunlop Super2 Series, ECB SuperUtes, Touring Car Masters, Porsche Carrera Cup Australia & Toyota 86 Racing Series. The event will begin October 3rd with the annual transporter parade through the city of Bathurst, The track goes hot on Thursday with the first practice sessions of the event, with the first support races of the weekend on Friday.

Race Information:
Track Type & Length: 6.213 kilometer natural terrain street circuit
Turns: 23 turns
Race Distance: 161 laps / 1000 kilometers
Track Record (Supercars): Scott McLaughlin, 2017, 2:03.8312

Entry Lists:
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - 26 cars entered
Dunlop Super2 Series - 22 cars entered
ECB SuperUtes Series
Paynter Dixon Touring Car Masters - 30 cars entered
Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia
Toyota 86 Racing Series - 38 cars entered

On-Track Schedule (all times local to the circuit / Australian-Eastern):

Spoiler:

Broadcast Information:

Spoiler:

Other Essentials:
Timing & Scoring
Official Event Website
Event History
Weather Forecast (Weather.com)
BathurstScan.com
PIRTEK Enduro Cup points standings
VASC Rulebook

Onboard Lap:

Track Map:

Larko's Track Description (intro from the 2017 race):

2017 Race Highlights:

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 9:16 pm

Tickford running some throwback Cobra colors on Frosty's car

Kelly running a Perkins / Castrol throwback livery

Repco colors on Percat's car

Schumifan · PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 7:51 am

Will the Motor Trend stream be geoblocked in the UK? I remember using it a couple of years ago but maybe it's changed

Speedworx · PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:33 pm

Nice schemes.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:38 am

Ahhh, the one week a year when the Motorsport.hopto stream becomes unwatchable because people suddenly crowd onto it

RIP MOTORS TV, the ability for european people to stream a less laggy stream will be sorely missed this year, I feel.

Ian-S · PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:29 am

Freesport has just launched an HD channel on Virgin (so I assume there's a freesporthd on sky too) - maybe if the members of the NASCAR group on Facebook give them enough grief, they may show it live, they don't seem to have problems with showing obscure sports live in the middle of the night.

I know Motorsport.tv have the exclusive rights, but I'm sure not having an active transmission channel may invalidate that exclusiveness.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:44 pm

The bird of the prey returns for it's final flight of the mountain on Richie Stanaway's Falcon

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Ian-S wrote:

Freesport has just launched an HD channel on Virgin (so I assume there's a freesporthd on sky too) - maybe if the members of the NASCAR group on Facebook give them enough grief, they may show it live, they don't seem to have problems with showing obscure sports live in the middle of the night.

I know Motorsport.tv have the exclusive rights, but I'm sure not having an active transmission channel may invalidate that exclusiveness.

Going off of the year that us in the States had no VASC coverage thanks to FOX killing Speed. I'm going to assume it will stay under Motors. Hopefully they will work with Freesports or stream it for yall on their service like what FOX does for the Canadians without FSR for the Mosport Truck race.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:16 am

Walkinshaw running metallic silver for the 1000 this year

Erebus running red & gold colors on the Penrite Holden's this year

Castrol to sponsor Heimgardner & Russell

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:09 am

Transporter parade ongoing right now in Bathurst

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2014 race presently airing on the "Bathurst channel"

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:57 am

Updated entry list links: 30 cars in Touring Car Masters & 38 cars in Toyota 86's

the ost · PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:22 pm

First practice session of the weekend on right now (Toyota 86's). Track is pretty damn wet.

Gaara · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:15 am

Red flag in Super2

Nothing shown, roo alert perhaps?

simonracer · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:12 am

The seven day forecast suggests that there might be some rain tommorow too but Saturday and Sunday should be clear.

the ost · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:19 am

Another red flag for wildlife.

Gaara · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:19 am

Red flag in first practice for wildlife

racer612008 · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:52 am

Porsche's on track now. It's their first wet track session with the 991 in Australia

the ost · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:30 am

Nice to hear Mike Raymond on commentary.

the ost · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:14 am

One of the Toyota 86's is in the fence at the Chase.

the ost · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:49 am

One of the utes ended up in the fence above the Dipper.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:54 am

Video of the Ute crash is on Supercars website & on their social media pages.

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CAMS using the #78 Nissan Motorsport machine of Simona de Silvestro as a test car at Bathurst for the new XTRAC transmission for 2019. It was previously tested at Sandown in a Super2 car. XTRAC is the same manufacturer that supplies transmissions for the IndyCar Series
https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/10/04/ni ... -bathurst/

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2018 VASC Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (October 3-7)

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