Bathurst

The Bathurst 1000 is the big one on the Australian motor racing calendar each year. It’s bigger than Formula 1 – it is the motorsport equivalent of the Melbourne Cup and AFL and NRL grand finals all rolled into one.

Bathurst – the Great Race magazine is the definitive guide to the Bathurst 1000 enduro – as it has been for the past quarter of a century. This year’s edition considers the major players in Supercars racing – and shines the spotlight on last year’s Bathurst 1000 race winner, Brodie Kostecki, who goes to the Mountain in 2025 with his new team, Dick Johnson Racing.

We unpack the season so far, consider the pros and cons of the radical new NASCAR-inspired Sprint Cup/Enduro Cup/Finals Series championship format, and look ahead to the challenges facing Supercars as it prepares to welcome a third car manufacturer, Toyota, to next year’s grid.

That’s the future, but a big part of what makes Bathurst so great is its long and glorious past. This year Bathurst – the Great Race celebrates the 50th anniversary of Peter Brock’s remarkable privateer victory in a Torana L34 in 1975, plus John Goss’ fairytale comeback victory 10 years later in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar XJS, and Larry Perkins’ famous ‘last to first’ Castrol Racing Holden Commodore victory in 1995.