Bathurst Motor Festival

The Bathurst Motor Festival was an annual motor racing event held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia during the Easter long weekend.[1] The event was first held in 2011 as a replacement for the Festival of Sporting Cars and as a way to give a higher number of drivers the opportunity to drive on the circuit.[2] The event played host to a variety of racing categories, including production cars, sports cars, open-wheel racing cars and historic cars, which took part in sprint races, endurance races and regularity sessions.[3] Around 300 vehicles were entered for the event each year, with crowds of up to and over 10,000 people attending the event.[1][3][4] Car clubs also attended the event, displaying their cars within the confines of the circuit and performing parade laps.[5]

In 2016, the Bathurst 6 Hour production car race was introduced as the showpiece race of the event.[6] The Festival was not held after 2016 although the Bathurst 6 Hour continues to be staged.

History

The start of a one-hour Production Sports race at the 2015 Bathurst Motor Festival.

During the 2014 event, Formula 3 driver Simon Hodge set a new lap record for the circuit of 2:02.6701.[7] Hodge's time remained as the lap record until the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, where Shane van Gisbergen set a time of 2:01.567 in a McLaren 650S GT3.[8]

During the 2016 event, Nathan Morcom and 2014 Bathurst 1000 winner Chaz Mostert won the inaugural Bathurst 6 Hour, which also saw the event's biggest weekend crowd to date.[4]

Racing categories

The following categories have raced at the Bathurst Motor Festival.[3][9][10][11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bathurst Motor Festival". Bathurst Regional Council. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Bathurst Revs up for Easter Event". Bathurst Motor Festival. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Successful Motor Festival Ends With Big Sunday". Bathurst Motor Festival. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Mostert/Morcom win Bathurst 6 Hour". Speedcafe. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Car Clubs". Bathurst Motor Festival. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Green light for Bathurst Easter 6 Hour race". Speedcafe. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Anthony wins again as Bathurst record smashed". Speedcafe. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  8. ^ Dale, Will (7 February 2016). "Shane van Gisbergen leads McLaren to victory in 2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour". Fox Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Big day at the races as Motor Festival concludes". Bathurst Motor Festival. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Record Breaking Sunday at Bathurst Motor Festival". Bathurst Motor Festival. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Spectacular Bathurst Motor Festival Ends in Style". Bathurst Motor Festival. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Motor Festival Concludes in the Bathurst Sun". Bathurst Motor Festival. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  13. ^ "2016 Results". Bathurst Motor Festival. 27 March 2016. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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