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Bathurst 1000 Week Begins Thursday With Showers Possible, Main Race Sunday at 10:45am AEDT

Showers remain a race-day risk that could shape strategy.

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Bathurst 1000 winner Brodie Kostecki (left) with Dick Johnson Racing co-driver Todd Hazelwood and the Peter Brock Trophy. Image: InSyde Media
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Overview

  • On-track action starts Thursday, October 9, with Supercars practice at 12:20pm, qualifying Friday at 3:10pm, and the Top 10 Shootout Saturday at 4:05pm AEDT.
  • The 161-lap Mount Panorama classic is scheduled to start at 10:45am AEDT on Sunday, with full weekend coverage on Foxtel and Kayo and free-to-air from Friday on Channel Seven.
  • The Bureau of Meteorology earlier flagged a 60% chance of up to 3mm of rain on race day, with Thursday most likely to see showers.
  • Broc Feeney arrives as Supercars championship leader and, with co-driver Jamie Whincup, is the early favourite in betting markets, with last year’s winners Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood prominent.
  • The race covers 161 laps of the 6.213km circuit for roughly 1,000.293km, with 26 entries and 52 drivers set to compete following 2024’s record sub-six-hour run.