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The Bathurst 1000 is colloquially known as The Great Race among motorsport fans and media. [1] The race originated with the 1960 Armstrong 500 with a 500 mile race distance at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit ; it was relocated to Bathurst in 1963 also with the 500 mile distance and has continued there every year since, extending to a ...
The following is a list of all the cars that have raced in the combined history of the Bathurst 1000 motor race, from the 1960 Armstrong 500 up until today and including both races that were held in 1997 and 1998.
The Mount Panorama Circuit is best known as host of the Bathurst 1000 endurance race for touring cars, an event which was first run in Bathurst as the Armstrong 500 in 1963. In addition to the endurance race, generally held in October, the circuit had traditions of hosting a major event over the Easter weekend, dating back to the circuit's ...
The 1960 Armstrong 500 was an endurance motor race for Australian made or assembled standard production sedans. The event was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria , Australia on 20 November 1960 over 167 laps of the 3.0 mile circuit, a total distance of 501 miles.
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The race was the sixth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 45th race for which a lineage can be traced back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island (including the 1960 race itself).
The race was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia and was sponsored by Armstrong York Engineering Pty Ltd. [1] It was the second event held in the combined history of the Bathurst 1000, which had begun the previous year with the first Armstrong 500.
The 1987 James Hardie 1000 was an endurance race for Group A Touring Cars, staged on 4 October 1987 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia. The race was the eighth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship , and was the 28th in a sequence of Bathurst 1000 races, commencing with the 1960 Armstrong ...