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The Bathurst 1000 (currently called the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a 1000 km touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The race was traditionally run on the first Sunday in October but in recent years has been held on the second Sunday; the 2012 V8 Supercars race calendar returned the race to its traditional first Sunday of the month. The race traces its lineage to the 1960 Armstrong 500. Since then 52 races have taken place under the combined history of two events at two venues in two states. It is known among fans and broadcasters as "The Great Race", and is widely regarded as the pinnacle of Australian motorsport. Since 1999, the race has been run exclusively for V8 Supercars and is now a round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race winners receive the Peter Brock Trophy which was introduced at the 2006 race in honour of the late, nine-time Bathurst winner, Peter Brock who is the most successful driver in the history of the race.

Mount Panorama
The start line for the race is located sufficiently far down the start-finish straight (toward the first corner) such that cars at the rear of the starting grid are not too far around the final corner for the standing start. The finish line is located further up the straight than the start line so that it is before all of the pit garages, ensuring that all cars that pit are recorded as having completed that lap.

The first turn, Hell Corner, is a 90 degree left-hander. Mountain Straight, a 255 km/h gentle climb, leads into Griffin's Bend, an off-camber right-hander which then leads into The Cutting (a sharp left-handed and steeply inclined corner). Reid Park follows, a complex corner where a number of drivers have spun after not short shifting at the apex. The course continues down to Sulman Park and McPhillamy. Drivers are unable to see the descending road and enter Skyline and the first of The Esses at 220 km/h before The Dipper, one of the best corners in Australian motorsport. Cars then negotiate Forrest's Elbow and open out through The Kink before powering down Conrod Straight, which at 300 km/h is the fastest section of the track. The Chase is a long sweeping chicane where cars are on the rev limiter turning at 300 km/h before an intense braking effort to exit at 130 km/h. Murray's is the 23rd and final turn, and also the slowest part of the circuit, before cars return to the start-finish straight.

Female entrants in the Bathurst 1000 Touring Car race

Race winners
* Denotes Australia 1000 races for V8 Supercars category

** First and second position finishers were disqualified post race

''*** Race was stopped before full race distance

Number of victories by vehicle brand

 * Outright race winner was not official recognised until 1965, with official results indicated four or five class races occurring simultaneously rather than a single race. The first car across the finish line has been retroactively recognised outright race winner since then.