"Drivers speed towards Bathurst"
Paul Gover
September 14, 2007 12:00am
ANYONE with a serious car, serious cash and a serious need for speed should be at Bathurst in December.
ANYONE with a serious car, serious cash and a serious need for speed should be at Bathurst in December.
Mount Panorama will be open to regular punters who want to test themselves and their cars against the biggest challenge in Australia.
Bathurst usually is open only to serious racers for the V8 Supercar classic in October and the production-based 12-hour meeting early in the year, but a promoter has won extra access and is organising a weekend with the promise of real driving and an unbeatable challenge.
David Jellins says Trackcorp has put together a package that is built around maximum track time from December 12 to 16 and is in a similar format to a car club sprint.
"The aim of the event is to give experienced club competitors and motor-sport enthusiasts the opportunity to receive expert instruction from race champions, then drive on the full Mount Panorama circuit," he says.
"The event will have two categories: driveBathurst and sprintBathurst. DriveBathurst is an untimed non-competitive event and sprintBathurst is a timed competition. Eligible competitors may enter either or both."
The invitation-only Bathurst blast is from $2975 for early-bird sign-ups for driveBathurst, but it is the first time in recent memory that Mount Panorama has been open for this type of event.
And there are plenty of bonuses, including a chance to buy hot laps with Jim Richards in his Porsche 911 GT3 racer.
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