2026 Bathurst 1000
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| Round 11 of 14 in the 2026 Supercars Championship | ||||||||
 Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit | ||||||||
| Date | 8-11 October 2026 | |||||||
| Location | Bathurst, New South Wales | |||||||
| Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||
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The 2026 Bathurst 1000, known for naming rights reasons as the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000, is a scheduled motor racing event for Supercars, to be held from 8 to 11 October 2026. It will be race 30 of the 2026 Supercars Championship and will take place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, featuring a single race of 1000 kilometres.
Background
The event will be the 69th running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and will mark the 66th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama.
Toyota will make its first appearance at the Bathurst 1000 in the Supercars era, and its first at the event since the 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000.
Matt Payne is the defending race winner.[1] Co-driver Garth Tander will not defend the title, having retired from motorsport and moved into full time commentary.[2]
Entry list
Twenty-six cars are expected to contest the event; ten Chevrolet Camaros, eleven Ford Mustangs and five Toyota Supras. In addition to the 24 regular-season entries, two wildcard entrants will join the field from Team 18 and Garry Rogers Motorsport.[3][4][5]
Four drivers are expected to make their Bathurst 1000 debut; regular season driver Jackson Walls, Super2 Series drivers Reuben Goodall and Bayley Hall, and two-time Australian National Trans-Am Series champion Nathan Herne.[6]
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References
- ↑ Pavey, James; Dowdell, Zac (12 October 2025). "Payne/Tander reign supreme in Bathurst 1000 for the ages". Supercars. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ↑ Pavey, James (15 November 2025). "Tander announces retirement from Supercars racing". Supercars.
- ↑ van Leeuwen, Andrew (13 August 2025). "Craig Lowndes signs two-year Team 18 wildcard deal". Speedcafe. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ Lowndes joins Team 18 for 2026 wildcard Auto Action 13 August 2025
- ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (29 July 2026). "GRM returns to Supercars with Bathurst 1000 wildcard". Speedcafe.
- ↑ O'Brien, Connor (29 July 2026). "GRM to make shock Bathurst 1000 comeback". V8 Sleuth.
- ↑ Noonan, Aaron (29 April 2026). "Bathurst 1000 2026 entry list: What we know so far". V8Sleuth.
External links
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2026 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2026 Gold Coast 500 |
| Previous year: 2025 Bathurst 1000 |
Bathurst 1000 | Next year: 2027 Bathurst 1000 |