Circuit Length: 6. Motorcylces require a large 'run-off' area for accidents. At Mount Panorama there is little run-off as they ascend and descend on the track. All Rights Reserved. Sign Up Sign In. Home About Us What is iRacing? Mount Panorama Circuit. Cedar Lake Speedway Learn More. Chicago Street Circuit Learn More.
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Winding its way up and down a hillside, the circuit has been enchanting racing fans since the s and remains one of the most challenging circuits in world motorsport.
Winning here, whatever the category, is major accolade for any racing driver. It owes its existance to the pioneering vision of one man, Bathurst Mayor Martin Griffin. Enthused by racing at the Vale and Peel circuits, which used public roads in and around the city during the s, Griffin hatched plans for a new course.
This would feature fast straights, hairpin bends and plunging elevation changes in order to challenge man and machine to the full. With the depression in full force, gaining funding for such an enterprise was never going to be easy, so Griffin attracted Federal monies aimed at relieving unemployment via the ruse of creating a scenic road for tourists.
He ensured that engineers built each corner just a little wider than on the plans Unusually, it was a combined bike and car meeting, with bikes racing on the Friday and Saturday, before handing over to the cars on Sunday and Monday. Those early events featured primitive facilities - a sea of canvas tents would form rudimentary paddock facilities, and there was nothing but the occasional and rickety wooden fence to protect drivers and riders should they get anything wrong while crossing 'The Mountain'.
The format of the Easter weekend races was set and would become a staple feature of the Australian motor racing calendar, continuing right through to the present day when Formula 3 cars headline the action. In recent years, a 12 hour race each February has been revived and, since adopting international GT3 regulations for the premier class, has seen entries boom in what is rapidly becoming a much-anticipated early season race on the GT calendar.
Of course, it was not single seaters, GT cars or motorcycles that ultimately helped popularise the Mount Panorama legend, but rather the domestic touring car series with its October km event known simply as the Bathurst The last was Greg Murphy and Steven Richards in Before that it was Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy in The race winners receive the Peter Brock Trophy which was introduced at the race in honour of deceased nine-time Bathurst winner, Peter Brock, most successful driver in the history of the race.
In , the race distance was changed from miles km to 1, kilometres as Australia shifted towards the adoption of the metric system. The first race at Mount Panorama was The Australian Tourist Trophy, which was run on April 16, and attracted an overwhelming 20, spectators. Success at Mount Panorama would greatly increase the cars image and credibility in the Australian marketplace, resulting in more sales.
This also coined the phrase "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday". Your ad blocker may be preventing you from being able to log in or subscribe. Western Advocate's trusted source for property. Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer. Highest Point: m above sea level 5. The crowd in was ,
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