A 28-car subject will sort out Mount Panorama over the subsequent 4 days with the 25 regulars joined by wildcard efforts from Triple Eight, Dick Johnson Racing and the Blanchard Racing Crew.
The shape means that the title contenders can be robust to beat, with the Triple Eight and Erebus Camaros the category of the sphere final day trip at Sandown.
The Sandown 500 was received by Broc Feeney and Jamie Whincup, which leaves the Triple Eight duo because the favourites heading to Bathurst.
Collection chief Brodie Kostecki and co-driver David Russell are very more likely to be within the combine, whereas Shane van Gisberhen, paired with fellow Kiwi Richie Stanaway, can be in search of a 3rd Bathurst win earlier than he jets off to the States to race in NASCAR subsequent 12 months.
The competitiveness of the Ford groups is hard to learn because of the ongoing battle over parity. Lobbying for adjustments to the Mustang is continuous as much as the eve of the Nice Race weekend after Camaros locked out the highest 5 positions at Sandown.
With rear tyre life and high pace each massive speaking factors, it is troublesome to foretell how the highest Ford line-ups, akin to Cam Waters/James Moffat (Tickford), Chaz Mostert/Lee Holdsworth (Walkinshaw Andretti United) and David Reynolds/Garth Tander (Grove Racing) will stack up on race day.
Follow is break up throughout six hour-long classes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, two of that are devoted to the co-drivers.
Qualifying is, as standard, break up throughout a standard session and the well-known Prime 10 Shootout.
When is the Supercars Bathurst 1000?
Monitor motion for the Bathurst 1000 kicks off on Thursday with two hour-long apply classes at 1:20pm AEDT and 4:50pm AEDT, the second being restricted to co-drivers.
On Friday there are two extra apply classes at 10am AEDT and 1:05pm AEDT earlier than grid spots 11-28 are decided by a 40-minute qualifying session, beginning at 4:15pm AEDT.
Follow continues on Saturday with two extra hour-long session at 10am AEDT (co-drivers solely) after which 1pm AEDT.
The primary 5 rows will then be set by the Prime 10 Shootout at 5:05pm AEDT.
The ultimate little bit of pre-race operating is the temporary warm-up at 8am AEDT on Sunday earlier than the Bathurst 1000 begins at 11:15am AEDT.
Thursday October 5
13:20-14:20 Supercars – Follow 1
16:50-17:50 Supercars – Follow 2 (co-drivers solely)
Friday October 6
10:00-11:00 Supercars – Follow 3
13:05-14:05 Supercars – Follow 4
16:15-16:55 Supercars – Qualifying
Saturday October 7
10:00-11:00 Supercars – Follow 5 (co-drivers solely)
13:00-14:00 Supercars – Follow 6
17:05-17:50 Supercars – Prime 10 Shootout
Sunday October 8
8:00-8:20 Supercars – Heat up
11:15 Supercars – Bathurst 1000
How can I watch the Supercars Bathurst 1000?
Channel: Fox Sports activities 506, Seven Community
Each main broadcaster Fox Sports activities and free-to-air associate the Seven Community will carry dwell protection TV protection of the Bathurst 1000.
On Thursday the dwell protection will solely be proven on Fox Sports activities beginning at 7:25am AEDT.
The Fox Sports activities protection will begin at 7:25am AEDT on Friday too, earlier than Seven’s dwell protection begins on its main channel at 10am AEDT. The Seven protection then switches to 7mate at 5pm AEDT.
On Saturday Fox Sports activities could have dwell protection from 8:15am AEDT with Seven’s protection beginning at 10am.
On Sunday the Fox Sports activities protection begins at 7:15am with Seven following at 7:30am.
Can I stream the Supercars Bathurst 1000?
The Bathurst 1000 can be broadcast dwell on subscription streaming companies Foxtel Go and Kayo, in addition to on the free 7Plus platform.
Viewers outdoors of Australia and New Zealand can watch through Supercars’ personal SuperView service.