Mount Panorama street racing circuit in Australia

The 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour was an

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n endurance race for Production Cars, held over a twelve-hour period starting from 5:45am on 8 April 2007 at the

Mount Panorama Circuit Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on Mount Panorama (Wahluu) and is best known as the home of the Bathurst 1000 motor race held each October, and the Bathurst 12 Hour ...

, Bathurst, New South Wales. It was the fifth

Bathurst 12 Hour The Bathurst 12 Hour, currently known as the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour for sponsorship reasons, is an annual endurance race for GT and production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, Australia. The race was first held in ...

race and the first to be staged since 1994. It was also the opening round of the

2007 Australian Production Car Championship The 2007 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. The championship, which was administered by the Production Car Association of Australia, was promoted as t ...

. The race was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars and to invited cars not eligible under Group 3E, but otherwise subject to compliance with Group 3E specifications.2007 Bathurst International Motor Festival - 12hour Category Supplementary Regulations – Final 10.11.06 These included Tarmac Rally Cars built to Modern Tarmac Rally Spec Rules and cars that had competed in the Australian Performance Car Championship and the

Australian Production Car Championship The Australian Production Car Championship is an Australian motor racing title for production cars, sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). The championship was first contested in 1987 and from 2008 to 2015 the title was ...

in the last five years. After 257 laps and 1596 kilometres of racing, Garry Holt, Paul Morris and Craig Baird claimed victory in a

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, finishing a minute and 18 seconds ahead of the Subaru Impreza WRX STi of rally drivers Chris Atkinson, Dean Herridge and Cody Crocker.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following classes: * Class A : Penrite Rear Wheel Drive Performance Cars * Class B : Sonax All Wheel Drive Performance Cars * Class C : APCC Hot Hatches * Class D : APCC Production Sports and Touring Sedans * Class E : APCC Production Hatch and Sedans * Class F : APCC Production Micro Sports and Coupes * Class G : Eco Diesel Over 3.5 Litre * Class H : Eco Diesel 3.5 Litres and Under

Results

Fastest lap was 2m32.5945s, recorded by Car 20 when driven by Craig Baird.Grant Rowley, Once Around the Clock, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3/2007, pages 172-173

References

External links

Images from the 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour at www.pbase.com

2007 WPS 12 Hour Race Final Results at www.bimf.com.au via web.archive.org
{{Bathurst 12 Hour Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales WPS Bathurst 12 Hour