The 2021 Bathurst 1000 (known as the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 for commercial reasons) was a

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event for

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held on the week of 30 November to 5 December 2021. It was held at the

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and featured a single 1000 kilometre race. The event was the final race of the

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and the first time that

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served as the naming rights sponsor.

Report

Background

The event was the 64th running of the

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, which was first held at the

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in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marks the 61st time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 25th running of the

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race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. Due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney in mid-2021, the event was pushed back to December for the first time in its history. Following the cancellation of the Bathurst International event for Australian Racing Group categories ( TCR,

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and TA2 Series), the event duration was extended; beginning on Tuesday November 30th to account for the extra sessions.

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and

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were the defending race winners, they continued to race in the same car.

Entry list

Twenty-five cars entered the event - 17 Holden Commodores and eight Ford Mustangs. In addition to the 24 regular entries, a single wildcard entry was entered from Triple Eight Race Engineering, for Russell Ingall and Broc Feeney (who were, respectively, the oldest and youngest drivers on the grid).

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was the only driver to make his debut in the race for Tickford Racing. Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.

Results

Practice

Qualifying

Top Ten Shootout

Grid

Race

Broadcast

The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically by

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(via Fox Sports 506 and

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), a paid service which covered all sessions including support categories, and the

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(via

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channels 7HD and

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, as well as

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), which covered select sessions from midday Friday onwards. Prior to the start of the season, the Seven Network had regained the rights to broadcast select rounds free-to-air for the first time since

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as part of a five-year deal. In New Zealand the sessions were shown by paid service

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, whilst internationally the broadcast was available through the series'

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service SuperView.

Notes

References

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Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales