Mount Panorama street racing circuit in Australia

The 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour was an Australian endurance race for Production Cars, held over a twelve-hour period starting from 5:45am on 8 April 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit,

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. It was the fifth Bathurst 12 Hour race and the first to be staged since 1994. It was also the opening round of the 2007 Australian Production Car Championship. The race was open to

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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

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and the Australian Production Car Championship in the last five years. After 257 laps and 1596 kilometres of racing, Garry Holt, Paul Morris and

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claimed victory in a BMW 335i, finishing a minute and 18 seconds ahead of the

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of rally drivers

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, Dean Herridge and

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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
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