The 2022 Bathurst 1000 (known as the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 for commercial reasons) was a

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event for

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held on the week of 6 to 9 October 2022. It hosted the eleventh round of the 2022 Supercars Championship. It took place at the

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and featured a single 1000 kilometre race.

Shane van Gisbergen Shane Robert van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver in the Supercars Championship racing in the Number 97 Holden ZB Commodore car for Triple Eight Race Engineering. With three Supercars Championship wins (2016, 2021, 202 ...

and

Garth Tander Garth Tander (born 31 March 1977) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship's Enduro Cup, co-driving the No. 97 Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineer ...

claimed their second and fifth event Bathurst 1000 victory respectively, in a

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run

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. It was Holden's 36th and final win in their final start at the Bathurst 1000.

Report

Background

The event was the 65th running of the

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recen ...

, which was first held at the

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in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 62nd time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 26th 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. It was the final time that Holden would participate in the Bathurst 1000, who made their debut in the

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event at Phillip Island, after General Motors announced the retirement of the brand in 2020.

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and

Lee Holdsworth Lee Holdsworth (born 2 February 1983) is a semi-retired Australian racing driver. He won the 2021 Bathurst 1000 alongside Chaz Mostert and finished his full-time career after the 2022 season, after nearly two decades of racing. He plans to retur ...

were the defending race winner. Mostert remained at

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, while Holdsworth moved to

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as a full time driver.

Entry list

Twenty-eight cars entered the event - 19 Holden Commodores and nine Ford Mustangs, making it the biggest grid since

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. In addition to the 25 regular entries, three wildcard entries were entered. One from

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, for

Greg Murphy Gregory Murphy (born 23 August 1972) is a New Zealand professional racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000. Greg Murphy joined Jeremy Clarkson and James May presenting Top Gear Live, when it had its first internati ...

and

Richie Stanaway Richie Stanaway (born 24 November 1991) is a racing car driver from New Zealand. Career New Zealand Born in Tauranga, Stanaway was originally from a motocross background, before making the switch to speedway at the age of twelve. Following tha ...

, one from Matt Chahda Motorsport, for

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and

Jaylyn Robotham Jaylyn Robotham (born 21 October 2002) is a racing driver from Australia currently competing in the 2021 Super 2 Series with Image Racing Aligned with Erebus Motorsport. Career Karting Robotham started racing karts at the age of 11 and a ...

, and one from

, for

Craig Lowndes Craig Andrew Lowndes (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Repco Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is also a TV commentator. Lowndes is a three-time V8 Supe ...

and Declan Fraser. Seven drivers made their Bathurst 1000 debut,

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driver

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and Super2 drivers

, Declan Fraser, Cameron Hill, Matthew Payne, Jaylyn Robotham and

Aaron Seton Aaron Seton is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of former Australian Touring Car Championship winner Glenn Seton, and grandson of former Bathurst 1000 winner Barry Seton. Biography He debuted in the Dunlop Super2 Series for Matt Ston ...

. For Aaron, he became the first third generation driver to make a Bathurst 1000 appearance, after his father

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and his grandfather,

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race winner,

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. Teams

, Matt Chahda Motorsport and

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made their debut in the Bathurst 1000. With Grove Racing a continuation of

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, Matt Chahda Motorsport a

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team and PremiAir Racing an all new team, which took over

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. Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.

Results

Qualifying

Top 10 Shootout

The Top 10 Shootout was cancelled due to inclement weather. It was the first time the Shootout or its predecessor Hardies Heroes was not held since it was introduced in

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(in

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the Shootout was held but did not count for pole position). As a result, the top ten positions on the grid were determined by the order of the original Friday Qualifying session.

Grid

* Car #97 received a 3-place grid penalty for a causing a collision in Qualifying.

Race

References

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