Who has won the most Bathurst 1000?

Who has won more championships Holden or Ford?

Winner: Holden (166 to Ford’s 129) Jamie Whincup has been the most prolific pole-sitter of the era, notching up an incredible 38 across his time in the category although his numbers benefit from the 2010 change to each race having a qualifying session.

Who has won Bathurst the most Ford or Holden?

Holden has the most overall victories with 34, with Ford next best on 21 and Nissan the only other multiple winner with two.

What are the past winners of the Bathurst 1000?

1965 Bo Seton/Midge Bosworth Ford Cortina GT500 1966 Rauno Aaltonen/Bob Holden Morris Mini Cooper S 1967 Harry Firth/Fred Gibson Ford Falcon XRGT 1968 Bruce McPhee/Barry Mulholland Holden Monaro GTS 327 1969 Colin Bond/Tony Roberts Holden Monaro GTS 350 1973 Allan Moffat/Ian Geoghegan Ford Falcon XA GT

When did Holden and Ford stop competing in Bathurst 1000?

Due to the size of the Ford and Holden rivalry, for 1995 to 1996, for the 1997 and 1998 Australia 1000 races and from 1999 to 2012, Group 3A and later V8 Supercars rules mandated that only Fords and Holdens were allowed to compete in the race, using their Falcon and Commodore models respectively.

Who was the winner of the Bathurst 500 mile race?

There was no official outright winner, only class winners. Frank Coad and John Roxburgh in a Vauxhall Cresta, were the first to complete the 500 mile race distance. It was the only Vauxhall in a field of 45 cars that included N.S.U.s, Simcas, Peugeots, Morris, Austins, Fords and Standard Vanguards . The race was held twice more at Phillip Island.

What kind of car was won at Bathurst in 1973?

There are probably fewer than 100 complete Phase IIIs in existence – and one sold for a record AUS$1,030,000 in 2018. Moffat won ’73 and ’77 in a Falcon, too, but the rest of the 1970s would be dominated by Holden’s 308 cubic inch, V8-powered Toranas.

1965 Bo Seton/Midge Bosworth Ford Cortina GT500 1966 Rauno Aaltonen/Bob Holden Morris Mini Cooper S 1967 Harry Firth/Fred Gibson Ford Falcon XRGT 1968 Bruce McPhee/Barry Mulholland Holden Monaro GTS 327 1969 Colin Bond/Tony Roberts Holden Monaro GTS 350 1973 Allan Moffat/Ian Geoghegan Ford Falcon XA GT

Due to the size of the Ford and Holden rivalry, for 1995 to 1996, for the 1997 and 1998 Australia 1000 races and from 1999 to 2012, Group 3A and later V8 Supercars rules mandated that only Fords and Holdens were allowed to compete in the race, using their Falcon and Commodore models respectively.

What’s the average speed of the Bathurst 1000?

► 4 — The race is driven over about 6.5 hours. ► 5 — There are 161 laps of a 6.123km circuit. ► 6 — The average speed is 161.5km/h and top speed of about 300km/h. ► 7 — 2018 is the 58th running of the race. It was first held at Bathurst in 1963 as the Armstrong 500, ‘The Great Race’ has featured at Mount Panorama ever since.

How many times has pole sitting car won Bathurst?

The pole-sitting car has won the race a total of 11 times; that ties it with second place on the grid, which has produced the race winner on 11 different occasions. However, the last time the pole-sitting car went on to win the race was in 2009 with Garth Tander and Will Davison for the Holden Racing Team.

Ruth Doyle