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NISMO TV channel on Youtube will cover the entire race. It looks like it starts at 1:45 PM EST on Saturday. Those who have watched this race know it's a great race on great track and always a shootout finish at the end.

Link is here NISMO TV

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I would encourage you guys to try and watch some of this race or highlights etc. It is a 12hour race for McLaren's, Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, Porsche's, Aston Martin's, Bentley's, Ginetta's etc.

But, more importantly, it is held at Australia's iconic Mt Panorama circuit at Bathurst, a couple of hours from Sydney. Watch it just for the track! Google the specs! It is possibly unknown to our American friends but is well regarded as one of, if not the best touring/production/endurance tracks in the world.

Whilst the outright fastest lap time is held by an F1 car on a promotion day, they cannot race there as the drop off the Mountain at "The Dipper" and "The Esses" is too steep for the usual aero kit ground clearance. It is so steep that you struggle to walk down it! The main straight - Conrod Straight (so named because in the 60's Mini Cooper's would over-rev in top gear and "throw a leg out") - is so fast that a kink (Castrol Chase) had to be added about 10-15 (?) years ago to slow the cars down! Some cars were getting air over one of the crests at 300kmh! They still get through the right hand approach to the Chase flat in top!

Whilst the 12 Hour Race is gathering World attention, it is best known as the long-time venue for our premium V8 Supercar race - the Bathurst 1000(among other titles). One thousand kilometres of the 6.5ish km track averaging over 160kmh.

And it is a public road when not in use as a race track!!!!!!!

I am doing a 1:24 diorama of The Dipper circa 1966/7 with Cortina, Mini Cooper, Renault R8, Isuzu Bellett, Prince Skyline and VW Beetle as raced there in the Gallagher 500, a 500 mile precursor to the current race. But I have been to the 12 Hour a few times and am now considering a second matching diorama with contemporary cars - a sort of before and after 50 years apart.

http://bathurst12hour.com.au

Have a look, you won't regret it.

 

 

Cheers

Davoski

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It.s also a geat to drive in video games. I have it in Need for Speed Unleashed Shift2. Here is a video of the ride Darrel Waltrip being a passenger on a lap Waltrip at Bathurst

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Top Ten Shootout for Pole Position just completed:

1. Ferrari 488

2. BMW M6

3. BMW M6

Corrections from earlier (when I was asleep): Track length is 6.2km not 6.5, Average Speed is now 185kmh and Castrol Chase is actually Caltex Chase. BTW, the elevation change from Pit Straight at the bottom to Skyline at the top is 175m. Fifteen different car manufacturers and 17 driver nationalities.

Two out of three people love statistics ;-)

 

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As a regular Bathurst supporter here in the UK, I'm going to try and pick this up from somewhere this weekend. I may have to wait until next week to see highlights on Eurosport or Motors TV, both here on Sky TV.

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Awesome to see a few MkII Escorts and Falcon GTs still competing in the support races.

 

 

 

 

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Nismo TV is streaming down here perfectly despite the International feed to New Zealand being blocked off at the official website.

The race is now been running for 5 hours and packed full of action and drama.

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