The ever-popular Challenge Bathurst event will return for a sixth year in 2021, confirmed for the week-long period of November 11-16 and six incredible days on Mount Panorama.
The 2021 Challenge Bathurst event will again be comprised of three distinct elements, commencing with the SuperSprint event on November 11-12, for competitive race drivers and high-performance racing and road going vehicles.
The SuperSprint, with a capacity of 120 entrants, will include 8, 20-minute sessions for sprint competitors who will all target the fastest time in their respective groups across the two days of on-track running.
The SuperSprint will include a dedicated group for GT vehicles, who will enjoy extended running with 3, 1-hour sessions and an additional 40-minute session on Friday afternoon.
The weekend of November 13-14 (Saturday and Sunday) will see up to 275 competitors tackle 6, 20-minute sessions against the clock in a regularity for performance vehicle owners.
The Z Car Club of Queensland and Porsche Club of NSW will again host their own exclusive groups of competitors within the regularity, each catering for 55 entries.
Monday, November 15 and Tuesday November 16 will then be allocated for the general public to drive or experience rides aboard the fleet of Fastrack V8 Race Cars.
2021 will mark the 12th year of the Fastrack V8 experience being held in Bathurst, with more than 500 people enjoying the thrill of driving or riding around Mount Panorama in 2020 alone.
Following the Mount Panorama 500, Bathurst 6 Hour and Bathurst 1000, Challenge Bathurst will be perfectly timed two weeks prior to the fifth and final event on the Mount Panorama schedule this year, the Bathurst International.
The event gives teams competing in the later November event an opportunity to test and prepare prior to the final major event of the year at the circuit.
Circuit management will work with the promoters to potentially allow for cars and equipment to remain on-site between the two events should that be required by competitors contesting both.
Despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated border closures affecting competitor numbers, the 2020 Challenge Bathurst event remained one of the most popular on the motor racing calendar.
After the 2019 event was considered a sell-out (with 422 competitors), 339 competitors Challenged the Mountain in 2020 despite border closures in Victoria and Queensland keeping many away.
861 competitors, family members and supporters still attended the 2020 event, injecting much needed funds into the local economy across the week-long period.
Given high demand, an invitation-only policy will initially be in place for the 2021 event to allow previous competitors the first right of refusal to secure their spot on the grid.
Following that, competitors on the entry wait-list will be contacted to fill remaining places.
Entries will open in July, with details available from the Challenge Bathurst website.
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