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The 2024 Bathurst 500 (commercially titled the 2024 Thrifty Bathurst 500) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held from 23 to 25 February 2024. The event was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and consisted of two 250 km races.
The Volvo S60 was a silhouette touring car built to compete in the V8 Supercars championship. Based on the second-generation Volvo S60 road car, the vehicle – designed and assembled by Garry Rogers Motorsport in conjunction with Volvo Cars and Polestar Racing – was constructed to the "Car of the Future" V8 Supercars regulations introduced in 2013, with the car used across the 2014, 2015 ...
The 2023 Newcastle 500 (commercially titled 2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 10 to 12 March 2023. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East , New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length.
The privateers were split from the main series in the year 2000. Their Level Two series is now officially known as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (although occasionally known as the V8 Supercar Development Series) and runs identical specification V8 Supercars, apart from differences with engine management systems and older chassis'.
A third V8 Supercar-based series, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, had been run since 2008 until the end of 2024, but had no involvement with the Supercars Championship or Dunlop Super2 Series, instead running on the programme of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. [123]
The event won best event of the series every year from 1999 to 2004. In 2005 it was inducted into the Supercars Hall of Fame and it has also been inducted into the SA Tourism Hall of Fame. [39] [40] In 2011 the Clipsal 500 was named Best Event of the Year (of 14) at the V8 Supercars annual awards, after an hiatus, for the 8th time.
Hidden Valley Raceway is known for its high speeds and fast lap times. It is 2.870 km (1.783 mi) long and has 14 corners, with a main straight 1.1 km (0.68 mi) in length. In order to win, the race car has to flow well through the sweeping bends and also needs top end horse power for the main straight.
The Darwin Triple Crown (formally known as the Betr Darwin Triple Crown) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory. The event has been a regular part of the Supercars Championship—and its previous incarnations, the Australian Touring Car Championship , Shell Championship Series ...