Mount Panorama will roar to life this weekend, when on-track action at the Repco Bathurst 1000 gets underway.

This year’s event appears as open as ever, with seven drivers from six different teams claiming a victory in 2024 already, and more than half of the 26-car field having scored a podium.

The latest driver to stand on the podium was PremiAir Nulon Racing’s James Golding, who finished third with David Russell at September’s Penrite Oil Sandown 500.

The result was Golding’s first career podium and the first in the history the Peter Xiberras-owned team, the youngest team in the championship in just their third season.

Paired with Russell – who finished second in the Great Race last year with Brodie Kostecki – Golding is largely viewed as a dark horse in next weekend’s race. The 28-year-old qualified fourth last year and had a top five finish at the season opening Thrifty Bathurst 500 in February.

Dick Johnson Racing driver Anton De Pasquale is hoping for continued good fortune at the Mountain next week, returning after he and co-driver Tony D’Alberto finished third in the 2023 Bathurst 1000.

Sandown was not as kind to the Car 11 pairing last month, finishing 14^th after starting third, but the Werribee native has regularly been among the quickest drivers around Mount Panorama since his debut in 2018.

With his looming departure to Team 18 at the end of this season, De Pasquale is eager to pick up more podiums and race wins for the famed Shell team in the season’s final three rounds.

Festivities get underway Wednesday 9 October with the Street Party in Bathurst’s CBD.

On-track action begins on Thursday, with the Great Race to take place on Sunday morning from 11:30am AEDT.

Live coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000 can be found on Foxtel and the Seven Network, with live streaming available on Kayo and 7plus.

Entry List
Brodie Kostecki / Todd Hazelwood - Erebus Motorsport
Jack Le Brocq / Jayden Ojeda - Erebus Motorsport
Broc Feeney / Jamie Whincup - Triple Eight Race Engineering
Will Brown / Scott Pye - Triple Eight Race Engineering
Andre Heimgartner / Declan Fraser - Brad Jones Racing
Jaxon Evans / Dean Fiore - Brad Jones Racing
Bryce Fullwood / Jaylyn Robotham - Brad Jones Racing
Macauley Jones / Jordan Boys - Brad Jones Racing
Anton De Pasquale / Tony D'Alberto - Dick Johnson Racing
Will Davison / Kai Allen - Dick Johnson Racing
Ryan Wood / Fabian Coulthard - Walkinshaw Andretti United
Chaz Mostert / Lee Holdsworth - Walkinshaw Andretti United
Matt Payne / Garth Tander - Grove Racing
Richie Stanaway / Dale Wood - Grove Racing
James Golding / David Russell - PremiAir Nulon Racing
James Courtney / Jack Perkins - Blanchard Racing Team
Craig Lowndes / Cooper Murray - Triple Eight Wildcard
Cameron Waters / James Moffat - Tickford Racing
Thomas Randle / Tyler Everingham - Tickford Racing
Aaron Love / Aaron Cameron - Blanchard Racing Team
Tim Slade / Cameron McLeod - PremiAir Nulon Racing
Nick Percat / Dylan O'Keeffe - Matt Stone Racing
Cameron Hill / Cameron Crick - Matt Stone Racing
David Reynolds / Warren Luff - Team 18
Mark Winterbottom / Michael Caruso - Team 18

Thursday, 10th October

• 8:00 AM: Practice (Heritage Touring Cars)
• 8:30 AM: Practice 1 (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia GR CUP)
• 9:00 AM: Practice (Porsche Carrera Cup Australia)
• 10:05 AM: Practice 1 (Dunlop Series)
• 10:55 AM: Practice 1 (V8 SuperUte Series)
• 11:25 AM: Qualifying (Heritage Touring Cars)
• 12:45 PM: Practice 2 (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia GR CUP)
• 1:20 PM: Practice 1 (All Drivers) Repco Supercars Championship
• 2:30 PM: Practice 2 (V8 SuperUte Series)
• 2:45 PM: Practice 2 (Dunlop Series)
• 3:40 PM: Qualifying (Porsche Carrera Cup Australia)
• 4:20 PM: Practice (Heritage Touring Cars)
• 4:55 PM: Practice 2 (Co-Drivers) Repco Supercars Championship

Friday, 11th October

• 8:00 AM: Qualifying (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia GR CUP)
• 8:30 AM: Practice 2 (Heritage Touring Cars)
• 9:00 AM: Race 1 (V8 SuperUte Series)
• 9:30 AM: Boost Mobile Qualifying (Race 9) Dunlop Series
• 10:05 AM: Practice 3 (All Drivers) Repco Supercars Championship
• 12:35 PM: Race 1 (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia GR CUP)
• 1:05 PM: Practice 4 (All Drivers) Repco Supercars Championship (Live)
• 2:25 PM: Race 1 (Porsche Carrera Cup Australia)
• 3:20 PM: Race 9 (Dunlop Series)
• 4:15 PM: Boost Mobile Qualifying (Race 20) Repco Supercars Championship (Live)

Saturday, 12th October

• 8:35 AM: Race 2 (V8 SuperUte Series)
• 9:15 AM: Boost Mobile Qualifying (Race 10) Dunlop Series
• 10:05 AM: Practice 5 (Co-Drivers) Repco Supercars Championship (Live)
• 11:20 AM: Race 4 (Heritage Touring Cars)
• 1:10 PM: Practice 6 (All Drivers) Repco Supercars Championship (Live)
• 2:25 PM: Race 3 (V8 SuperUte Series)
• 2:55 PM: Race 2 (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia GR CUP)
• 3:25 PM: Race 2 (Porsche Carrera Cup Australia)
• 4:05 PM: Race 10 (Dunlop Series)
• 5:05 PM: Boost Mobile TTSO (Race 20) Repco Supercars Championship (Live)

Sunday, 13th October

• 7:40 AM: Race 4 (V8 SuperUte Series)
• 8:15 AM: Warm Up (Repco Supercars Championship) (Live)
• 8:45 AM: Race 3 (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia GR CUP)
• 9:15 AM: Race 3 (Porsche Carrera Cup Australia)
• 11:30 AM: Race 20 - Bathurst 1000 (Repco Supercars Championship) (Live)

Championship Top 10
Will Brown – 2280
Chaz Mostert – 2091
Broc Feeney – 2058
Cam Waters – 1834
Matthew Payne – 1659
James Golding – 1514
Nick Percat – 1440
Thomas Randle – 1399
Anton De Pasquale – 1339

2023 Bathurst 1000 Top 10
1. Shane van Gisbergen / Richie Stanaway
2. Brodie Kostecki / David Russell
3. Anton De Pasquale / Tony D’Alberto
4. Chaz Mostert / Lee Holdsworth
5. David Reynolds / Garth Tander
6. James Courtney / Zak Best
7. Bryce Fullwood / Dean Fiore
8. Will Brown / Jack Perkins
9. Jack Le Brocq / Jayden Ojeda
10. James Golding / Dylan O’Keeffe