The 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held from October 5 to 8 2017 at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, and consisted of a 1000 kilometre race. It was the eleventh event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and was Race 20 of the season. It was also the second event of the 2017 Enduro Cup.

DJR Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin qualified on pole with a lap time of 2:03.8312, the fastest lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit recorded by a Supercar.

The race was won by David Reynolds and Luke Youlden driving a Holden VF Commodore for Erebus Motorsport.

Report Background The event was the 60th running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 57th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 21st running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. It was the 19th time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the fifth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were Will Davison and Jonathon Webb.

Scott McLaughlin entered the event as the championship leader, 84 points clear of Triple Eight Race Engineering's Jamie Whincup. McLaughlin's DJR Team Penske team-mate Fabian Coulthard was third in the points standings, 161 behind McLaughlin. In the Teams' Championship, DJR Team Penske held a 372-point lead over Triple Eight. In the Enduro Cup standings, Prodrive Racing Australia team-mates Cam Waters and Richie Stanaway led the pairing of McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat by 24 points.

Entry list Twenty-six cars were entered in the event. It was the first time since 2008 that no additional "Wildcard" entries had been received for the race. The race would see the Bathurst 1000 debut of four drivers - Super2 drivers Todd Hazelwood, Richard Muscat and Garry Jacobson and main-game debutant Alex Rullo. Rullo (at 17 years, 4 months and 23 days) would become the fourth youngest Bathurst 1000 starter after Cam Waters (17 years, 2 months and 6 days in 2011), Paul Dumbrell (17 years, 2 months and 14 days in 1999) and Bryan Sala (17 years, 2 months and 15 days in 1991).

Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 02 Scott Pye Warren Luff Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF 21 Tim Blanchard Todd Hazelwood Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore VF 3 Aaren Russell Taz Douglas 22 James Courtney Jack Perkins Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF 5 Dean Canto Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X 23 Michael Caruso Dean Fiore Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 6 Cam Waters Richie Stanaway Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X 33 Garth Tander James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VF 8 Nick Percat Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF 34 James Moffat Richard Muscat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VF 9 David Reynolds Luke Youlden Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore VF 55 Chaz Mostert Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG X 12 Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 56 Jason Bright Garry Jacobson Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon FG X 14 Tim Slade Ashley Walsh Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF 62 Alex Rullo Alex Davison Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF 15 Rick Kelly David Wall Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 78 Simona de Silvestro David Russell Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 17 Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 88 Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF 18 Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler Team 18 Holden Commodore VF 97 Matt Campbell Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF 19 Will Davison Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VF 99 Dale Wood Chris Pither Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore VF 20 Todd Kelly Jack Le Brocq Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 888 Craig Lowndes Steven Richards

Notes — following Practice 3 Ashley Walsh was replaced by Andre Heimgartner due to injury.

Practice Three one-hour practice sessions were held on the Thursday prior to the race. Practice 1 and Practice 3 were open to both regular drivers and co-drivers, while Practice 2 was for co-drivers only. The first session saw Mostert set the fastest lap time of 2:06.3033. Lowndes was second fastest, six hundredths behind while Todd Kelly was sixteen hundredths further back. Tim Slade caused a red flag as a result of losing control in the Esses before heavily impacting the wall on the entry to the Dipper. The session was halted again with nineteen minutes remaining after Alex Rullo stopped on Conrod Straight having found the wall at Forrest's Elbow.

Results Practice Session No. Driver Team Car Time Thursday 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 2:06.3032 Practice 2 5 Dean Canto Ford FG X Falcon 2:06.3268 Practice 3 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 2:05.0931 Friday Practice 4 5 Dean Canto Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 2:05.3368 Practice 5 17 DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 2:04.1470 Saturday Practice 6 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 2:04.9948 Sunday Warm-Up 18 Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore 2:06.3375Sources:

Qualifying Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 17 Scott McLaughlin 2:04.2253 2 9 David Reynolds 2:04.4730 +0.2476 Top 10 3 55 Chaz Mostert 2:04.5304 +0.3050 Top 10 4 6 Cam Waters 2:04.5958 +0.3704 Top 10 5 5 Mark Winterbottom 2:04.7857 +0.5603 6 12 Fabian Coulthard 2:04.8955 +0.6701 Top 10 7 97 2:05.0224 +0.7971 Top 10 8 22 James Courtney 2:05.0417 +0.8163 Top 10 9 56 Jason Bright 2:05.0803 +0.8550 Top 10 10 33 Garth Tander 2:05.1093 +0.8840 Top 10 11 88 Jamie Whincup 2:05.1686 +0.9432 11 12 15 Rick Kelly 2:05.1996 +0.9742 12 13 23 Michael Caruso 2:05.2503 +1.0249 13 14 8 Nick Percat 2:05.2846 +1.0592 14 15 20 Todd Kelly 2:05.2974 +1.0720 15 16 19 Will Davison 2:05.3840 +1.1586 16 17 18 Lee Holdsworth 2:05.4379 +1.2125 17 18 14 Tim Slade 2:05.5562 +1.3308 18 19 888 Craig Lowndes 2:05.5625 +1.3371 19 20 02 Scott Pye 2:05.6182 +1.3928 20 21 99 Dale Wood 2:05.6414 +1.4160 21 22 34 James Moffat 2:05.6430 +1.4176 22 23 78 Simona de Silvestro 2:05.9423 +1.7169 23 24 21 Tim Blanchard 2:05.9702 +1.7449 24 25 3 Aaren Russell 2:06.4233 +2.1979 25 26 62 Alex Rullo 2:07.4800 +3.2547 26 Source: Notes — James Moffat had his fastest lap time invalidated for causing a red flag.

Top 10 Shootout Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 2:03.8312 1 2 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 2:04.2746 +0.4434 2 3 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 2:04.4988 +0.6676 3 4 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 2:04.5875 +0.7563 4 5 97 Holden VF Commodore 2:04.6688 +0.8376 5 6 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 2:04.6802 +0.8490 6 7 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 2:04.9693 +1.1381 7 8 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 2:05.2277 +1.3965 8 9 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 2:05.3261 +1.4949 9 10 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 2:05.4890 +1.6578 10 Source:

Race 20 Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Points 1 9 David Reynolds Luke Youlden Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 161 7:11:45.5456 2 300 2 02 Scott Pye Warren Luff Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 161 +3.8995 20 276 3 12 Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 161 +4.5913 7 258 4 99 Dale Wood Chris Pither Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 161 +6.3450 21 240 5 97 Shane van Gisbergen Matt Campbell Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 161 +10.6260 5 222 6 23 Michael Caruso Dean Fiore Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 161 +13.6874 13 204 7 20 Todd Kelly Jack Le Brocq Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 161 +24.3004 15 192 8 56 Jason Bright Garry Jacobson Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 161 +28.1647 8 180 9 14 Tim Slade Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 161 +29.6276 18 168 10 55 Chaz Mostert Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 161 +59.3060 4 156 11 888 Craig Lowndes Steven Richards Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 160 +1 Lap 19 144 12 21 Tim Blanchard Todd Hazelwood Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 160 +1 Lap 24 138 13 15 Rick Kelly David Wall Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 159 +2 Laps 12 132 14 19 Will Davison Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 159 +2 Laps 16 126 15 62 Alex Rullo Alex Davison Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 159 +2 Laps 26 120 16 6 Cam Waters Richie Stanaway Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 159 +2 Laps 6 114 17 3 Aaren Russell Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 154 +7 Laps 25 108 18 33 Garth Tander James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 152 +9 Laps 9 102 19 22 James Courtney Jack Perkins Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 147 +14 Laps 10 96 20 88 Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 124 +37 Laps 11 90 Ret 8 Nick Percat Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 160 Accident 14 Ret 5 Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 159 Accident 3 Ret 78 Simona de Silvestro David Russell Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 152 Accident 23 Ret 34 James Moffat Richard Muscat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 141 Accident 22 Ret 18 Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 76 Engine 17 Ret 17 Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 74 Engine 1 Source:

Standings after the event

Drivers Championship Driver Gap 1 Fabian Coulthard 2431 2 Jamie Whincup 2340 +91 3 Scott McLaughlin 2334 +97 4 Chaz Mostert 2208 +223 5 Shane van Gisbergen 2142 +289

Teams Championship Team Gap 1 DJR Team Penske 4800 2 Triple Eight Race Engineering (88, 97) 4482 +318 3 Prodrive Racing Australia 3384 +1416 4 Garry Rogers Motorsport 2937 +1863 5 Erebus Motorsport 2808 +1992

Enduro Cup Drivers Gap 1 Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto 480 2 Cam Waters Richie Stanaway 444 +36 3 Chaz Mostert Steve Owen 414 +66 4 David Reynolds Luke Youlden 408 +72 5 Dale Wood Chris Pither 372 +108

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Broadcast The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically by Fox Sports Australia (via Fox Sports 506), a paid service which covered all sessions including support categories, and Network 10 (via free-to-air channels 10 and 10 Bold), which covered select sessions from midday Friday onwards. The coverage won a Logie in 2018 for Most Outstanding Sports Coverage.

Fox Sports Network 10 Host: Jessica Yates, Russell IngallBooth: Neil Crompton, Mark SkaifePit-lane: Riana Crehan, Greg Murphy, Greg Rust Presenters: Aaron Noonan, Matthew WhitePundits: Rick Kelly, Mark LarkhamRoving: Scott MacKinnon, Kate Peck

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