The 2022 Bathurst 1000 (known as the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 for commercial reasons) was a motor racing event for Supercars held on the week of 6 to 9 October 2022. It hosted the eleventh round of the 2022 Supercars Championship. It took place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre race.
Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander claimed their second and fifth event Bathurst 1000 victory respectively, in a Triple Eight Race Engineering run Holden Commodore ZB. It was Holden's 36th and final win in their final start at the Bathurst 1000.
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Background The event was the 65th 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 62nd time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 26th 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 final time that Holden badged cars would participate in the Bathurst 1000, the brand having made its debut in the 1961 Armstrong 500 event at Phillip Island with a single dealer entry Holden EK Special sedan. General Motors announced in February 2020 its intention to retire the brand by 2021.
Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth were the defending race winner. Mostert remained at Walkinshaw Andretti United, while Holdsworth moved to Grove Racing as a full time driver.
Entry list Twenty-eight cars entered the event - 19 Holden Commodores and nine Ford Mustangs, making it the biggest grid since 2013. In addition to the 25 regular entries, three wildcard entries were entered. One from Erebus Motorsport, for Greg Murphy and Richie Stanaway, one from Matt Chahda Motorsport, for Matt Chahda and Jaylyn Robotham, and one from Triple Eight Race Engineering, for Craig Lowndes and Declan Fraser.
Seven drivers made their Bathurst 1000 debut, ADAC GT Masters driver Jaxon Evans and Super2 drivers Matt Chahda, Declan Fraser, Cameron Hill, Matthew Payne, Jaylyn Robotham and Aaron Seton. For Aaron, he became the first third generation driver to make a Bathurst 1000 appearance, after his father Glenn Seton and his grandfather, 1965 Armstrong 500 race winner, Barry Seton.
Teams Grove Racing, Matt Chahda Motorsport and PremiAir Racing made their debut in the Bathurst 1000. With Grove Racing a continuation of Kelly Racing, Matt Chahda Motorsport a Super2 Series team and PremiAir Racing an all new team, which took over Team Sydney.
DriversTeam (Sponsors)CarDriversTeam (Sponsors)Car226331434535651855 9561088149617971899201002211825888Source:Triple Eight confirms Lowndes/Fraser wildcard Speedcafe 5 June 2022 Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.
Results Practice summary SessionDayFastest LapNo.DriverTeamCarTimeRefPractice 1Thursday17 Will DavisonDick Johnson RacingFord Mustang S55002:04.369FinePractice 1Practice 2 (Co-Driver)97 Garth TanderTriple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore ZB02:04.135FinePractice 2Practice 3Friday17 Will DavisonDick Johnson RacingFord Mustang S55002:04.207FinePractice 3Practice 497 Shane van GisbergenTriple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore ZB02:30.292WetPractice 4Practice 5 (Co-Driver)Saturday8 Dale WoodBrad Jones RacingHolden Commodore ZB02:26.222WetPractice 5Practice 625 Chaz MostertWalkinshaw Andretti UnitedHolden Commodore ZB02:05.510FinePractice 6Warm UpSunday17 Will DavisonDick Johnson RacingFord Mustang S55002:22.459DryingWarm Up
Qualifying PosNo.DriverTeamCarTimeGapGrid 1 6 Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:23.6168 Top 10 2 10 Lee Holdsworth Grove Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:23.8296 +0.2128sTop 10 3 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:23.8360 +0.2913sTop 10 4 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:24.0664 +0.4497sTop 10 5 51 Richie Stanaway Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:24.3527 +0.7359sTop 10 6 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:24.4223 +0.8055sTop 10 7 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:24.5634 +0.9466sTop 10 8 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:24.6455 +1.0287sTop 10 9 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:24.7897 +1.1729sTop 10 10 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:25.0004 +1.3836sTop 10 11 100 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:25.0081 +1.3914s11 12 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:25.0130 +1.3962s12 13 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:25.0149 +1.3981s13 14 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:25.1273 +1.5106s14 15 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:25.1521 +1.5354s15 16 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:25.3523 +1.7356s16 17 56 Jake Kostecki Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:25.4653 +1.8485s17 18 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang S550 2:25.4723 +1.8556s18 19 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:26.0742 +2.4575s19 20 20 Scott Pye Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:26.0764 +2.4596s20 21 22 Chris Pither PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:26.4081 +2.7914s21 22 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:26.6575 +3.0407s22 23 18 Mark Winterbottom Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:27.0161 +3.3994s23 24 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:27.1369 +3.5201s24 25 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:27.5240 +3.9072s25 26 118 Matt Chahda Matt Chahda Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:28.2436 +4.6269s26 27 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:28.3813 +4.7645s27 28 3 Tim Slade Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S550 2:31.3185 +7.7017s28Source
Top 10 Shootout The Top 10 Shootout was cancelled due to inclement weather. It was the first time the Shootout or its predecessor Hardies Heroes was not held since it was introduced in 1978 (in 1988 the Shootout was held but did not count for pole position). As a result, the top ten positions on the grid were determined by the order of the original Friday Qualifying session.
Grid 16102Tickford Racing(Ford Mustang S550)Grove Racing(Ford Mustang S550)325514Walkinshaw Andretti United(Holden Commodore ZB)Erebus Motorsport(Holden Commodore ZB)51726Dick Johnson Racing(Ford Mustang S550)Walkinshaw Andretti United(Holden Commodore ZB)79758Triple Eight Race Engineering(Holden Commodore ZB)Tickford Racing(Ford Mustang S550)999910Erebus Motorsport(Holden Commodore ZB)Erebus Motorsport(Holden Commodore ZB)11100812Dick Johnson Racing(Ford Mustang S550)Brad Jones Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)13318814PremiAir Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)Triple Eight Race Engineering(Holden Commodore ZB)155588816Tickford Racing(Ford Mustang S550)Triple Eight Race Engineering(Holden Commodore ZB)17562618Tickford Racing(Ford Mustang S550)Grove Racing(Ford Mustang S550)19352020Matt Stone Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)Charlie Schwerkolt Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)21229622PremiAir Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)Brad Jones Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)23181424Charlie Schwerkolt Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)Brad Jones Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)253411826Matt Stone Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)Matt Chahda Motorsport(Holden Commodore ZB)274328Brad Jones Racing(Holden Commodore ZB)Blanchard Racing Team(Ford Mustang S550)Source
Car #97 received a 3-place grid penalty for a causing a collision in Qualifying.
Race
Drivers Team Car Laps Time/Retired Points 1 97 161 6:41:53.7221 7300 2 25 161 +1.0491 3276 3 6 161 +5.9375 1258 4 99 161 +10.1072 9240 5 88 161 +15.0353 14222 6 10 161 +15.7335 2204 7 100 161 +18.7610 11192 8 888 161 +19.7005 16180 9 14 161 +21.6730 24168 10 9 161 +22.6232 10156 11 51 161 +23.6128 4144 12 31 161 +23.7708 13138 13 96 161 +24.6149 22132 14 34 161 +32.5277 25126 15 18 161 +33.6027 23120 16 20 161 +34.3250 20114 17 56 161 +53.9962 17108 18 118 161 +59.2961 26102 19 3 161 +1:04.6578 2896 20 35 159 +2 laps 19 90 21 22 153 +8 laps 21 84 22 2 148 +13 laps 6 78 DNF 17 141 Crash 5 DNF 4 138 Crash damage 27 DNF 8 4 Crash 12 DNF 26 4 Crash 18 DNF 5 4 Crash 8 DNF 55 0 Crash 15 Source
Broadcast The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically by Fox Sports Australia (via Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports), a paid service which covered all sessions including support categories, and the Seven Network (via free-to-air channels 7HD and 7mate, as well as streaming on 7plus), which covered select sessions from midday Friday onwards. In New Zealand the sessions were shown by paid service Sky Sport, whilst internationally the broadcast was available through the series' pay-per-view service SuperView.
Fox Sports Seven Network Host: Jessica YatesBooth: Neil Crompton, Mark SkaifePit-lane: Riana Crehan, Mark LarkhamSupports: Richard Craill, Matt Naulty, Chad Neylon Presenters: Mark Beretta, Mel McLaughlinPundit: Jack PerkinsRoving: Emma Freedman, Brad Hodge, Chris Stubbs
References
External links 2022 Repco Spercars Championship Race 30, Supplementary Regulations for Supercars, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org Repco Bathurst 1000 Results, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 Classification, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org