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. It was the opening round of the 2024 Supercars Championship as well as the eighth running of an Australian Touring Car Championship/Supercars Championship sprint round at Mount Panorama-Wahluu.
Results Qualifying 1 Driver Team Car Times Regular 1 87 Will Brown +0.2983 2:06.3740 2 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 2:05.9872 +0.2065 3 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.3992 +0.2134 4 4 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.5383 +0.3501 5 26 Richie Stanaway Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.5658 +0.5992 6 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.5248 +0.6962 7 99 Todd Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.4129 +0.8379 8 10 Nick Percat Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.6384 +0.9778 9 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.4966 +1.0946 10 20 David Reynolds Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.3436 No time 11 9 Jack Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.7304 12 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.8073 13 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.8126 14 2 Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.8173 15 7 James Courtney Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 +0.8466 16 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.9033 17 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.9124 18 23 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.9824 19 100 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +1.0088 20 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +1.0195 21 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +1.1538 22 3 Aaron Love Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 +1.3039 23 12 Jaxon Evans Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +1.5612 24 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +1.5938 Source:
– Ryan Wood and Macauley Jones had their fastest times deleted for improving under yellow flag conditions.
Race 1 Broc Feeney overhauled new Triple Eight team-mate Will Brown to win the opening race of the season. A safety car was called on the opening lap when rookie Ryan Wood found the sand at the first corner. Brown led in the first stint, but an error in his first pit-stop allowed Feeney to take the lead. Cameron Hill qualified a career-best fourth and briefly led in the first round of stops, but a mistake at Hell Corner dropped him down the order. Cam Waters struggled for pace outside the top 20 before losing a wheel late in the race at Griffins' Bend, causing a full course yellow. Aaron Love crashed at the Cutting twice in his first solo main game event, losing three laps to replace a broken toe-link after the first and causing a race-ending safety car after the second occurred with three laps to go.
Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 88 Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 1:36:15.9437 2 150 2 87 Will Brown 40 +0.3901 1 138 3 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 40 +1.1323 3 129 4 26 Richie Stanaway Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +1.5107 5 120 5 4 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +2.2634 4 111 6 10 Nick Percat Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +3.0867 8 102 7 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +3.9433 12 96 8 20 David Reynolds Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +4.3837 10 90 9 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +5.1259 17 84 10 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +5.5967 13 78 11 99 Todd Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +6.0162 7 72 12 100 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +6.9256 19 69 13 9 Jack Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +8.4292 11 66 14 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +8.8470 16 63 15 7 James Courtney Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 40 +9.7171 15 60 16 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +10.3159 21 57 17 23 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +10.8511 18 54 18 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +11.6344 6 51 19 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +12.3675 24 48 20 12 Jaxon Evans Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +12.7523 23 45 21 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +13.8406 9 42 22 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 35 + 5 Laps 20 DNF 3 Aaron Love Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 33 Crash 22 DNF 2 Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 0 14 Fastest Lap: Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United), 2:08.0797 on Lap 33 Source:
Qualifying 2 Driver Team Car Times Regular 1 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 2:05.3317 2:06.5465 2 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.1011 +0.0988 3 87 Will Brown +0.0676 +0.1772 4 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.3330 +0.4080 5 20 David Reynolds Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.3230 +0.6144 6 9 Jack Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.5913 +0.8352 7 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.4283 +0.8442 8 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.6461 +0.8791 9 10 Nick Percat Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.7193 +0.9159 10 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.3165 +0.9652 11 2 Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 +0.7328 12 99 Todd Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.7337 13 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.7617 14 4 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.7707 15 26 Richie Stanaway Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.8457 16 3 Aaron Love Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 +0.8873 17 23 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.9179 18 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 +0.9188 19 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +0.9390 20 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +1.0260 21 100 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +1.0478 22 7 James Courtney Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 +1.0539 23 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +1.0563 24 12 Jaxon Evans Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 +1.2354 Source:
Race 2 Feeney qualified on pole but made a slow start, allowing Mostert and James Golding to pass. Ryan Wood, Richie Stanaway and Cameron Hill collided in the midfield, resulting in a half-spin and damage to the front-left corner for Hill. Wood later retired from the race as a result of the damage caused, having only completed 7 racing laps all weekend. At the end of the opening lap, Feeney made a dive on Golding at the Chase but pushed the PremiAir driver off the road – giving the Race 1 winner a pit-stop penalty. Having crashed twice in Race 1, Aaron Love crashed again in Race 2 – this time at Reid Park, delaying him in the pits for three laps to repair the damage. Having led for the opening two stints, Mostert relinquished the lead to Brown in the last pit cycle having suffered from a sticking wheel-nut. The same drivers finished on the podium in Race 2 as in Race 1, but in a different order as Brown led Mostert and Feeney over the line.
Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 87 Will Brown 40 3 150 2 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 40 +1.5535 2 138 3 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +2.7305 1 129 4 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +22.6834 7 120 5 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +24.0407 4 111 6 20 David Reynolds Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +26.2710 5 102 7 19 Matthew Payne Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +27.3572 13 96 8 9 Jack Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +34.9165 6 90 9 10 Nick Percat Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +35.2489 9 84 10 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +42.6161 8 78 11 26 Richie Stanaway Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +42.8844 15 72 12 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +43.6288 20 69 13 99 Todd Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +45.4316 12 66 14 100 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +46.2856 21 63 15 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +56.1119 10 60 16 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 40 +58.0158 18 57 17 23 Tim Slade PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +1:00.4249 17 54 18 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +1:00.5947 19 51 19 7 James Courtney Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 40 +1:11.7787 22 48 20 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +1:11.9264 23 45 21 12 Jaxon Evans Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 40 +2:13.3187 24 42 22 3 Aaron Love Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 37 +3 laps 16 39 23 4 Cameron Hill Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 31 +9 laps 14 36 DNF 2 Ryan Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang S650 7 Crash damage 11 Fastest Lap: Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 2:07.6228 on Lap 32 Source:
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points Gap 1 Will Brown 288 2 Broc Feeney 279 +9 3 Chaz Mostert 267 +21 4 Richie Stanaway 192 +96 David Reynolds
Teams' Championship standings Constructor Points Gap 1 567 2 Grove Racing 366 +201 3 Matt Stone Racing 333 +234 4 Team 18 324 +243 5 Brad Jones Racing (#8, #14) 300 +267
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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