The 2026 Bathurst 1000, known for naming rights reasons as the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000, is a scheduled motor racing event for Supercars, to be held from 8 to 11 October 2026. It will be race 30 of the 2026 Supercars Championship and will take place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, featuring a single race of 1000 kilometres.
Background The event will be the 69th 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 will mark the 66th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama.
Toyota will make its first appearance at the Bathurst 1000 in the Supercars era, and its first at the event since the 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000.
Matt Payne is the defending race winner. Co-driver Garth Tander will not defend the title, having retired from motorsport and moved into full time commentary.
Entry list Twenty-six cars are expected to contest the event; ten Chevrolet Camaros, eleven Ford Mustangs and five Toyota Supras. In addition to the 24 regular-season entries, two wildcard entrants will join the field from Team 18 and Garry Rogers Motorsport.Lowndes joins Team 18 for 2026 wildcard Auto Action 13 August 2025
Four drivers are expected to make their Bathurst 1000 debut; regular season driver Jackson Walls, Super2 Series drivers Reuben Goodall and Bayley Hall, and two-time Australian National Trans-Am Series champion Nathan Herne.
DriversTeam (Sponsors)CarDriversTeam (Sponsors)Car1 Chaz MostertWalkinshaw TWG RacingToyota GR Supra18 Lee HoldsworthTeam 18Chevrolet Camaro ZL12 Ryan Wood Jaxon EvansWalkinshaw TWG RacingToyota GR Supra19 Matthew Payne Will DavisonGrove RacingFord Mustang S6503 Aaron Cameron Zak BestBlanchard Racing TeamFord Mustang S65026 Kai Allen Tim SladeGrove RacingFord Mustang S6504 Jack Le Brocq Harri JonesMatt Stone RacingChevrolet Camaro ZL131 Jayden Ojeda David RussellPremiAir RacingChevrolet Camaro ZL16 Cameron WatersTickford RacingFord Mustang S65034 James Moffat Nathan HerneGarry Rogers MotorsportChevrolet Camaro ZL17 James Golding Richie StanawayBlanchard Racing TeamFord Mustang S650 38 Rylan Gray Tony D'Alberto Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S6508 Andre Heimgartner Bryce FullwoodBrad Jones RacingToyota GR Supra48 David Reynolds James CourtneyTeam 18Chevrolet Camaro ZL19 Jobe Stewart Jarrod HughesErebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL155 Thomas Randle Reuben GoodallTickford RacingFord Mustang S65010 Zach Bates Aaron SetonMatt Stone RacingChevrolet Camaro ZL188 Broc Feeney Nick PercatFord Mustang S65011 Jackson Walls Jack PerkinsFord Mustang S65096 Macauley Jones Jordan BoysBrad Jones RacingToyota GR Supra14 Cameron Hill Brad VaughanBrad Jones RacingToyota GR Supra99 Cooper Murray Lochie DaltonErebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL115 Bayley Hall Craig LowndesTeam 18Chevrolet Camaro ZL1777 Declan Fraser Nash MorrisPremiAir RacingChevrolet Camaro ZL117 Brodie Kostecki Todd HazelwoodDick Johnson RacingFord Mustang S650888 Will Brown Scott PyeFord Mustang S650Sources:
Broadcast The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically by 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.
Kayo Sports Seven Network Host: Jessica YatesBooth: Richard Craill, Garth Tander, Greg MurphyPit-lane: Chad Neylon, Mark Larkham, Riana Crehan Presenters: Mel McLaughlin, Mark Beretta, Matthew WhitePundits: Molly Taylor, Aaron NoonanRoving: Emma Freedman
References
External links Official website