LAP OF THE GODS
MOUNT PANORAMA
MEASURED EXPECTATIONS
Power and dynamics are needed at Bathurst. The former because Mountain Straight is 1.111km long and Conrod Straight is 1.916km. At the highest point the track is 862m above sea level.
LOCATION
MOUNTAIN STRAIGHT, MOUNT PANORAMA, NSW 2795
Phone: (02) 6333 6100
Opened: March 1938
Owner: Bathurst Regional Council
Altitude: 709m (2326 ft)
- 33°43’93” S 149°55’79” E
DISTANCE FROM SYDNEY CBD
202km (about 3hrs)
TRACK STATS
NUMBER OF CORNERS 23
TRACK LENGTH 6.213km
LAP RECORD 1:59.291
Christopher Mies, Audi R8 Ultra, 16 November 2018
LAP RECORD AVG SPEED 187.49km/h
TRACK DAYS
Challenge Bathurst 2022
Bathurst Light Car Club
Web: bathurstlightcarclub.com.au/events
Hillclimb NSW
Web: hillclimbnsw.org.au
Unique Motoring Events
Mount Panorama Circuit Booking
ABSOLUTELY ICONIC. THERE isn’t a stretch of tarmac more important or historic, in terms of motorsport, in Australia. The 6.213km circuit that weaves its way up, across and down Mount Panorama is so revered that it’s put the country NSW town of Bathurst on the must-visit list of motorsport fans the world over. It’s easy to forget that for most of the year it’s a public road servicing 40 local homes and businesses.
In all there are 23 turns, with ‘The Chase’ being added by 1987 for Australia’s round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship – which was to be Peter Brock’s ninth and final Bathurst 1000 victory. The boom of 2.0-litre Super Touring in the ’90s fought
