The 1997 Primus 1000 Classic was the first running of the Australia 1000 race, sometimes known as the Bathurst Classic. The race was created in response to V8Supercar's

V8 Supercar

V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category based in Australia and run as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile regulations...

 need to hold an event at the massively popular Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

, without competing in the Bathurst 1000

Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia...

 as V8Supercar organisers AVESCO were in conflict with the Bathurst 1000 organisers, the Australian Racing Drivers' Club.

While many attempts were made to broker a peace between the two bodies, there was a fundamental chasm over the issue of television coverage with AVESCO holding a series contract with the Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

 and the ARDC holding a contract with Seven Network

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

. The impasse was solved when Bathurst City Council

Bathurst Regional Council

Bathurst Regional Council administers the Bathurst Region Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 200 km west of Sydney and has a population of 37,001 . It is on the Great Western Highway, Mid-Western Highway, Mitchell Highway and the Main Western railway...

 did a deal with AVESCO for a separate race, to be held two weeks after the Bathurst 1000, which subsequently went ahead with a field of Australian and British Supertouring

Supertouring

Super Touring, Class 2 or Class II was a motor racing Touring Cars category defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile for national touring car racing in 1993. It was based on the "2 litre Touring Car Formula" created for the British Touring Car Championship in 1990...

 cars.

It was held on 19 October 1997 at the Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

 just outside Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

.

Level 1

These were the full time professional teams, aiming to win the race outright and holders of a 'Level 1' V8 Supercar franchise.

Level 2

The smaller, part-time 'Level 2' teams, running on a Dunlop control tyre of lower, cheaper specification.

Special level 1

The smaller, part-time 'Level 2' teams, who wished to run on the tyres of their own choosing.

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	05	Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team The Holden Racing Team is a Melbourne based motor racing team. HRT is the most successful V8 Supercar racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the Bathurst 1000 seven times...	Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000...	Holden VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...	2:10.0397
2	1	Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing was a V8 Supercar racing team that competed in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.Glenn Seton formed his own team in 1989, using Ford Sierras. Seton had been a protege of the works Nissan team, and took the Peter Jackson cigarette sponsorship of that team with him. Former F1...	Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,...	Ford EL Falcon Ford EL Falcon The Ford EL Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1996 and 1998. The EL Falcon served as the final chapter of the fifth generation "E-series" architecture, which began with the EA of 1988. Ford discontinued the car in 1998, and replaced it...	2:10.8120
3	15	Holden Racing Team	Greg Murphy Greg Murphy Greg Murphy is a racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000. Greg Murphy joined Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond presenting Top Gear, when it had its first international Live show at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland from February 12 - 15th 2009, and again when the show...	Holden VS Commodore	2:11.0270
4	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:...	Holden VS Commodore	2:11.0826
5	97	Holden Young Lions Holden Racing Team The Holden Racing Team is a Melbourne based motor racing team. HRT is the most successful V8 Supercar racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the Bathurst 1000 seven times...	Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.-Career history:Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category...	Holden VS Commodore	2:11.0887
6	9	Alan Jones Racing Alan Jones Racing Alan Jones Racing was a motorsport team contesting the Australian Touring Car Championship. The team ceased operations at the end of 1997, with the owner Alan Jones selling the team to Stone Brothers Racing- History :...	Alan Jones Alan Jones (Formula 1) Alan Stanley Jones MBE is an Australian former Formula One driver. He was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion....	Ford EL Falcon	2:11.2317
7	17	Shell Helix Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Dick Johnson	Ford EL Falcon	2:11.3336
8	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner John Faulkner (racing driver) John Murray Faulkner, born 24 August 1952, in Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a retired racing driver. Faulkner spent the majority in sedan based classes, initial small touring cars, Ford Escorts and Capris initially before joining Toyota Team Australia's team of factory supported Toyota Corolla...	Holden VS Commodore	2:11.4114
9	18	Shell Helix Racing	Steven Johnson Steven Johnson (motor racing) Steven Johnson is an Australian V8 Supercar racing driver. He is the son of former racer and now team-owner Dick Johnson. He has competed full-time for Dick Johnson Racing since 2000...	Ford EL Falcon	2:11.6200
10	7	Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner Racing was a short-lived Australian motor racing team that competed in Touring Car events from 1994 to 1999.-History:The team was created to further the motor sport career of 1987 World Motorcycle Champion, Wayne Gardner who retired from motor cycle racing at the end of the 1992 season...	Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Wayne Michael Gardner OAM is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and touring car racer. His most notable achievement was winning the 1987 500 cc Motorcycle World Championship, becoming the first Australian to win motorcycling's premier class...	Holden VS Commodore	2:12.8269

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	L1	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:...   Russell Ingall Russell Ingall Russell Ingall is an Australian V8 Supercar driver. Ingall won the V8 Supercar Championship for the first time in 2005, he was also the Championship runner up in 1998, 1999 and 2001. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 1000 motor race twice, in 1995 and 1997...	Holden VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...	161	6	4
2	L1	34	Valvoline / Cummins Team Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team presently competing in V8 Supercar.-The early years:Garry Rogers Motorsport has its origins in Garry Rogers' own exploits in Sports Sedans during the late 1960s and the 1970s. In the mid-1970s Rogers got more serious, running a BDA Escort...	Steven Richards Steven Richards Steven Richards is a New Zealand racing driver, currently competing in the with the team. He previously raced in the V8 Supercar series for Ford Performance Racing....   Jim Richards Jim Richards (race driver) Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship...	Holden VS Commodore	161	11
3	L1	10	Mitre 10 Racing Larkham Motor Sport Larkham Motor Sport was a motorsport team contesting the V8 Supercar Championship. The team ceased operations at the end of 2005, with the owner Mark Larkham selling the team to WPS Racing.- History :...	Mark Larkham Mark Larkham Mark Larkham is a retired Australian racing driver, former racing team owner and television commentator.-Open wheelers:...   Andrew Miedecke	Ford EL Falcon Ford EL Falcon The Ford EL Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1996 and 1998. The EL Falcon served as the final chapter of the fifth generation "E-series" architecture, which began with the EA of 1988. Ford discontinued the car in 1998, and replaced it...	161	12
4	L1	18	Shell Helix Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Steven Johnson Steven Johnson (motor racing) Steven Johnson is an Australian V8 Supercar racing driver. He is the son of former racer and now team-owner Dick Johnson. He has competed full-time for Dick Johnson Racing since 2000...   Craig Baird Craig Baird Craig George Baird MNZM is a race car driver. Baird is a very successful driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles , and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles .Since then Baird has raced in Australian Super...	Ford EL Falcon	158	10	9
5	L1	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner John Faulkner (racing driver) John Murray Faulkner, born 24 August 1952, in Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a retired racing driver. Faulkner spent the majority in sedan based classes, initial small touring cars, Ford Escorts and Capris initially before joining Toyota Team Australia's team of factory supported Toyota Corolla...   Win Percy Win Percy Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's...	Holden VS Commodore	154	7	8
6	L1	45	Wynn's Australia Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...	Darren Hossack Darren Hossack Darren Hossack, , is a multiple-championship winning Australian race car driver. Hossack currently competes in Sports Sedans and Superkarts.-Early career:...   Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Steven Ellery is a retired Australian racing driver.Since 1994 Ellery has made 120 championship starts. He has recorded three podium finishes at the Bathurst 1000. Ellery has not raced full time in the series since the end of the 2005. season.-Career results:-References:...	Holden VS Commodore	154	15
7	L2	14	Malcolm Stenniken	Malcolm Stenniken   Peter Gazzard	Holden VS Commodore	154	33
8	S1	3	Lansvale Racing Team Lansvale Racing Team Lansvale Racing Team, also known as Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian touring car events in the 1980s and 1990s...	Steve Reed   Trevor Ashby	Holden VS Commodore	153	18
9	L2	36	Schembri Motorsport	Neil Schembri   Ian Luff	Holden VS Commodore	153	30
10	S1	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan   Terry Shiel	Holden VS Commodore	153	17
11	L1	9	Alan Jones Racing Alan Jones Racing Alan Jones Racing was a motorsport team contesting the Australian Touring Car Championship. The team ceased operations at the end of 1997, with the owner Alan Jones selling the team to Stone Brothers Racing- History :...	Alan Jones Alan Jones (Formula 1) Alan Stanley Jones MBE is an Australian former Formula One driver. He was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion....   Scott Pruett Scott Pruett Scott Donald Pruett is an American race car driver who has competed in NASCAR, Champ Car, IMSA, Trans-Am and Grand-Am. He and his wife Judy have three children, and are children's book authors....   Jason Bright Jason Bright Jason Bright is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the V8 Supercar series.-Australia:...	Ford EL Falcon	153	9	6
12	L2	16	Castrol Cougars	Melinda Price   Kerryn Brewer	Holden VS Commodore	152	DNQ
13	L2	44	Mal Rose Racing	Mal Rose   Kevin Burton	Holden VS Commodore	150	27
14	S1	49	Greg Crick Motorsport	Greg Crick   Peter Fitzgerald	Holden VS Commodore	150	14
15	L2	20	Palmer Promotions	Ian Palmer   John English	Holden VS Commodore	146	36
16	L2	21	Walden Racing	Brian Walden   Steve Williams	Holden VP Commodore Holden VP Commodore The Holden VP Commodore is an automobile which was produced by Australian automaker Holden from 1991 to 1993. It is the seventh generation Holden Commodore....	144	37
17	L2	39	Challenge Motorsport	Chris Smerdon   Charlie Cox Charlie Cox (racing) Charlie Cox , a motorcycling commentator, was brought up in the Sydney suburb of Gymea.-Racing career:His background is based on 4 wheels rather than 2. He raced in the National Saloon Car Cup in Britain using a Ford Escort RS Cosworth in 1993 and 1994, winning several races. He also won the...	Holden VS Commodore	143	25
18	L2	26	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman   John Cotter	Holden VS Commodore	139	21
19	L2	74	PACE Racing	Kevin Heffernan   Danny Osborne	Holden VS Commodore	135	24
DNF	L2	62	Novacastrian Motorsport	Wayne Russell   Ric Shaw	Holden VS Commodore	126	34
DNF	L1	1	Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing was a V8 Supercar racing team that competed in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.Glenn Seton formed his own team in 1989, using Ford Sierras. Seton had been a protege of the works Nissan team, and took the Peter Jackson cigarette sponsorship of that team with him. Former F1...	Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,...   David Parsons David 'Skippy' Parsons David John 'Skippy' Parsons , was an Australian racing driver, who while never a full time racing driver, drove for the biggest racing teams in Australia....	Ford EL Falcon	121	3	2
DNF	L2	40	Michael Hart	Michael Hart   Peter Lawrence	Holden VR Commodore Holden VR Commodore The Holden VR Commodore of July 1993 came with an updated, sleeker and more modern design, as well as safety enhancements such as anti-lock brakes . From the side, the biggest change was the use of a round rear wheelarch, instead of a squared-off shape used on the previous VN and VP model Commodores...	119	40
DNF	L1	25	Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Racing is a former V8 Supercar team. The team, based on Queenslands Gold Coast at the Longhurst family owned Dreamworld adventure park, made its debut in Group A touring car racing in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway and made its last...	Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series....   Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien (racing driver) This article is about the Australian racing driver. For other people, see Charles O'Brien.Charles Lindsay O'Brien is a former Australian race car driver. From 1976 to 2003, he held the record for being the youngest winner of an Australian Touring Car Championship round.-Career results:-References:...	Ford EL Falcon	110	39
DNF	L2	37	The XEROX Shop	Alan Taylor   Bill Attard   Stephen Bell Stephen Bell Stephen Bell was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.He made his debut for Middlesbrough F.C. aged 16 years and 323 days against Southampton on 30 January 1982 in the Football League First Division, making him the joint youngest player to appear in a competitive game for the...	Holden VP Commodore	110	38
DNF	L2	58	Everlast Automotive	Peter O'Brien   Brian Callaghan Jr   Ron Barnacle	Holden VR Commodore	109	35
DNF	L2	13	John Faulkner Racing	Ryan McLeod   Darren Pate	Holden VS Commodore	101	22
DNF	L2	28	CBS Mining Race Team	Kevin Waldock   John Smith	Ford EF Falcon Ford EF Falcon The Ford EF Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1994 and 1996. A total of 192,100 EF models were produced prior to replacement of the EF by the Ford EL Falcon in 1996.-Introduction and changes:...	92	29
DNF	L1	7	Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner Racing was a short-lived Australian motor racing team that competed in Touring Car events from 1994 to 1999.-History:The team was created to further the motor sport career of 1987 World Motorcycle Champion, Wayne Gardner who retired from motor cycle racing at the end of the 1992 season...	Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Wayne Michael Gardner OAM is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and touring car racer. His most notable achievement was winning the 1987 500 cc Motorcycle World Championship, becoming the first Australian to win motorcycling's premier class...   Neil Crompton Neil Crompton Neil Crompton is a well-known V8 Supercars presenter and commentator for Australia's Channel Seven, having previously worked in a similar role at Network Ten...	Holden VS Commodore	89	4	10
DNF	L2	79	Cadillac Productions	Mike Conway   Gavin Monaghan	Ford EB Falcon Ford EB Falcon The Ford EB Falcon is a car which was produced by the Ford Motor Company in Australia between 1991 and 1993.Visually the 1991 EB remained nearly identical to its predecessor. The most noticeable change was the transfer of the Ford emblem from the tip of the bonnet to the grille...	79	28
DNF	S1	38	James Rosenberg Racing James Rosenberg Racing James Rosenberg Racing is a V8 Supercar racing team owned by South Australian agricultural business identity, James Rosenberg. The team was re-formed in 2010 season with Tim Slade as the teams driver after a toe-in-the water year working with Paul Morris Motorsport in 2009...	Mark Poole   Tony Scott	Holden VS Commodore	74	19
DNF	S1	24	Romano Racing	Paul Romano   Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...	Holden VS Commodore	69	20
DNF	L2	23	Ray Hislop	Ray Hislop   Tim Briggs	Ford EF Falcon	62	26
DNF	L2	41	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington   Bill Sieders	Holden VR Commodore	61	32
DNF	L1	05	Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team The Holden Racing Team is a Melbourne based motor racing team. HRT is the most successful V8 Supercar racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the Bathurst 1000 seven times...	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...   Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000...	Holden VS Commodore	52	2	1
DNF	L2	12	Rod Smith Racing	Bruce Williams   Paul Gover Paul Gover Paul Nicholas Gover was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for the Hampshire Cricket Board....	Holden VS Commodore	46	31
DNF	L2	33	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Pearson   Allan McCarthy	Holden VS Commodore	43	23
DNF	L1	15	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes is a multi-championship winning Australian racing driver. He is a three-time V8 Supercar champion and five-time winner of Australia's most famous motor race, the Bathurst 1000...   Greg Murphy Greg Murphy Greg Murphy is a racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000. Greg Murphy joined Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond presenting Top Gear, when it had its first international Live show at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland from February 12 - 15th 2009, and again when the show...	Holden VS Commodore	38	8	3
DNF	S1	47	CDB Bottle Magic	John Trimbole   Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera, born November 5, 1958, in Czechoslovakia and now resides in Queensland, Australia. Mezera is best known as an Australian racing driver. Mezera's sporting career began as a downhill skier in his native Czechoslovakia, before he emigrated to Australia to be a ski instructor.-Formula...	Holden VS Commodore	25	13
DNF	L1	17	Shell Helix Racing	Dick Johnson   John Bowe John Bowe (racing driver) John Bowe is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters....	Ford EL Falcon	17	5	7
DNF	L1	54	Wayne Gardner Racing	Peter Bradbury   Paul Stokell Paul Stokell Paul Stokell is an Australian racing driver. Despite never making a significant impact in touring car racing, Stokell has been a race and championship winning driver in open wheel and sportscar racing consistently since the early 1990s and remains so today have won the Australian Mini Challenge in...   Anthony Tratt	Holden VS Commodore	16	16
DNS	L1	97	Holden Young Lions Holden Racing Team The Holden Racing Team is a Melbourne based motor racing team. HRT is the most successful V8 Supercar racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the Bathurst 1000 seven times...	Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.-Career history:Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category...   Mark Noske Mark Noske Mark Noske is an Australian V8 Supercar driver. Noske has never placed higher than third in a national event, but has placed third four times in such events.-Formula Racing:...	Holden VS Commodore		1	5

Statistics

• Provisional pole position - #97 Jason Bargwanna - 2:10.9216
• Pole position - #05 Mark Skaife - 2:10.0397
• Fastest lap - #11 Larry Perkins - 2:12.3398 (new lap record)
• Average speed - 157 km/h (V8 Supercar record)

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• race results