A report on Bathurst 1000 and 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

The first corner at Mount Panorama, known as Hell Corner.

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986)

The Austin Lancer of Brian Foley and Alan Edney during the 1960 race.

Seton/Smith Ford Capri, winner of the 2000-3000cc class (image from 2017)

The Ford Cortina GT in which Bob Jane and Harry Firth won the 1963 race.

The Ford XT Falcon GT of Barry Seton and Fred Gibson overtakes the Datsun 1000 of Bill Evans and John Colwell during the 1968 race.

The Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 in which Bob Morris and John Fitzpatrick won the 1976 race.

A replica of the Jaguar XJ-S in which John Goss and Armin Hahne won the 1985 race.

The Nissan Skyline GT-R in which Jim Richards and Mark Skaife won the 1991 race.

The Ford BA Falcon of Marcos Ambrose and Warren Luff leads a train of cars during the 2005 race.

The Ford FG Falcon in which Chaz Mostert and Paul Morris won the 2014 race.

Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat (foreground) won the 2019 Bathurst 1000 while team-mates Fabian Coulthard and Tony D'Alberto (background) were relegated to last place after a rules breach.

The 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 21st running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race.

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In 1978 and 1979 he and Jim Richards drove an A9X Torana to victory, while in 1980 the pair won in a VC Commodore.

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Mount Panorama Circuit

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Motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

Original layout of Mount Panorama Circuit used between 1938 and 1986

Pit Straight and the pit lane as viewed from Hell Corner, with cars lined up on the starting grid in preparation for a race

Chaz Mostert on the run between Quarry Corner and Reid Park

Cars on the run from McPhillamy Park to Brock's Skyline during the 2014 Bathurst 1000, with spectator areas at McPhillamy Park on the right

The run down the mountain, looking from Forrest's Elbow to Skyline and beyond

The Chase (top left), followed by Murray's Corner and the Pit Straight

Shane van Gisbergen in the McLaren 650S GT3 which held the lap record from 2016 to 2018.

Cars on track during the 2005 Bathurst 1000

It is situated on Mount Panorama (Wahluu) and is best known as the home of the Bathurst 1000 motor race held each October, and the Bathurst 12 Hour event held each February.

One of the most famous incidents in the history of the Bathurst 1000 occurred on the exit of this turn when Dick Johnson crashed his Ford Falcon XD out of the lead on lap 18 of the 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000.

Kevin Bartlett and his Lola T300 at the Surfers Paradise round of the 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship

Kevin Bartlett (racing driver)

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Bartlett placed 2nd in the 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship driving a Lola T300

John Goss's reproduction of the 1974 Bathurst 1000 winning Falcon

Kevin Bartlett (born 25 May 1940 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales), often known by his nickname "KB", is an Australian former open wheel and touring car racing driver who won the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1968 and 1969, as well as the prestigious Bathurst 1000 in 1974.

Bartlett would go on to take pole position for the 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 at Bathurst in the Camaro but his race was soured by the car being forced to run drum brakes on the rear with his first stop to change the rear drums coming after only 14 laps (guest Channel 7 pit reporter Chris Economaki reported that the drums were so hot when they came off the car that they literally blistered the paint on the inside pit wall).

Jim Richards (racing driver)

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New Zealand racing driver who won numerous championships in his home country and in Australia.

Richards drove a BMW 635 CSi in the Group C Touring Car category from 1982 to 1984

Jim Richards and Barry Oliver competing in the 2005 Targa Tasmania

Richards won the 2010 Touring Car Masters at the wheels of a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint

Richards placed second in the 2012 Touring Car Masters with an AMC Javelin AMX

He was inducted into the New Zealand Motor-racing Hall of Fame in 1994 After a record number of starts and seven victories in the Bathurst 1000, and four Australian Touring Car Championships, Richards was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Australian Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2015.

For the 1980 race, Brock was now leader of the Holden Dealer Team, in the first year of the new Holden Commodore.

Ford Falcon (XD)

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Full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1979 to 1982.

Dick Johnson and John French won the 1981 James Hardie 1000 driving a Ford Falcon (XD)

Falcon GL utility (with "S Pack" option)

European Mk2 Ford Granada (For Comparison)

For the first time in the history of the Bathurst 1000, the race officials declared the race over as more than 2/3 had been completed.

Allan Moffat also raced an XD Falcon in the 1980 Bathurst 1000 when delays in approval of his Mazda RX-7 meant he would have to wait until the following season in 1981.