A report on Mount Panorama Circuit and 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986)

Original layout of Mount Panorama Circuit used between 1938 and 1986

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

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 was held on 5 October 1980 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia.

- 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

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.

- Mount Panorama Circuit

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

Bathurst 1000

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

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 Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 km touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

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

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

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

Bartlett first arrived on the Australian racing scene in 1958 when he competed in the Touring Car Scratch Race at Bathurst, driving a 950cc Morris Minor.

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).