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Bathurst: Our Mountain

I love the Bathurst weekend – it’s my favourite weekend of any year. Many people around me don’t ‘get it’. These people do:

50 Years of Bathurst

This year marks the 50th running of Australia’s Great Race, the Bathurst 1000. Fifty years of heritage, history and emotion. Channel Seven prepared a most spine tingling introduction for this years telecast. Awesome.

I Don’t Think So Ten!

Over the last few years, people constantly complain about the amount of advertising the Seven Network puts on during its motor racing telecasts. I don’t actually think it’s too bad, and have shown here and here that the amount is not really all that different than it was 25 years ago, or at any time […]

Bathurst and Advertising – Again

At this time every year, we hear people moaning about how much advertising is shown during the annual Bathurst 1000 motor race, with “they show too many ads” being the common catch cry. Long time readers of this blog may remember the analysis I’ve done over the years in regards to just how much advertising […]

How America Consumed Our Great Race

The motor sport world is still buzzing in the aftermath of the 2011 Bathurst 1000 – and for the first time ever, the race was broadcast live and in full to the United States in Saturday night prime time. So, how did the race look to the US audience? Here’s the start and first two […]

Waltrip: Bathurst A “Geological Oddity”

NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip made the long trip to Mount Panorama for our greatest race, the Bathurst 1000. Along with Mike Joy, Calvin Fish, and expat Aussie Leigh Diffey, Waltrip came to sample the race while sending the live broadcast back to the US via Speed TV. Being the welcoming type that us Australians are, […]

Wood and Johnson: Separated At Birth?

Racing driver Dale Wood and Geelong AFL player Steve Johnson could well have been separated at birth. Click for a larger view: You be the judge!

Dodgy Fuel or Dodgy Wheel Arches?

With the latest chapter in the history of the Bathurst 1000 due to be written this coming weekend, I thought I would take a moment to look back at probably the most controversial incident in the history of the race – the post-race disqualification of the Eggenberger Texaco Ford Sierras that finished first and second […]