You can keep your events at Sandown and even your super sprints because the Bathurst 1000 is the race every Australian revhead has circled on their calendar.
Since 1963, some of the globe's most skilled drivers have taken on Mount Panorama to be crowned the King of the Mountain.
Having changed gears from Vauxhills and Morris Coopers of decades past to the turbocharged V8 present, what's under the hood may have changed but it has always taken a neat balance of deftness and dare to claim the chequered flag at Bathurst.
From a tyre magnate's early dominance to a Kiwi flyer's current stranglehold, here is every driver to have crossed the line first at Mount Panorama.
Year | Driver/s | Car |
1963 | Harry Firth & Bob Jane | Ford Cortina Mk.I GT |
1964 | Bob Jane & George Reynolds | Ford Cortina Mk.I GT |
1965 | Barry Seton & Midge Bosworth | Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500 |
1966 | Rauno Aaltonen & Bob Holden | Morris Cooper S |
1967 | Harry Firth & Fred Gibson | Ford XR Falcon GT |
1968 | Bruce McPhee & Barry Mulholland | Holden HK Monaro GTS327 |
1969 | Colin Bond & Tony Roberts | Holden HT Monaro GTS350 |
1970 | Allan Moffat | Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase III |
1971 | Allan Moffat | Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase III |
1972 | Peter Brock | Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 |
1973 | Allan Moffat & Ian Geoghegan | Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop |
1974 | John Goss & Kevin Bartlett | Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop |
1975 | Peter Brock & Brian Sampson | Holdon LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 |
1976 | Bob Morris & John Fitzpatrick | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 |
1977 | Allan Moffat & Jacky Ickx | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop |
1978 | Peter Brock & Jim Richards | Holden LX Torana A9X SS Hatchback |
1979 | Peter Brock & Jim Richards | Holden LX Torana A9X SS Hatchback |
1980 | Peter Brock & Jim Richards | Holden VC Commodore |
1981 | Dick Johnson & John French | Ford XD Falcon |
1982 | Peter Brock & Larry Perkins | Holden VH Commodore SS |
1983 | John Harvey, Peter Brock & Larry Perkins | Holden VH Commodore SS |
1984 | Peter Brock & Larry Perkins | Holden VK Commodore |
1985 | John Goss & Armin Hahne | Jaguar XJ-S |
1986 | Allan Grice & Graeme Bailey | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A |
1987 | Peter McLeod, Peter Brock & David Parsons | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A |
1988 | Tony Longhurst & Thomas Mezera | Ford Sierra RS500 |
1989 | Dick Johnson & John Bowe | Ford Sierra RS500 |
1990 | Win Percy & Allan Grice | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV |
1991 | Jim Richards & Mark Skaife | Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R |
1992 | Jim Richards & Mark Skaife | Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R |
1993 | Larry Perkins & Gregg Hansford | Holden VP Commodore |
1994 | Dick Johnson & John Bowe | Ford EB Falcon |
1995 | Larry Perkins & Russell Ingall | Holden VR Commodore |
1996 | Craig Lowndes & Greg Murphy | Holden VR Commodore |
1997 | Geoff Brabham & David Brabham | BMW 320i |
1997 | Larry Perkins & Russell Ingall | Holden VS Commodore |
1998 | Rickard Rydell & Jim Richards | Volvo S40 |
1998 | Jason Bright & Steven Richards | Ford EL Falcon |
1999 | Steven Richards & Greg Murphy | Holden VT Commodore |
2000 | Garth Tander & Jason Bargwanna | Holden VT Commodore |
2001 | Mark Skaife & Tony Longhurst | Holden VX Commodore |
2002 | Mark Skaife & Jim Richards | Holden VX Commodore |
2003 | Greg Murphy & Rick Kelly | Holden VY Commodore |
2004 | Greg Murphy & Rick Kelly | Holden VY Commodore |
2005 | Mark Skaife & Todd Kelly | Holden VZ Commodore |
2006 | Craig Lowndes & Jamie Whincup | Ford BA Falcon |
2007 | Craig Lowndes & Jamie Whincup | Ford BF Falcon |
2008 | Craig Lowndes & Jamie Whincup | Ford BF Falcon |
2009 | Will Davison & Garth Tander | Holden VE Commodore |
2010 | Craig Lowndes & Mark Skaife | Holden VE Commodore |
2011 | Garth Tander & Nick Percat | Holden VE Commodore |
2012 | Jamie Whincup & Paul Dumbrell | Holden VE Commodore |
2013 | Mark Winterbottom & Steven Richards | Ford FG Falcon |
2014 | Chaz Mostert & Paul Morris | Ford FG Falcon |
2015 | Craig Lowndes & Steven Richards | Holden VF Commodore |
2016 | Will Davison & Jonathon Webb | Holden VF Commodore |
2017 | David Reynolds & Luke Youlden | Holden VF Commodore |
2018 | Craig Lowndes & Steven Richards | Holden ZB Commodore |
2019 | Scott McLaughlin & Alexandre Premat | Ford Mustang GT |
2020 | Shane van Gisbergen & Garth Tander | Holden ZB Commodore |
2021 | Chaz Mostert & Lee Holdsworth | Holden ZB Commodore |
2022 | Shane van Gisbergen & Garth Tander | Holden ZB Commodore |
2023 | Shane van Gisbergen & Richie Stanaway | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE |