Intercontinental GT Challenge | |
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Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit |
Corporate sponsor | Liqui Moly |
First race | 1991 |
Duration | 12 Hours |
Most wins (driver) | John Bowe (3) Jules Gounon (3) |
Most wins (manufacturer) | Mazda (4) |
The Bathurst 12 Hour, currently known as the Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour for sponsorship reasons, is an annual endurance race for GT and production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, Australia. The race was first held in 1991 for Series Production cars and moved to Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway in 1995 before being discontinued.[1] The race was revived in 2007, again for production cars, before adding a new class for GT3 and other GT cars in 2011. This has led to unprecedented domestic and international exposure for the event. In all, twenty one races have taken place; twenty at Mount Panorama and one at Eastern Creek Raceway (Sydney Motorsport Park).