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The Bathurst 1000 is a 1,000.29 kilometres (621.6 mi) touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recent incarnation of the Australian Touring Car Championship. In 1987 it was a round of the World Touring Car Championship. The race originated with the 1960 Armstrong 500 with a 500 mile race distance at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit; it was relocated to Bathurst in 1963 also with the 500 mile distance and has continued there every year since, extending to a 1,000 kilometer race in 1973. The race was traditionally run on the New South Wales Labour-Day long weekend in early October. Since 2001, the race has been run on the weekend following the long weekend, generally the second weekend of October.
George Lucas's senior project at the University of Southern California in 1966. It was named for the lap time of the Lotus 23 race car that was the subject of the film. It is a nonstory visual tone poem depicting the imagery of a car going at full speed, and featuring the car's engine as the primary sound element. Shot on 16mm color film with a 14 man student crew, it was filmed at Willow Springs Raceway, north of Los Angeles, CA. The Lotus 23 was driven by Pete Brock.
Peter Brock, the "King of the Mountain", comes out of retirement for a one off race in hopes he can clinch his 10th Bathurst title. This documentary explores from the first question through the decision and finally to the race itself.
Holden’s Torana A9X Hatchback hit the racetracks in late 1977 as GMH attempted to halt the big dollar Moffat Ford Dealer Team steamroller that took first and second placings in the 1977 Australian Touring Car Championship. Peter Brock threw down the gauntlet to Allan Moffat at the Sandown 500 with a debut victory in his privateer Torana A9X, but both Moffat and Colin Bond took sweet revenge with a one/two result at Bathurst as lack of development proved costly for the leading Toranas.
After three decades in motor racing, no other Australian driver commands such broad public appeal as Peter Brock. Peter is an Australian motor sports phenomenon. Widely regarded as one of the most gifted drivers of his generation and an icon in Australian sports, he resisted going overseas to create a spectacularly successful careen in the one country he wished to call home. Peter's record-breaking achievements at Australia's premier race, the Bathurst 1000, are unlikely to be surpassed. Nine wins, seven poles and 12 podiums. Peter truly is "King Of The Mountain". Touring car racing has always been his passion, the ultimate challenge. Taking a car originally intended for road use and pushing to the absolute limit in competition. On bitumen or dirt, Brock has proved a master of the art and it's all detailed in this documentary.
