![The National Motor Racing Museum at Bathurst in Australia Classic & Sports Car – Classic shrine: National Motor Racing Museum Bathurst](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2023-09/Classic-%26-Sports-Car-Classic-shrine-National-Motor-Racing-Museum-Bathurst-15.png?itok=rnjgqHyW)
The Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst is holy ground to Australian race fans and has a long history dating back to the late 1930s.
Since that time, it has hosted motorcycle races, sports car enduros and various lesser-known competitions, but it is best remembered both locally and internationally as the home of the ‘Big Race’ every October.
The Six Hour Classic in 1962 was followed by the Armstrong 500 a year later, and that event became the Bathurst 1000 following metrification in 1973.
It continues today as the highlight of the V8 Supercars calendar.
![This classic Holden Commodore VK was raced by Peter Brock at Bathurst Classic & Sports Car – Classic shrine: National Motor Racing Museum Bathurst](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Classic-%26-Sports-Car-Classic-shrine-National-Motor-Racing-Museum-Bathurst-02.png)
![F1 champion Jack Brabham used this classic Speedway racer early in his career Classic & Sports Car – Classic shrine: National Motor Racing Museum Bathurst](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Classic-%26-Sports-Car-Classic-shrine-National-Motor-Racing-Museum-Bathurst-05.png)
![This classic Holden Torana raced at Bathurst Classic & Sports Car – Classic shrine: National Motor Racing Museum Bathurst](/sites/default/files/2023-09/Classic-%26-Sports-Car-Classic-shrine-National-Motor-Racing-Museum-Bathurst-16.png)
Clockwise from top: Peter Brock’s victorious Holden Commodore VK from 1984; Peter Janson and Larry Perkins’ A9X Holden Torana from 1979; Jack Brabham’s 1948 Speedway racer