July 11, 2007
Bathurst 12-hour in February
The revived Bathurst 12-hour endurance race is moving from Easter to mid-February next year. Now slotted for February 15-17, it will be the first major national circuit race in 2008.
Craig Denyer, of the race's management company Spherix, says manufacturers and competitors were "more than happy with the base structure and eligibility of the 2007 event (won by a BMW 335i)".
"Therefore only minor changes to the class structure and rules and regulations, which we are currently framing, will be made," Denyer says.
"Essentially the class make-up will be those cars that are eligible for the Australian performance car and Australian production car championships, plus the addition of an eco diesel/hybrid class and a class for V8 utes.
"Also being investigated is a class for cars with automatic or semi-automatic transmissions.
"We are seeking expressions of interest from manufacturers or any other competitors for specific vehicles they would like considered for eligibility, with a draft eligibility and class structure released within the next two weeks."