2020 Bathurst 1000

The event was the 63rd running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marks the 60th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 24th running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998.

This was the first time since 2000 that the race was also the final round of the championship.[1]

The defending winners of the race were Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat, though Premat was unable to compete in the race due to border restrictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[2][3]

Twenty-five cars were entered in the event – 17 Holden Commodores and eight Ford Mustangs, the smallest entry list in the events' history and the first Ford and Holden-only race since 2012. In addition to the 24 regular entries, there was a single 'Wildcard' entry from the Garry Rogers Motorsport team for débutants Tyler Everingham and Jayden Ojeda from the Super2 Series.[4] GRM had originally planned for Nathan Herne from the Australian TA2 Racing Series to race in place of Ojeda, however Herne's entry was blocked as Motorsport Australia denied him the required licence.[5][6] Seven drivers made their debuts in the race – Everingham and Ojeda, championship driver Zane Goddard, Australian and World TCR driver Dylan O'Keeffe, former Super2 driver Kurt Kostecki, and current Super2 drivers Jordan Boys and Broc Feeney. With 45 Australians and 5 New Zealanders in the line-up, it marked the first grid made up of solely Antipodean drivers since 1964.

No.	Drivers	Team	Car		No.	Drivers	Team	Car
2	Bryce Fullwood Kurt Kostecki	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB		19	Alex Davison Jonathon Webb	Team Sydney	Holden Commodore ZB
3	Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		20	Scott Pye Dean Fiore	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB
4	Jack Smith Jack Perkins	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		22	Chris Pither Steve Owen	Team Sydney	Holden Commodore ZB
5	Lee Holdsworth Michael Caruso	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT		25	Chaz Mostert Warren Luff	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB
6	Cameron Waters Will Davison	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT		34	Zane Goddard Jake Kostecki	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB
7	Andre Heimgartner Dylan O'Keeffe	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT		35	Garry Jacobson David Russell	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB
8	Nick Percat Thomas Randle	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		40	Tyler Everingham Jayden Ojeda	Garry Rogers Motorsport[7]	Holden Commodore ZB
9	David Reynolds Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		44	James Courtney Broc Feeney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT
12	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT		55	Jack Le Brocq James Moffat	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT
14	Todd Hazelwood Jordan Boys	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		97	Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB
15	Rick Kelly Dale Wood	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT		99	Anton de Pasquale Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB
17	Scott McLaughlin Tim Slade	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT		888	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB
18	Mark Winterbottom James Golding	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB
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Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.