Titles to be Decided at Bathurst International

The 2024 Shannons SpeedSeries wraps up this weekend at the famed Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, boasting an impressive bill of on track action as well as a few international guests making the trek down under.

The Bathurst International event incapsulates Round 7 of the SpeedSeries, with TCR Australia, GT World Challenge Australia, Trans Am Australia, GT4 Australia the headline acts for the event.

Joining them are National Sports Sedans, Radical Cup Australia and Australian Production Cars.

The event takes place over three days from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon. Practice and Qualifying for all categories will take place Friday, before launching straight into racing action on Saturday and Sunday.

Channel 7’s live streaming platform, 7plus, brings you all of the racing action live and free with an active subscription. While 7mate and 7two will bring you two hours of terrestrial broadcast on Saturday and Sunday respectively, both 2pm – 4pm AEDT.

TCR Australia

Off the back of a rollercoaster performance at Race Sydney a few weekends ago, Zac Soutar will be out for redemption in the TCR Australia series finale, trailing current series leader, Josh Buchan, by 36-points.

With 141-points on offer over the three scheduled races, seven drivers remain in mathematical contention for the 2024 silverware.

Following a race-winning debut of the all-new Australian developed Peugeot 308 TCR at Sydney Motorsport Park, Garry Rogers Motorsport is doubling down on its efforts to field two additional new 308 models.

Aaron Cameron and Ryan Casha join teammates Jordan Cox and Ben Bargwanna behind the wheel of their respective new machines, marking an impressive milestone from GRM to produce four race-ready Peugeots within a small timeframe.

An injection of international flavour comes in the form of New Zealander, Blake Knowles, making his TCR Australia debut behind the wheel of the 99motorsport Audi RS3 LMS.

GT World Challenge Australia

19-cars have entered the Mount Panorama event with five teams in contention for the 2024 GT World Challenge Australia gong.

Sitting at the top of the points is Chaz Mostert and Liam Talbot, who have enjoyed a stellar debut season for the Ferrari 296 GT3 on Australian shores.

Together with Arise Racing GT, Mostert and Talbot hold a 30-point advantage over Bathurst local, Brad Schumacher, in the Audi he shares with Supercars racing ace, Will Brown.

Also within mathematical contention are Ferrari racers Jaxon Evans and Elliott Schutte who currently sit third, with Declan Fraser and Peter Hackett fourth and the New Zealand pairing of Tim Miles and Brendon Leitch fifth.

Race action reverts from a single three-hour endurance race to two one-hour sprint enduros taking place Saturday and Sunday.

Porsche will return to the grid in preparation for a tilt at the 2025 Bathurst 12-Hour endurance race, with Car Collection Motorsport bringing a 911 GT3-R (Type 992) in the hands of Greek-Swiss driver Alex Fontana and American Hash Patel.

Trans Am Australia

Although not the final round of 2024 for Trans Am Australia, the fledgling V8 category returns to the SpeedSeries at Mount Panorama.

22-cars have entered the penultimate round, with three series points front runners in Todd Hazelwood, James Moffat and Jordan Boys out to score crucial results with six-races remaining this year.

Three of those will take place at Bathurst, a unique compressed schedule will see Trans Am race twice on Saturday, before a single race on Sunday morning that will enable teams to work on their cars to be ready for the final round at the Adelaide 500, just a few days following the Bathurst International.

Tim Brook returns to the series after a period away, along with Nash Morris stepping behind the wheel of his Mustang. Jason Pryde, Des Collier and Domain Ramsey are also back to bolster entry numbers.

GT4 Australia

A field of 19-cars will cap off 2024 for GT4 Australia, wrapping a successful debut season for the series in the Australian domestic motorsport landscape.

Among the leading contenders is Miedecke Motorsport and their Ford Mustang GT4. In the hands of George Miedecke and Rylan Gray, the team burst onto the scene with a dominant performance on debut at Phillip Island earlier this year, carrying that momentum through to the final round at Bathurst.

Also in leading contention is the Method Motorsport McLaren Artura driven by Tom Hayman and Marcos Flack, the duo leading the Silver Cup Class.

Out to shake up the established order will be Tim Leahey and Cody Burcher in their BMW M4 GT4. Leahey has experience of his BMW around Mount Panorama having debuted the model almost 12-months ago, while Burcher recently trekked to Munich, Germany, where he completed an evaluation test with BMW.

Having wrapped up the Am Class at Race Sydney, Jacob Lawrence once again pairs up with Shannons Ambassador, John Bowe, in the Randall Racing BMW M4. With nothing to lose, the team will be slightly re-focussed on assisting teammates Peter Lawrence and Jamie Augustine in their quest for third in class.