AFTER three years of creeping forward towards the afternoon, this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 will return to its roots of a morning race start time.
The 2022 edition of the race will get underway at 11:15am AEDT, one full hour earlier than last year’s event.
ENTRY LIST: Every car and driver in the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000
WEATHER: The forecast across the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 race weekend
It will be the earliest scheduled race start time since the 2018 event began at 11:10am; the COVID-impacted 2020 event was originally scheduled to begin at 11:30am local time, but was brought forward half an hour due to a forecast for wild weather.
The revelation comes with Supercars publishing the full schedule for the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000, set to take place at Mount Panorama on October 6-9.
EVENT SCHEDULE: 2022 REPCO BATHURST 1000
Thursday, October 6
| Time | Category | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 0725-0745 | Heritage Revival | Practice 1 |
| 0755-0815 | V8 SuperUtes | Practice |
| 0825-0845 | Toyota 86 | Practice 1 |
| 0855-0945 | Porsche Carrera Cup | Practice |
| 1000-1040 | Dunlop Series | Practice 1 |
| 1100-1200 | Supercars | Practice 1 (all drivers) |
| 1220-1250 | Events | Resident Access |
| 1305-1325 | Heritage Revival | Practice 2 |
| 1335-1355 | V8 SuperUtes | Qualifying |
| 1405-1425 | Toyota 86 | Practice 2 |
| 1440-1520 | Dunlop Series | Practice 2 |
| 1530-1550 | Supercars Events | Gen3 Demonstration |
| 1555-1655 | Supercars | Practice 2 (co-drivers) |
| 1710-1730 | Supercars Events | Qualifying |
| 1740-1800 | Heritage Revival | Qualifying |
Friday, October 7
| Time | Category | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 0750-0810 | Toyota 86 | Qualifying |
| 0820-0840 | Heritage Revival | Race 1 |
| 0850-0910 | V8 SuperUtes | Race 1 |
| 0920-0955 | Dunlop Series | Qualifying |
| 0955-1005 | Events | Demonstration |
| 1010-1110 | Supercars | Practice 3 (all drivers) |
| 1110-1130 | Supercars | Gen3 Demonstration |
| 1145-1215 | Events | Resident Access |
| 1230-1250 | Toyota 86 | Race 1 |
| 1300-1400 | Supercars | Practice 4 (all drivers) |
| 1400-1410 | Supercars Events | Demonstration |
| 1415-1455 | Porsche Carrera Cup | Race 1 |
| 1525-1540 | Dunlop Series | Race 1 |
| 1615-1655 | Supercars | Qualifying |
| 1700-1720 | Supercars Events | Gen3 Demonstration |
| 1725-1745 | Heritage Revival | Race 2 |
Saturday, October 8
| Time | Category | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 0810-0830 | V8 SuperUtes | Race 2 |
| 0835-0845 | Supercars | Demonstration |
| 0850-0925 | Dunlop Series | Qualifying |
| 0940-1015 | Supercars | Gen3 Demonstration |
| 1020-1120 | Supercars | Practice 5 (co-drivers) |
| 1125-1135 | Supercars | Demonstration |
| 1140-1200 | Heritage Revival | Race 3 |
| 1215-1245 | Events | Resident Access |
| 1300-1400 | Supercars | Practice 6 (all drivers) |
| 1405-1415 | Supercars | Demonstration |
| 1420-1440 | V8 SuperUtes | Race 3 |
| 1450-1510 | Toyota 86 | Race 2 |
| 1520-1545 | Porsche Carrera Cup | Race 2 |
| 1600-1645 | Dunlop Series | Race 2 |
| 1705 | Supercars | Top Ten Shootout |
Sunday, October 9
| Time | Category | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 0725-0745 | V8 SuperUtes | Race 4 |
| 0800-0820 | Supercars | Warm Up |
| 0840-0900 | Supercars | Drivers Parade |
| 0905-0925 | Toyota 86 | Race 3 |
| 0940-1005 | Porsche Carrera Cup | Race 3 |
| 1015-1030 | Supercars | Demonstration |
| 1115 | Supercars | Race 30 (161 laps) |
