A look back at the 60th anniversary running of the Great Race at Bathurst, by the numbers.
0.4830 – Brodie Kostecki’s pole-winning margin in seconds, the largest in a dry-weather Bathurst Shootout since Greg Murphy’s ‘Lap of the Gods’ in 2003.
3 – Bathurst 1000 podium finishes achieved by Erebus Motorsport, which now has a first (2017), a second (2023) and a third (2021) in its collection.
4 – years between Bathurst 1000 podium finishes for DJR/DJR Team Penske.
6 – times the race has been won from sixth on the grid. Three of those (2006, 2007 and 2023) have been Triple Eight cars.
7 – teams represented in the top seven finishing positions at the end of the race.
10 – Bathurst 1000 wins for Triple Eight Race Engineering, moving clear of the Holden Dealer Team/HDT Racing for the most in Great Race history.
13 – career Bathurst Top 10 Shootout appearances for Shane van Gisbergen, the most of any active driver and equal with Allan Grice for eighth all-time.
16 – cars on the lead lap at the finish, three less than in 2022.
19.9326 – the margin of victory in seconds, the biggest since Steven Richards led Craig Lowndes to the finish line in 1999.
30 – consecutive Bathurst 1000 starts for Lowndes, equalling Peter Brock for second all-time.
64 – drivers to have won the Great Race at Bathurst, with Stanaway the latest to put his name on the illustrious list.
72 – points salvaged by Broc Feeney following a gear lever mounting failure while running in second place.
74 – laps led by the winning van Gisbergen/Stanaway Camaro, one of seven cars to lead the race.
88 – laps between the final Safety Car and the finish; the longest green-flag run to the chequered flag since 1991, when then were no Safety Car periods.
131 – Kostecki’s points lead over van Gisbergen following the Great Race.
145 – laps led by Chevrolet Camaros out of the total 161.
160 – laps completed by the Mark Winterbottom/Michael Caruso Camaro, which was recorded as a DNF after pitting for fuel and being trapped in the lane when the race ended.
163.48 – the average speed of the winners in km/h, the second-fastest in Great Race history.
300.5 – the km/h figure van Gisbergen was recorded at on Conrod Straight by Supercars’ GPS data during Friday qualifying.
499 – number of Supercars Championship podium finishes achieved by Triple Eight Race Engineering.
1999 – the last year in which two Kiwis teamed up to win the race: Steven Richards and Greg Murphy.
2212 – days between Stanaway’s Supercars race victories at Sandown in 2017 and Bathurst in 2023.
100,000 – total dollars pocketed by Brad Jones Racing through winning the Pirtek Pit Stop Challenge finale in five consecutive years.
