{"id":338586,"date":"2025-12-10T03:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/338586\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T03:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:47:14","slug":"supercars-news-how-travis-pastranas-gymkhana-ended-up-at-the-bathurst-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/338586\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: How Travis Pastrana’s Gymkhana ended up at the Bathurst 1000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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But a visit to Mount Panorama wasn\u2019t on the original plan for Hoonigan\u2019s long-awaited \u2018Aussie Shred\u2019 video, released online overnight.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to Hoonigan co-founder and Gymkhana film director Brian Scotto, the American company initially reached out to Supercars about filming at the Gold Coast 500.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d been looking forward to shooting in Australia for over a decade,\u201d Scotto told Fox Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actually tried nine years ago, we weren\u2019t able to make it happen, but we came back and got it done.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, this all started as a small idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cOriginally, we were thinking about shooting during the event in Gold Coast and made a few phone calls.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With Gymkhana filming already planned for elsewhere in New South Wales during Bathurst 1000 race week, Supercars suggested linking up at the Mountain.<\/p>\n

The film therefore features three NSW locations, starting in Broken Hill (complete with homage to Mad Max) before scenes at Bathurst and in Sydney.<\/p>\n

A previous push to bring Gymkhana to Australia was shut down by authorities who believed such activity would encourage the public to breach anti-hoon laws.<\/p>\n

There were no such hurdles on this occasion, paving the way for Pastrana to strut his stuff aboard a highly modified Subaru Brat (or Brumby in Australia) on various closed roads.<\/p>\n

Scotto, though, said filming alongside Supercars at Mount Panorama was the highlight and a different experience to regular Gymkhana shoots.<\/p>\n

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Pastrana entered the circuit at McPhillamy Park. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve made 17 or so of these films in different variations, and Bathurst feels very special. It feels like something we\u2019ve never done before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the other tricks are, can we do this bigger? Can we go deeper, get closer, go faster, a bigger jump, make this crazier?<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with Supercar is something that feels unreal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually saw a few comments on some of the stuff that leaked, and people were calling it AI because they didn\u2019t actually believe anyone would be crazy enough to let this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mount Panorama filming occurred on the Wednesday of the Bathurst 1000, giving campers already set up for race week a behind-the-scenes look at the production.<\/a><\/p>\n

Action was shot in four scenes across McPhillamy Park, the Esses, Conrod Straight and The Chase, with small groups of Gen3 Supercars required at dedicated points through the day.<\/p>\n

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Warren Luff passes by as Pastrana performs a 360-spin through The Esses. Image: Matthew Christie \/ Network R<\/p>\n

Various delays \u2013 said to have included a brush with the wall at The Dipper and a mechanical issue with the Subaru \u2013 meant the filming took longer than expected.<\/p>\n

Scotto said he was highly impressed by the co-operation from teams and drivers, who had been made aware of the benefits to Supercars of the exposure the final video would bring.<\/p>\n

The video is nearing a million views on YouTube at the time of writing, less than 12 hours after it was released.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve worked in WRC, around NASCAR, Formula 1, all these different things, I\u2019ve never seen drivers more willing to wad their car up the day before one of the biggest races,\u201d said Scotto.<\/p>\n

\u201cI so appreciate that energy because it\u2019s the fun side of motorsports. Everyone there had a big weekend ahead of them, but they gave it their all, they put it on the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was excited about it, no one cared about the amount of takes we had to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pastrana with Nick Percat and Warren Luff. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n

The final cut includes a spectacular entry to the circuit from the McPhillamy Park campground in front of a group of cars led by Nick Percat.<\/p>\n

Pastrana later tackles a \u2018roll race\u2019 alongside Will Brown on Conrod Straight before eventually exiting the track via an access road underneath the Rydges hotel at The Chase.<\/p>\n

As well as Supercars stars, Aussies to make cameos in the film include former Subaru World Rally Championship star Chris Atkinson and Dakar Rally winner Toby Price.<\/p>\n

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