{"id":429347,"date":"2026-01-22T06:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429347\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:10:14","slug":"motorsport-news-bathurst-12-hour-virtual-car-initiative-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429347\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport news: Bathurst 12 Hour \u2018Virtual Car\u2019 initiative launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bathurst-12-Hour-Virtual-Car.jpg\" alt=\"Bathurst 12 Hour \u2018Virtual Car\u2019 initiative launched\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Taylor Motorsport is supporting the initiative. Image: Supplied &#13;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest initiative in a long-running partnership involving the event and leading team Scott Taylor Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p>Prostate cancer is Australia\u2019s most commonly diagnosed cancer, with one in five Australian men expected to be diagnosed in their lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The Bathurst initiative involves fans making a donation and receiving a \u2018Virtual Car\u2019 featuring their name that they can post across social media.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bid to raise funds and awareness for the \u201cgetting checked saves lives\u201d message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotorsport has an enormous and passionate audience, and this platform allows fans to turn that passion into purpose,\u201d said Bathurst event director Shane Rudzis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy donating a Virtual Car and sharing it with their mates, families and networks, supporters can help take the message well beyond Mount Panorama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full details including how to get involved can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.pcfa.org.au\/event\/bathurst12hr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/fundraise.pcfa.org.au\/event\/bathurst12hr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bathurst 12 Hour will take place on February 13-15.<\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285249\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/285249.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Scott Taylor Motorsport is supporting the initiative. Image: Supplied &#13; It\u2019s the latest initiative in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-429347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}