{"id":552529,"date":"2026-03-20T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:45:14","slug":"supercars-rookie-zach-bates-talks-bathurst-6-hour-camaro-tilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552529\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars rookie Zach Bates talks Bathurst 6 Hour Camaro tilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZACH Bates<\/a>\u2019 first crack at Bathurst in a Camaro this year will come six months before his rookie Supercars campaign reaches Great Race time.<\/p>\n

Bates will tackle the 6 Hour on Easter weekend, sharing a Chevrolet production car with Chris Lillis and Josh Muggleton.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first time that two Camaros will feature in the 6 Hour \u2013 the other is being driven by Tony Quinn, Ryder Quinn and Grant Denyer \u2013 as General Motors and Ford lock horns for the A2 class honours.<\/p>\n

Bates\u2019 opportunity came about via Muggleton, the former Supercars Eseries racer who works at V-Sport Australia.<\/p>\n

While Bates is familiar with Camaro Supercar equipment courtesy of Triple Eight last year and Matt Stone Racing this year, the production car version will be new territory for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m just going to turn up and drive it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen it, it looks like a good thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt probably lacks a bit of straight-line compared to the BMW but we\u2019re not in the same class, so hopefully we\u2019re competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a degree of unfinished business at the event given that Bates suffered a weekend-ending crash prior to race start in the 2024 edition, but the Canberran is relaxed about the opportunity in waiting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty cruisy event and any laps at Bathurst is always fantastic,\u201d he said, having also raced in this year\u2019s Bathurst 12 Hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good way to spend your Easter weekend and hopefully we\u2019re in a competitive position.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour will be held across April 3-5. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Get your Bathurst 6 Hour tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ZACH Bates\u2019 first crack at Bathurst in a Camaro this year will come six months before his rookie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-552529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552529","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=552529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}