{"id":899927,"date":"2026-09-21T09:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899927\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:44:21","slug":"hdt-to-sponsor-post-bathurst-1000-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899927\/","title":{"rendered":"HDT to sponsor post-Bathurst 1000 event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DETAILS have emerged regarding the post-race event designed to keep the Repco Bathurst 1000 festivities rolling on for an extra day this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lap 162: The Great Race Cool Down will be held in town on Monday October 12, made possible by a $185,000 grant provided by the New South Wales state government to Bathurst Regional Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day will include a parade for the winning drivers, a special Q&amp;A segment hosted by Supercars commentator Richard Craill, and a concert headlined by Aussie rockers The Angels, with The Choirboys among the support cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major sponsor of the event will be none other than the HDT brand, tying in nicely with general celebrations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-176-Peter-Brock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Brock<\/a> 20 years on from his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHDT and Bathurst have unfinished business. Contributing to this event seemed like a pretty good place to start,\u201d said a HDT spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-5?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=buy-button&amp;utm_content=buy-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789983858_166_sleuth-mag-issue-5-2.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bathurst Mayor Ben Fry said: \u201cThe Bathurst 1000 is one of the great weeks on the Australian sporting calendar, and this year we\u2019re adding one more lap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLap 162 is about giving visitors a genuine reason to stay in Bathurst for another day, spend some more time in our CBD and then head home outside the traditional post-race departure peak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a relatively simple idea, but one that can deliver a number of benefits at once; a better experience for race fans, more trade for local businesses and a more spread-out departure from Bathurst while the Great Western Highway remains under pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe CBD will be buzzing with activations throughout the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lap-162-poster-Supercars-Bathurst-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265509\"  \/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETAILS have emerged regarding the post-race event designed to keep the Repco Bathurst 1000 festivities rolling on for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-899927","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\/899927","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=899927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}