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Bathurst Day 2026 will go down as one to remember.<\/p>\n

Blistering track temperatures, course records being shattered, and final lap chaos means this edition of the Great Race had it all.<\/p>\n

Watch every race of the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship LIVE & ad-break free during racing on Kayo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It ends in joy and despair for two drivers in particular, while rookie Zach Bates made a real name for himself after finishing on the podium, having qualified in pole.<\/p>\n

Fifty-two drivers across 26 cars took on the 1,000km endurance race, and Mount Paranorama finally had its say with just 6km left to race.<\/p>\n

You can read how all the action unfolded in news.com.au\u2019s live blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bathurst Day 2026 will go down as one to remember. Blistering track temperatures, course records being shattered, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[473716,492588,492590,388562,492586,492584,398157,64,63,12356,492576,492582,108374,79370,32904,492578,492579,492573,492583,492593,492574,492572,492589,806,805,803,804,492585,381654,492587,492591,492575,85,463398,492580,384566,492581,492595,492592,492594,388632,376950,492577,167545],"class_list":["post-924955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-s-live-blog","tag-000km-endurance-race","tag-26-cars","tag-a-race","tag-a-real-name","tag-ad-break-free","tag-all-the-action","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bathurst-1000","tag-bathurst-day-2026","tag-blistering-track-temperatures","tag-chaos","tag-course-records","tag-drama","tag-epic-bathurst-finale","tag-every-race","tag-final-lap-chaos","tag-great-race-chaos","tag-its-say","tag-joy-and-despair","tag-just-6km","tag-kayo-sports-it","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-mount-paranorama","tag-news-com-au","tag-pole-fifty-two-drivers","tag-race-you","tag-rookie-zach-bates","tag-sports","tag-the-1","tag-the-2026-repco-supercars-championship-live","tag-the-ages","tag-the-bathurst-1000","tag-the-great-race","tag-the-most-extraordinary-finishes","tag-the-most-remarkable-fashion","tag-the-podium","tag-the-start","tag-this-edition","tag-two-drivers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924955","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=924955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}