{"id":332339,"date":"2026-03-16T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/332339\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:43:18","slug":"supercars-team-owner-peter-xiberras-to-race-bathurst-6-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/332339\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars team owner Peter Xiberras to race Bathurst 6 Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25B6HR2.jpg\" alt=\"Supercars team owner to make Bathurst 6 Hour debut\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBathurst 6 Hour action from 2025. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n<p>The PremiAir Hire boss has entered the race in a Toyota 86 alongside friend Chad Parrish and The Racing Academy owner Doug Westwood.<\/p>\n<p>Xiberras is a national champion drag racer who <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-top-fuel-peter-xiberras-stop-racing-premiair-racing-gm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parked his Top Fuel exploits last year, citing other work and personal priorities.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The noted car collector has, though, taken to circuit racing, progressing from sprints to low-key race outings in Heritage Touring Cars.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1014486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SK1_8727.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Xiberras (right) with Roland Dane.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Peter Xiberras (right) with Roland Dane.<\/p>\n<p>Although still essentially a grassroots event, a 6 Hour entry at Mount Panorama marks a significant new challenge for Xiberras.<\/p>\n<p>He is no stranger to the 6.2km circuit, though, having previously raced in the Heritage Revival at the Bathurst 1000 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Bathurst 6 Hour will take place from April 3-5, with a full 70-car entry list now able to be viewed at the link below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/motorsport-news-2026-bathurst-6-hour-entry-list-easter-production-car-field-drivers-cars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bathurst 6 Hour releases 70-car entry list<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285241\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/285241.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bathurst 6 Hour action from 2025. Image: Supplied The PremiAir Hire boss has entered the race in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,19424,15643,213],"class_list":["post-332339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-peter-xiberras","tag-premiair-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}