The 2020 Bathurst 1000 was the 63rd running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held in 1960 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. It marked the 60th time the race was held at Mount Panorama. The event was the 24th running of the Australian 1000 race, first held after an organizational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia in 1997 and 1998. This was the first time since 2000 that the race was also the final round of the championship. The 2019 winners were Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat, but Prémat was unable to compete in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic border restrictions. This was also the first Bathurst 1000 in history to run with a limited crowd capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Twenty-five cars were entered in the event, consisting of 17 Holden Commodores and eight Ford Mustangs. This was the smallest entry list in the event's history and the first Ford and Holden-only race since 2012. A single 'Wildcard' entry from the Garry Rogers Motorsport team featured débutants Tyler Everingham and Jayden Ojeda from the Super2 Series. Seven drivers made their debuts in the race: Everingham, Ojeda, Zane Goddard, Dylan O'Keeffe, Kurt Kostecki, Jordan Boys, and Broc Feeney. The grid was made up solely of Antipodean drivers for the first time since 1964, with 45 Australians and 5 New Zealanders.
After qualifying, the top 10 drivers competed in the shootout, where Cam Waters from Tickford Racing claimed pole position with a time of 2:03.5592. In the race, the driver pairing of Shane Van Gisbergen and Garth Tander from Triple Eight Race Engineering, who started in fourth place, won the race. Van Gisbergen won his first Bathurst 1000, and Tander his fourth. Cam Waters and Will Davison from Tickford Racing finished second, while Walkinshaw Andretti United's Chaz Mostert and Warren Luff completed the podium in third.
Scott McLaughlin, who finished fifth in the race, won his third Supercars drivers' championship, finishing 451 points ahead of Waters. Van Gisbergen finished third in the championship. In the teams' championship, DJR Team Penske claimed the title, finishing 262 points ahead of Triple Eight, with Tickford Racing rounding out the top three.
The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media. It was carried domestically by Fox Sports Australia (via Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports) and Network 10 (via free-to-air channels 10 and 10HD).
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