Reaction To Bathurst 1000 Biggest Crashes (Australian Motorsport Race)

Reaction To Bathurst 1000 Biggest Crashes (Australian Motorsport Race)
This is my reaction to the Reaction To Bathurst 1000 Biggest Crashes (Australian Motorsport Race)
I have made a couple of reactions to Australian supercar race Bathurst 1000 recently and today we are going to look at some of the biggest crashes from this amazing super car race. What is the biggest crash you have ever witnessed in the Bathurst 1000?
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[@bobklincke4671]

The most dangerous part of the track? The bit between the start and the finish!

[@JK-tq5oe]

Exactly!!!

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

That’s comment of the year! Brilliant!

[@bobklincke4671]

@@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU Thanks. I'll take that.

[@feelincrispy7053]

Lol id probably say forest elbow or Conrod straight but you’re not wrong

[@looking8030]

😂

[@markdonnelly1913]

Check out Dick Johnson 1983 qualifying crash. He leaves the road at the start of Conrod straight into the trees.

[@PeterGraham-xl3dj]

I was at GoodWood A few years ago and heard an interview with Wyn Percy and he was asked what was the most challenging track he had raced in around the world, his answer was you haven’t raced until you’ve done Bathurst.

[@jason989989]

Play Forza 7 (I think) has Bathurst in game. One Forza game has it,.,I love ❤️ it. Australia's famous Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst has featured in every Forza Motorsport game since the fifth title in 2013, but it has not been confirmed for the latest instalment

[@PJH-Enterprises]

The crash with the kangaroo has to be in this

[@gardenlove7750]

NOBODY really understands how steep the grades actually are are unless they have walked the track

[@nix123ism]

Yep, the tv coverage doesnt show how steep it really is, the first time i went to a race, couldnt believe how steep it was, the track almost goes over a cliff.....

[@gazsomeone7300]

This track walk before teh 2017 12 hour does show it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqSypIx7e92Sd68

[@philisgr8]

Its a rollercoaster.

[@ted_0173]

I was so young I don’t even remember how old I was when I went there, but I will never forget how steep and twisted that ground is and will never stop appreciating the driver skill necessary to traverse it every time I watch. Truly amazing 🙌🏾 Side note: my old man took the dipper at 60 (speed limit) in our old AU ford falcon and the screech and shudder of the tires is also something I will never forget 😅 awesome, awesome place

[@spacejumanji5266]

I've been around it a few times on a motorcycle, once you do that it changes the track forever for you - it's actually sketchy

[@uknowispeaksense7056]

They left out the iconic Dick Johnson into the trees at forest elbow.

[@kazbutler]

Yes, someone threw a rock onto the track. I don’t think they ever caught who did that.

[@lunsmann]

@@kazbutler - wasn't that the previous year with the Blue XD Falcon in the cutting? The into the trees at Forest elbow, I saw that live and many TV replays, he clipped the right side armco which broke his steering at the very last part of the corner exit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHbVoKiVf7yrbaM Yep, the rock incident was in 1980.

[@AUXRVIII]

@@kazbutler The rock incident was 1980, the person who caused it was identified in recent years. The crash into the trees at Forest Elbow was in qualifying in 1983.

[@Grant80]

@@kazbutler the rock wasn’t thrown it was accidentally dislodged rolled onto the track

[@ContemplativeCat]

Yes, that's one crash that has always been etched in my memory. It was heartbreaking.

[@OgamiItto70]

Side note: You've got to give it to the Australian announcers. Unlike English commentators, who seem to start screaming and yelling and talking faster and faster any time it even starts to *_look_* like someone's about to get passed, these Australians save their excitement for the actually exciting situations instead of overdoing it constantly. Their calm is almost American. I think it's because most of the Australian commentators are former race drivers themselves and have detailed, near-instinctual knowledge of what's going on out there, unlike "journalists" and "reporters" all overcome and overexcited by the spectacle of it all. Limey commentators too often act like bettors at a horse race rather than experts in a highly technical endeavor like motorsport.

[@nelsondawson9706]

Especially larko

[@iangates147]

Mark Skaife and Neil Crompton were former drivers, now commentators.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@@iangates147 So was Larko.

[@driverm4544]

Most of this is correct... But Skaife has a very UK style to his commentary, always overstating what's going on and getting jumpy at the idea someone gained 2 seconds in a lap. The rest of them know how to keep it together, and Larko is just something else altogether. Mark "Larko" Larkham was almost axed in a review of the broadcast, and the entire Australian public was ready to completely withdraw support for the whole championship if he wasn't reinstated. He wasn't being axed for any particular reason, they just wanted to "streamline". Bear in mind Larko has been a part of Broadcast for ages, and a driver for donkeys before that! He's furniture!

[@OgamiItto70]

@@driverm4544 In other countries, fans are called "supporters." In Australia, the racing enthusiasts really _are_ supporters. Remember Dick Johnson and some trouble he had with a rock along Skyline. Broadcasters should take care not to piss them off.

[@dudeybagz]

3:28 the most treacherous part of Bathurst is from the start line to the finish line

[@feelincrispy7053]

Yeah the guy is the fire got out safely. The last driver to die on the mountain was mark porter in 06 (which I vividly remember) who had crashed into the wall and was then stationary/wrecked. As he sat there not able to move unfortunately another car came around the corner full throttle and t-boned the drivers side of marks car. Very similar to this crash 8:29 (as a side note Chris piff got disciplined for that time stamped crash) The force of the impact on Marks brain is what killed him as he left the car barley alive but died shortly there after. Left behind kids and wife. Very sad

[@paulorchard7960]

I was there at Reid park that day, we could see Mark trying to get out of the car, the whole crowd there were on their feet trying to slow and warn the next car but drivers do not look into the crowd, he crested the mountain at close to 200 klmph and tboned Mark Porter! There was no way around and no chance to spin and side impact! Mark never had a chance and knew it! Thats why he tried to get out! RIP Mark Porter!

[@mikhail8239]

​@paulorchard7960 was a rough day that day and one no one will ever forget that witnessed it

[@JayWhy1964]

There have been 18 deaths at the mountain but many were motorcyclists back when they raced at Bathurst. These incidents resulted in the course changing and becoming more safer over time.

[@daviddgm5527]

But only three during a Bathurst 1000

[@racecraver]

There was some before they added the chase people’s brakes failed and went straight at the last corner

[@tuffster936]

the first crash the drive (Chaz Mostart) broke his femur, wrist, and had sever knee injuries. underwent surgery to get it all fixed. crash got registered at 50Gs. the tower he wiped out contained 5 marshals who were also injured.

[@dudeybagz]

That car is at the motor racing museum

[@davidbarwick2078]

These are only some of the worst smashes. I remember a car cutting itself in half rolling along the top of the safety rail at Skyline. Dick Johstons car into the trees at Forest Elbow and many more.

[@lunsmann]

That rolling Falcon was Bill Brown. I hear the Bathurst museum has his trousers on display. Legend has it the label says "Bills Brown trousers". He walked away from that crash. No roll bars or anything, only the factory seat belts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6SUkqeogr6KnaM

[@simonbarclay9507]

Agree, many more spectacular crashes than those. Denny Hulme died at Bathurst in 92 in a BMW. I remember it very well. He had a heart attack but managed to pull off to side of Conrod and I remember thinking at this time when his brake lights went out (he took his foot off the pedal) that’s it, he’s gone! RIP, one of my hero’s

[@Antechynus]

A very steep track indeed... but also the number of reverse camber corners is brutal....

[@suelynch]

My guess as to the most dangerous part of the circuit is the entire circuit. There are reminder warnings about animals (Kangaroo's, Wombats and Rabbits) given to all drivers. How Skippy didn't become road kill is anyone's guess, he was one lucky kangaroo.

[@BrickNewton]

And don't forgot idiots who threw the rock onto the moment track

[@datwistyman]

And the Echidna 😂

[@shinystarmiestudios4179]

Skippy did become Road Kill when Larry Perkins clobbered one many years ago.

[@Grant80]

@@BrickNewton they didn’t throw the rock they accidentally kicked it onto the track

[@grimairbrush]

What you have to remember about Mt Panarama, any day of the week, its a public road, yes there's alot of accidents but one group of people that dont get the credit they deserve our the tafe college guys that panel beat these cars back into shape overnight and get them on the track for the big race!, those guys are legends!, the most dangerous is the cutting, the S's onto conrod straight coming off the mountain.

[@96libertytt]

I think 1986 when a VL Commodore (maybe VK) 3 quarters of the way down Conrod straight (when there was no kink) veered right and hit a retaining wall. The driver ended up in the backseat. He died.

[@petewrxy2578]

1986 it was the first fatality at Bathurst It was sydney driver Mike Burgmann he was driving a Vk Commodore very sad 😢

[@96libertytt]

@@petewrxy2578 Yes your right. After I posted I looked up the video. Was a VK as you said. There was another fatal in 1990 or 1992 in practice I think. Was at the chase this time. Commodore again I think. Edit. Don Watson in 1994 at the Chase. He failed to take it and went straight on through the sand trap.

[@stephenbrown5921]

Denny Hulme in 1992 also, tho he basically died then crashed.

[@gavinmageemagee8658]

​@@96libertytt Don Watson had a brake disc explode on the front of his car

[@gregoryparnell2775]

NZ driver Denny Hulme died of a heart attack coming down conrod straight.

[@brianridley8826]

Our local newsagent in Sydney Bill Brown had the worst crash I have seen, 1971 in his GTHO Ford Falcon. He was not injured.

[@jasondgandrew320]

The section of roof that he rolled on in that one was JUST behind the roll cage.

[@demolitionman9307]

Yuh i just linked the video above, Bill Brown's GT, i don't think the had Rollcages then? I could be wrong, here's the video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6SUkqeogr6KnaM

[@stevessoutheastasia4426]

@@demolitionman9307 G'Day mate , yes they did have a roll bar ! nothing like you see today , back then for bill browns crash the roll bar a single hoop from one side to the other is what saved him with a lotta luck , a few inches to the front and he wouldn't be alive to talk about it , i watched it unfold on tv waaaaay back then , Catchya...

[@demolitionman9307]

@@stevessoutheastasia4426 cheers Bud. Yuh, was 2 years before i was born. I never forgot the 1st time i saw the replay of the chash in late 70's early 80's, blew my mind, it amazed me.

[@MarkJohnson-ro1ed]

It took 4 years for Chaz Mostert (the driver in the first clip) to make an official qualifying lap of Mt Panorama! in 2013, he crashed during qualifying in 2014, he was excluded from qualifying for a Red Flag infraction and started from the back of the grid in 2015, he crashed during the qualifying session and was airlifted to hospital with severe injuries. This was the clip shown. In 2016 he provisionally qualified 4th and was moved to 3rd on the grid after the shootout.

[@1ihws]

Because, of course, anything that happened/happens at Bathurst before 2010 just never even happened?? Shit you people make me laugh! You’re looking at stuff from the last ten years and making out like nobody ever drove a racecar at Bathurst unless it was a supercar! Ffs! This is why people leave motorsport - idiots with limited attention spans and the actual history of the track itself be damned, hey!? Typical. Idiots!

[@Grant80]

When chaz had the accident the mood in the pits was quite the boys didn’t say a word

[@MarkJohnson-ro1ed]

@@Grant80 Friend of mine in the US said that the crash didn't look that bad... Until he saw the onboard video and could see the actual moment Chaz's leg broke.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Now chaz is one of the best drivers in super car racing

[@Brendan77able]

Do yourself a favour and search for Dick Johnson's crash in the Green Machine... THAT. WAS. SCARY.

[@Mirrorgirl492]

Kangaroos are the most random animal on the planet.

[@bobklincke4671]

What you mean other than women!!!

[@seanbutnotasheeple2090]

They'll drown you in a dam...just like Kangaroos

[@MarkJohnson-ro1ed]

Bathurst is the only circuit where animal warnings are a part of the drivers briefing!

[@stuartrowley1981]

There the more recent crashes but the worst ones were in the older cars of Bathurst 1000 in the 70s

[@petergreen3589]

There have been a least two deaths that i know of. 1986 Mick Bergman, which is why Conroe Straight is no longer straight and Denny Hulme (i don’t remember the year, but Denny had a heart attack at the wheel).

[@roxman199]

92 when Denny died. One of the other reasons why Jim called the crowd arseholes that year because he and Denny were good friends

[@carguy7243]

You are forgetting Mark Porter died in 2006

[@BearHilda]

In answer to your question. There have been quite a few fatalities at Bathurst over the years. Those involving the Australian Touring Cars or Supercars are 1986 Mike Burgmann (his accident is what resulted in the Caltex Chase being added to Conrod Straight), 1992 Denny Hulme (which to be fair was a heart attack at the wheel), 1994 Don Watson and 2006 Mark Porter. Sixteen competitors have died during racing in all forms associated with Mount Panorama. Two spectators were also killed in 1955 after being struck by a crashing car.

[@thomasp404]

The last death on Mt panorama (Bathurst 1000) was in 2006 when Mark Porter clipped a wall, causing him to lose control of his car in a curve, coming to a stop sideways on the track, with his driver's side facing the oncoming cars. Driver David Clark approached the scene at 180 kilometres per hour (110 mph) and then slid his own car sideways, with his front right side crumpling the driver's side of Porter's passenger compartment. The whole back end from Frogs Hollow to Forrest elbow is the most difficult section. Multiple blind fast corners while you're fighting every step of the way. Mess up the line once up the back, and your whole lap (and possibly your race) is gone

[@scottyb121]

Put it in your calendar find somewhere to watch it Thu, 5 Oct 2023 - Sun, 8 Oct 2023

[@potrzebieneuman4702]

Those boys are pedalling seriously hard down Conrod Straight with a 90 degree left at the end of it, always good value.

[@lilstoney7923]

The kangaroos name is Skippy it’s an unwelcome guest which comes onto the track randomly An it has done it multiple times

[@stevensmith797]

While the narrowness of the track play,s its part it realy does,nt matter , they are pushing so close to the edge of control and limits of the track the tinyest mistake in your line means you probably will hit something , like just about any race car driver on any track , but bathurst is a special place :)

[@garysullivan1747]

Bill Browns crash 1971 at Bathurst

[@DerekArmsden]

THAT is by far the most spectacular one ever

[@jasondgandrew320]

I was wagging school in Parramatta just after that and had a close look at the remains in the showroom of Thompson Ford. A miracle he survived!

[@seanmcwha9325]

Check out Dick Johnson’s crash on his qualifying lap in the Greens Tuf XE Falcon.

[@peterwilloughby1519]

There was also Mike Burgman who died under the Dunlop arch around 1984. Resulted in The Chase being built which has become one of the fastest corners in Australia if not the world for touring cars with little downforce.

[@darenpenhall3669]

I was there and saw the crash. He sustained a smashed windscreen in the opening laps. He was coming into the pits to have the front and rear screens kicked out. It's thought that he had undone his harness to get out quickly. Unfortunately coming over the last hump he may have been dislodged and lost control due to not being strapped in. His body was in where the back seat would be.

[@seanbutnotasheeple2090]

Bathurst was best when it was Holden v Ford. Nothing compares to that.

[@adamclarke7394]

Kangaroos on the track is a relatively new occurrence, with the first making its appearance in the early 2000s. The race has also found itself under the Pace Car because of an Echidna on the track, and the 12-hour was red-flagged one year because a tree fell and blocked the track at the top of Conrod Straight. There are thousands of weird and wacky stories to come out of the place, and you learn to expect the unexpected.

[@bloodyricho1]

Before then, the Bathurst shooting club did a cull of the local Roo's . Hippies made Bathurst more exciting. Who would thunk that?

[@bok1080]

And also the worlds fastest land tortoise during one of the Bathurst 24H races, that got lodged in the front splitter on a Mosler from memory, and survived the run down Conrod.

[@shinystarmiestudios4179]

We've had geese and koalas at Philip island. I'm waiting for us to have a Safety Car due to a Wombat.

[@brianridley8826]

Correction Bill Brown crashed in 1969 XW GTHO.

[@jasondgandrew320]

He did the same thing twice, the second in 1971. I checked out the remains in the showroom of Thompson Ford in Parramatta when I wagged school.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Bill Brown crashed regularly at Bathurst. I believe 69 in the big fisrt lap crash, 70, 71 cutting the car in half and 72 he put a Charger on its side. Contrary to the results he was a very good driver

[@BassMatt1972]

4:25 biggest crash EVER.. The best thing about this race is you only have to still be there, in the top 10, in the laps, to have a chance too win. Races are won by car lengths after 6 HOURS of driving..

[@helmuthschultes9243]

One bad crash that seems to be missing on many crash summaries was one on the top section where several ofvthese crashes had cars clip the concrete wall. There one driver had a crash that caused his car, a GT Falcon from memory do a barrel roll along the wall centred in mid car. Several tumbles along the wall lokked like the car was about to be cut in half. Other old time crashes had cars go over the wall of the S'ses. A region now with additional protections from just that crash possibility, but not then.

[@paulorchard7960]

That was Bob Brown in a dealer sponsored GTHO Falcon in 1972! Skyline curve it was known as in the day, now its just skyline! Amazingly he walked away!

[@helmuthschultes9243]

@@paulorchard7960 That is so right I was thinking the surname was Brown, but little more detail, but was uncertain enough to leave it off, sorry. I think it is more spectacular than many shown crashes, some how it is skipped all the time, sad....

[@paulorchard7960]

@@helmuthschultes9243 Asked a few years later how he walked away he credited his lucky underpants! Bet you they needed washing afterwards!😂

[@helmuthschultes9243]

@@paulorchard7960 very lucky indeed.

[@barryquinn9368]

If you watch some of the older accidents from the 1960's and 1970's you would be amazed

[@Anamnesia]

Yeah, there are KZbin videos of cut-down James Hardie 500 and Hardie-Ferodo 1000 races from the 60's & 70's through the 80's & 90's... Remember Jim Richards in his "Godzilla" GTR Skyline win in 1992? "You're all a pack of assholes!"

[@davemurphy9468]

In the first accident, there is an on-board shot that shows the sequential gear-shift braking Chaz's Femur. Two of the on-going problems at Bathurst are drivers not respecting yellow flags across the top of the mountain (i think they have a light system in cars these days) and problems after mandatory brake pad change (first time up the mountain after the change you have pump the peddle to get brake pressure, if the driver forget's you arrive at XL/Castrol Bend at 260k's and no front brakes).

[@Grant80]

The boys, oh hell, nah breath when she has had huge accident you could hear a pin drop in the pit as we will waited to hear what happened to chaz.

[@HotForgeChaos]

Been a lot of people die on the Mountain, Denny Hulme had a heart attack on Conrod Straight in his BMW. Mark Porter got collected right in the driver's door up at Reid Park and died after he hit a wall and spun, identical to the Paul Weel and Chris Pither crash. Its a pretty tough track.

[@richardearl9711]

Animals on the Bathurst Track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHixnWN8d5KNbNU kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIPFY4aFga2ab68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/janSiGOwjc6NbrM kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6jagnZjaJeFaM0

[@Jonno1987]

Speed may be a factor

[@Grant80]

I have been several days at the Bathurst 1000 with the most recent being Mark Porter and support categorise several years ago where his car was T-bones just before skyline other drivers have died in serious accident with many drivers being severely injured. I was at the track the day Chaz had his massive crash. The entire pit crew held their breath as a waiting to hear what happened to chaz. None of us where talking.

[@brendanraabe11]

There are more serious crashes then these ones Dick Johson had a couple then there was a camaro on its roof

[@ldnwholesale8552]

The channel 6 Chev,, well it was when upside down. That was the year several rims split on the cars. Bob Morris wrote his Falcon off in qualifying. KB said the Chev was finished but it is still around in the Bowden collection and KB I believ still maintains it

[@martinpeat8374]

Denny Hulme died in the 1992 race after suffering a heart attack while driving down conrod straight in a Benson & Hedges sponsored BMW M3. Mark Porter, was killed in 2006 in the v8 supercars development series race.

[@iamtheeggman2026]

watch 1971 bill brown crash 83 dick johnson quilifying crash and yes people have died at bathurst including 1967 world formula 1champion Denny Hulme. The most treachrous part of the track is start to finish and kangaroos are common even hitting cars.

[@damionneranginui6546]

Just watch the Marshall box on the first crash. They jumped for their lives. I would have hoped I was wearing the brown pants for that because if I wasn't before, I certainly would have been afterwards.😂😂😂😂😂

[@danieljones7843]

MSTV: “what is the most treacherous part of the track?” Australians: “yes”

[@ozzybloke-craig3690]

This is a dangerous track, make no mistake about it. There have been 18 Deaths on this track I believe.

[@shinystarmiestudios4179]

None since 2006. (2nd tier Supercars)

[@Rec_hunt_fish]

Dick Johnsons crash in Qualifiying in the 1983 bathurst when the track was still an everyday normal road

[@PhilipShand]

The scariest crash was Bill Brown rolling his GTHO along the fence,I think 1971. The car was totally destroyed with Brown walking away. Slomo film shows a spectator almost losing his manhood as he leaps from the path of the disintegrating car.

[@Rassskle]

Most of the really big crashes happened in the late 1960’s to early 70’s , but before colour tv coveridge. The chase was added on Conrad straight to remove 2 of the humps and to slow the top speeds...... most of the quicker cars become airborne over 2 of the humps, but if quick enough, they sometimes took off and then back flipped . Ironically, the chase itself has caused crashes just as big as it was meant to stop. I still think the second Falcon GTHO jumping the Armco and flying into the trees was right up there ( about 1968 or 69 ) and then the GTHO coming unstuck at The Dipper ( I think was the dipper), and then rolling down the armco with the drivers arm flailing outside the car as the car rolled........ car was nearly cut in half by the armco..... driver almost untouched with both arms still attached. lol

[@Marcus_from_OZ]

Then there's Johnson off at Forest Elbow in '83 during Hardies Hero's, rebuilt overnight by TAFE students, started with the paint still wet the next morning. Coulthard's crash in 2010 was a close second for the biggest, why that was not included I don't know. Bill Brown had what was arguably the most spectacular crash in 1971 rolling his Falcon down the armco railing almost cutting his car in half when the race was for production cars. There are some old doco's on here that will give you a great idea of the history and progress from class racing with unmodified cars, to the first race cam in 1979, Peter Williamson winning his class in his Celica despite the extra 70kg, finishing 9th outright, Godzilla's and the Turbo's, World Touring Cars up to the huge multi media circus it is today.

[@janemcdonald5372]

Here is some vintage Bathurst. Including footage pre-concrete barrier - it wasn't any easier: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3rLqp5njs2Fipo

[@shinystarmiestudios4179]

1:13 Not in the 1000, but Motorcyclists have died there. Also in the 2nd tier Sypercars Mark Porter died near Reed Park in 2006. 2nd most recent fatality in any of the Top 3 Supercar series (Most recent being Ashley Cooper)

[@christopherlucas4620]

You may know this, but Marcos Ambrose used to drive in NASCAR American auto racing. He actually was a great driver, just never had a good team. He did manage to win a couple of road course races.

[@JohnPittaway]

When those cars get to the end of Conrod Straight they're doing about 320kmh. They put the kink (the Chase) in at the end of Conrod to slow the cars down before Murray's Corner but most cars go through it on the rev limiter in top gear! The racing back in the 60's & 70's was pretty wild when the cars were "standard" production vehicles. I can only remember 2 fatalities, the one, a few years ago, T-Boned the wall at near full speed at the chase but I can't recall drivers' name. The other was New Zealand F1 champion Denny Hulme. He had a fatal heart attack half way up Mountain Straight. He must have known what was happening because he was able to shut the car down & park it well away from the racing line. A bit sad, but they both signed off doing what they loved. Most of the rest of us won't be so lucky. Cheers.

[@adzmac515]

This track is a public road so you can drive around yourself (below 60km/h speed limit) This track is so much steeper than you can see on TV. Worth the 2.5 hour drive from Sydney

[@corydiamond511]

Not Bathurst 1000 but Bathurst 12 hour has a heavy crash to watch . It’s a video by gtworld and if you search 200kph Bathurst 12 hour . Horrific

[@PJH-Enterprises]

The most treacherous part is going up the mountain thru the cutting, at the top across Skyline & down the mountain thru the Dipper & Forrests Elbow. Just past the cutting there's a drain cover coming into Reed Park, which unsettles the car. Catching out som drivers. A bit of trivia for y'all. Forrests Elbow's name comes from, a motorcycle racer named Forrest crashed his bike breaking his elbow. Therefore the name of the corner where accident occurred...

[@divid3d]

should watch Greg Murphy's Lap of the Gods next

[@andream..]

💯 Or mozzies 2021🤙🏻

[@divid3d]

@@andream.. I was going to list several fast laps including that one, but i figured Murphy's was a good place to start and didn't wanna overwhelm him haha

[@commonsense7754]

Video really doesn't show just how steep and tight Mt Panarama is. Also it's hard to convey how insane the V8 supercars are. They're ridiculously powerful and constantly driven right on the limit. I've done a few practice laps with Reynolds around Winton (a significantly shorter safer track) and even that was one of the most impressive things I've done. The turn in and braking is absolutely ridiculous as is the power. Constantly battling for traction

[@matthewmcgrath8886]

Yes people have died. Biggest smash is Coulthard in the chase. And the while track is insane its a public road 90percent of the year but I'd say most treacherous is over the top. FYI all the smashes are min speed 180kph most over 200 plus over the top. The ones of the front straight going up are 250ish and the ones in the chase like Coulthard was over 300kph

[@ACE-gk5gi]

You have to watch Bathurst this year..ya goofy m8te from Australia...it's the best race best track in da world

[@Anamnesia]

Looks like they're all "recent era" Bathurst accidents with the V8 Supercar series. But Bathurst has been going since (at least) the 1960's when it used to be a 500 mile race on the Sunday, then transitioned to a 1000 kilometre Sunday race. I remember when they (Channel 7, Australia) first put TV cameras in the cars in the 1980's (?) and I was transfixed. But even then I remember the late 1970's race where Alan Moffat limped over the finish line in his Ford Falcon, with the #2 team car driving side-by-side down Conrod Straight - the cars were so wide, no-one could overtake. The classic 1990's GTR Skyline race won by Jim Richards took the podium in front of a crowd of Holden & Ford race enthusiasts, boo-ing him & he replied, "You're a pack of assholes!"

[@yindyamarra]

I think Fabian Coulthard rollover was the biggest with Bill Browns 1969 , both walked away

[@gavinmageemagee8658]

Peter Williamson also had a big roll over on conrod straight

[@yindyamarra]

@@gavinmageemagee8658true, and what about Bill Brown in his XY GTHO Phase IIl in 1971

[@geoffmcleod6612]

This is actually a public road that you can drive around(with a 60 km/h speed limit 😢) and you can't appreciate the steepness of it unless you actually drive or walk it

[@mickcain2203]

Go back to the 80’s and watch Dick Johnson’s Greens tuf hot lap accident, then hear his interview after the accident, lmao between Brocky and Johnson and alot of others OMG

[@andyc5612]

I driven his track, you can not comprehend this track until you drive it. TV doesn’t give you anywhere near the feel of the track. Remember this is a public road that gets shut for the race every year. Bathurst is to cars what the Isle of Mann is to bikes. Come see it you’ll love it.

[@davidharris1340]

Except for the Big Race Weekend, the track is a highway for normal traffic.

[@Mrharryprosser]

If you ever get to Australia, I would love to take you to Bathurst and let you drive around the track. At a very challenging 60 kms/hr. Even at that speed I would try to get your foot off the break.

[@dws84]

You can’t have a ‘biggest crashes video’ and not include anything from the 80’s. Find a better video to react to mate, this one sucks.

[@anthonyhaber4169]

When two brothers come together in one of the support categories doing some bump drafting. My son was in this race and was only 16 at the time. I remember first thing he asked was where was the car it just disappeared and is he ok. Driver survived but never raced again due to injuries. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moDZpmhseq2cns0

[@mediatick33]

most torturous part of the track would be the grate specially when its wet. yes there has been a death at Bathurst young Mark porter Sadley passed away in 2006 after a racing incident in the development series. Mark was supposed to race the next day in the Bathurst 1000 but did not due to being airlifted to hospital because of the accident the day before. the day after the race it was announced that Mark porter had Sadley passed away.

[@Anamnesia]

I've never been to Bathurst (race), having only watched it on TV. I've heard it said that "Skyline" is the most unnerving section of track at the top of the mountain as you're in top gear & the track does a slow left turn, where you just have to point the car where you "think" the track is - because you're approaching the peak & have to "hope" the track is where you're pointing the car, because you cannot see beyond the 'peak'. The "Esses" are also treacherous, with their fast right/left/right/left, rapidly plunging several metres downhill. Finally "Conrod Straight" (named for destroying conrods & engine blocks) used to be a straight run to the Start/Finish line, but was modified to slow cars down after a nasty crash one year - unsure if relating to a driver fatality.

[@callumstrachan7917]

when i went to bathurst in 2019 there was the australian toyota gazoo racing happening, and one of the gt86 of peter vodonavitch flipped about 5 times in front of me on the chance, i caught it on video on my phone but the telecast video is somewhere on youtube

[@RaveoLife]

Beautiful accent you have😍

[@ldnwholesale8552]

We just about need an interpreter!

[@Matt_Wilson01]

Those kangaroos have skills trust me, I swear they all practice this shit on the public roads just waiting for Bathurst every year

[@The_Random_Aussie]

The most dangerous part of the track, in my opinion, is Sulman Park....the bit they refer to as "the grate" as there's a large drainage grate there. Three consecutive left handers that unbalance the car, combined with it being the second narrowest part of the track. It's where all those cars were sideswiping the wall one after another. And there have been ten deaths at the Mt Panorama track. One wasn't from a crash. Former Formula One driver Deny Hulme had a fatal heart attack as he went down Conrod straight in 1992, all caught on camera.

[@kylemcnaney6217]

the most famous death at Bathurst is 1992 Denny Hulme the 1967 F1 champ hit the wall and had a heart attack yes it is crazy narrow and steep that's why its said across the top is only one racing line

[@Aussieholdenguy70]

Normal to see kangaroo's on the track but hit one car will be worse off yes guys have died especially at the top part of the circut at 200 kmr serious fast track 300 down conrod straight i think it was a kiwi racer the crowd love crashes holden v fords ...

[@venderstrat]

Every time I visit Bathurst, I do a couple of laps. It's very steep going up the mountain.

[@mileswilliams3087]

F1 legend Dennie Hulm ( i cant spell) from NZ passed at Bathurst in the late 80's i believe it was

[@robertsmith2649]

It was the foot work of the driver's that saved skppy if anybody hit him it wouldn't be on the highlights.

[@OldWon991]

Kevin Bartlett prettiest roll over, Lowndes getting the wheel in his screen, Dick Johnson in the trees. Across the top is the most dangerous lots of blind turns and lots and lots of concrete. We used to race super bikes, sidecars etc there as well…They were the days

[@Mullet345]

Kangaroos have been spotted ontrack quite a few number of times over the years, but out of all of those times only twice has a car managed to hit one (the one most people remember is from the 2004 race).

[@boonnathan9827]

Footwork of the kangaroo, classic 🇦🇺🤙

[@benosborne2711]

The best thing about Mount Panarama, when the Bathurst isn’t on, the track is used as a main road…. Driven around the track a few times

[@petersmith382]

Have a look at 60s 70s and 80s before all concrete walls they had two ways into a cliff or off a cliff my uncle raced motorcycle in 50s 60s and early 70s some of his story's he tells

[@MarkCreighton-tc7sy]

The big one was 1971 XY GTHO Falcon rollover Bill Brown

[@hicks26]

There are more where kangaroos have destroyed cars on the Mountain, I never miss the race, ever, but I am Australian and a Motorsport fan.

[@styxwix7806]

Bathurst is on tomorrow … live on channel 7 …. 8/10/23

[@styxwix7806]

Have a look a Bill Browns accident years back … late 70’s from memory

[@WrinklyTraveller]

The first clip; he was seriously injured in that crash. Was out of racing for quite a while.

[@isaacary]

As much as id love to watch f1 race around here i wouldnt wish it on the drivers hey. They probably would die

[@damionneranginui6546]

Don't you know. The same smart ass roo does that every year in the same spot. He's like a matador.

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

These cars are so safe that hardly anyone even gets injured in these crashes. The cars are designed to absorb the impact around the driver as the driver cell around the driver remains intact.

[@steveholmes2240]

Denny Hulme died of a heart attack while driving...