The Bathurst Motor Festival is an annual motor racing event held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia during the Easter long weekend. The event was first held in 2011 as a replacement for the Festival of Sporting Cars and as a way to give a higher number of drivers the opportunity to drive on the circuit. The event plays host to a variety of racing categories, including production cars, sports cars, open-wheel racing cars and historic cars, which take part in sprint races, endurance races and regularity sessions. Around 300 vehicles are entered for the event each year, with crowds of up to and over 10,000 people attending the event. Car clubs also attend the event, displaying their cars within the confines of the circuit and performing parade laps. Since 2016, the Bathurst 6 Hour production car race has been the showpiece race of the event.
The start of a one-hour Production Sports race at the 2015 Bathurst Motor Festival.
The start of a TCR Australia race during the 2021 event.
The start of the 2016 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour.
As of 2024, BMW has won every running of the race. Pictured is the M3 F80 Competition of 2019 winners Beric Lynton and Tim Leahey.
Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on Mount Panorama and is best known as the home of the Bathurst 1000 motor race held each October, and the Bathurst 12 Hour event held each February. The track is a 6.213 km (3.861 mi) long street circuit, which is used as a public road when no racing events are being run, with many residences which can only be accessed from the circuit.
Pit Straight and the pit lane as viewed from Hell Corner, with cars lined up on the starting grid in preparation for a race
Chaz Mostert on the run between Quarry Corner and Reid Park
Cars on the run from McPhillamy Park to Brock's Skyline during the 2014 Bathurst 1000, with spectator areas at McPhillamy Park on the right
The run down the mountain, looking from Forrest's Elbow to Skyline and beyond