2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The 2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars, held on 8 October 2006 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was Round 9 of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The event was the tenth running of the "Australia 1000" race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was also the 49th race in a sequence of endurance events beginning with the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.
The Ford Falcon BA with which Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup won the race. The car is pictured in 2018.
The Supercars Championship currently known as the Repco Supercars Championship under sponsorship, is a touring car racing category in Australia and New Zealand, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.
Mark Skaife's 1994 Holden VP Commodore
Craig Lowndes' 1996 Holden VR Commodore
Glenn Seton's 1997 Ford Falcon EL, pictured in 2011
Todd Kelly's 2003 Holden VY Commodore