The2022 Bathurst 1000 (known as the2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 for commercial reasons) was amotor racing event forSupercars held on the week of 6 to 9 October 2022. It hosted the eleventh round of the2022 Supercars Championship. It took place at theMount Panorama Circuit inBathurst, New South Wales,Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre race.
Shane van Gisbergen andGarth Tander claimed their second and fifth event Bathurst 1000 victory respectively, in aTriple Eight Race Engineering runHolden Commodore ZB. It was Holden's 36th and final win in their final start at the Bathurst 1000.[1]
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| Round 11 of 13 in the2022 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
 Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit | ||||||||||||||
| Date | October 6–9 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Bathurst, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
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The event was the 65th running of theBathurst 1000, which was first held at thePhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 62nd time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 26th running of theAustralian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club andV8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998.
It was the final time that Holden badged cars would participate in the Bathurst 1000, the brand having made its debut in the1961 Armstrong 500 event at Phillip Island with a single dealer entry Holden EK Special sedan. General Motors announced in February 2020 its' intention to retire the brand by 2021.[2]
Chaz Mostert andLee Holdsworth were the defending race winner. Mostert remained atWalkinshaw Andretti United, while Holdsworth moved toGrove Racing as a full time driver.
Twenty-eight cars entered the event - 19Holden Commodores and nineFord Mustangs, making it the biggest grid since2013. In addition to the 25 regular entries, three wildcard entries were entered. One fromErebus Motorsport, forGreg Murphy andRichie Stanaway, one fromMatt Chahda Motorsport, forMatt Chahda andJaylyn Robotham, and one fromTriple Eight Race Engineering, forCraig Lowndes andDeclan Fraser.
Seven drivers made their Bathurst 1000 debut,ADAC GT Masters driverJaxon Evans and Super2 driversMatt Chahda, Declan Fraser,Cameron Hill,Matthew Payne, Jaylyn Robotham andAaron Seton. For Aaron, he became the first third generation driver to make a Bathurst 1000 appearance, after his fatherGlenn Seton and his grandfather,1965 Armstrong 500 race winner,Barry Seton.
TeamsGrove Racing,Matt Chahda Motorsport andPremiAir Racing made their debut in the Bathurst 1000. With Grove Racing a continuation ofKelly Racing, Matt Chahda Motorsport aSuper2 Series team and PremiAir Racing an all new team, which took overTeam Sydney.
Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.
| Session | Day | Fastest Lap | ||||||
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| No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Cond | Ref | ||
| Practice 1 | Thursday | 17 |  Will Davison | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | 02:04.369 | Fine | [7] |
| Practice 2 (Co-Driver) | 97 | Garth Tander | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:04.135 | Fine | [8] | |
| Practice 3 | Friday | 17 | Will Davison | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | 02:04.207 | Fine | [9] |
| Practice 4 | 97 |  Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:30.292 | Wet | [10] | |
| Practice 5 (Co-Driver) | Saturday | 8 | Dale Wood | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:26.222 | Wet | [11] |
| Practice 6 | 25 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:05.510 | Fine | [12] | |
| Warm Up | Sunday | 17 | Will Davison | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | 02:22.459 | Drying | [13] |
The Top 10 Shootout was cancelled due to inclement weather. It was the first time the Shootout or its predecessor Hardies Heroes was not held since it was introduced in1978 (in1988 the Shootout was held but did not count for pole position). As a result, the top ten positions on the grid were determined by the order of the original Friday Qualifying session.[14]
The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically byFox Sports Australia (via Fox Sports 506 andKayo Sports), apaid service which covered all sessions including support categories, and theSeven Network (viafree-to-air channels 7HD and7mate, as well asstreaming on7plus), which covered select sessions from midday Friday onwards. In New Zealand the sessions were shown by paid serviceSky Sport, whilst internationally the broadcast was available through the series'pay-per-view service SuperView.[16]
| Fox Sports | Seven Network |
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| Host: Jessica Yates Booth:Neil Crompton,Mark Skaife Pit-lane: Riana Crehan,Mark Larkham Supports: Richard Craill, Matt Naulty, Chad Neylon | Presenters:Mark Beretta,Mel McLaughlin Pundit:Jack Perkins Roving:Emma Freedman,Brad Hodge, Chris Stubbs |
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| Previous race: 2022 Auckland SuperSprint | 2022 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2022 Gold Coast 500 |
| Previous year: 2021 Bathurst 1000 | Bathurst 1000 | Next year: 2023 Bathurst 1000 |
