Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit - NSW

  Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -33.440079 149.558304
DMS: 33º 26' 24.28" S 149º 33' 29.89" E
UTM: 55 H 6296997mN 737824mE
Altitude: 710.16m

Description

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

159.78kms West of Sydney - Driving 205 km (2 hours 50 mins)
207.36kms North of Canberra - Driving 295 km (3 hours 25 mins)
740.6kms SouthWest of Brisbane - Driving 989 km (11 hours 24 mins)

Address & Contact

Ray Bant Dr
Mt Panorama New South Wales 2795
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October. The track is 6.213 km (4 mi) long, and is technically a street circuit, as the circuit is a public road when no racing events are being run, and there are many residences which can only be accessed from the circuit.
The track is a very unusual design by modern standards, with a 174 metre vertical difference between its highest and lowest points, and grades as steep as 1:6.13. From the start-finish line, the track can be viewed in three sections; the short pit straight and then a tight left turn into the long, steep Mountain straight; the tight, narrow section across the top of the mountain itself; and then the long, downhill section of Conrod Straight, with the very fast Chase and the turn back onto pit straight to complete the lap.
Historically, the racetrack has been used for a wide variety of racing categories, including everything from open-wheel racers to motorcycles. However, the factors that make the track so unusual, and tighter contemporary safety standards, make it unlikely that major race meetings in these categories will be held there again, and as such it has become the near-exclusive province of closed-bodied automobile racing cars.
As a public road, on non-race days Mount Panorama is open to the public. Cars can drive in both directions around the circuit for no charge. However, a strict speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph) is enforced, and police regularly patrol the circuit.
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Closest Weather Station

Bathurst Airport at 22/03:30pm EDT
Distance from Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit 9.41km E
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
26.4°C23.7°C30%7.4°C1020.7hPa0.0mmSE11km/hr
6knots
17km/hr
9knots

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Bathurst Agricultural Station
Distance from Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit 1.26km N
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C28.027.224.520.115.712.211.312.916.419.923.326.3
Mean Min. °C13.313.310.86.73.41.60.61.33.46.28.911.6
Mean Rain mm68.658.951.941.341.844.048.749.447.059.961.366.2

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