Bathurst 12 Hour 2019

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Another of my favorite events.


Where to watch the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour





The Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour will again be shown live and free on the Seven Network this February.

7mate will broadcast more than 13 hours of coverage across the February 2-3 weekend, continuing a massive summer of live sport on the channels of Seven that has already included the Australia versus India test series, KFC Big Bash League and the Tour Down Under cycling race.

7mate’s coverage of Australia’s International Enduro will include Saturday’s Pirelli Top-10 shootout, while race coverage will commence at 5:30am on Sunday, February 3. The entire Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour will be shown live and free on 7mate.

7 Sport’s Mark Beretta will anchor the coverage and leads an international broadcast team assembled to cover the race.

John Hindhaugh, Richard Craill and Jonny Palmer will call the race from the commentary box, while Beretta will be joined by 7Sport reporter Alex Hart, Chad Neylon and Shea Adam in covering the critical action from pit lane.
Briony Ingerson will cover the off-track action.

Fans in Australia will be able to watch the coverage on mobile devices via the 7plus application.

International fans will be catered for via free live streaming available through the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour website and multiple streaming partners.

Radiolemans.com will also provide live audio coverage of every 12-hour session throughout the weekend.

The Bathurst 12 Hour social media accounts will keep fans without access to vision up to date right across the event weekend.

The 2019 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour will be held across four days, on 31 January to 3 February 2019.

The Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour is supported by the NSW Government via its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW

Wherever you are around the globe you will be able to follow Australia’s international endurance race.

Watching from Australia
If you are watching from within Australia check out the telecast times and live streaming details here.

Watching from New Zealand
If you are watching from within New Zealand check out the telecast times and live streaming details here.

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Tracy ticking Bathurst off bucket list with late call-up





Paul Tracy says he had Mount Panorama on his bucket list before being handed a last-minute call-up to this weekend's Bathurst 12 Hour.

The former Champ Car champion is subbing for the injured Boris Said in one of the V8-powered MARC entries, a late deal engineered by NBC commentator Leigh Diffey and Australian race driver Paul Morris.

Tracy will share the Invitational-class entry with Morris, car owner Keith Kassulke, and current Supercars young gun Anton De Pasquale.

"It was really a lucky break for me to be able to come down here and race," he told Motorsport.com.

"I'm excited to get out on track, this is a bucket list event. If you're going to do events worldwide, there's the Indy 500, Daytona, places like that.... this is one of those iconic tracks.

"This deal just happened by accident. Boris Said was going to drive the car, he had an accident on a dirt bike and got hurt.

"I was on my way to Daytona for the Roar test, and [Leigh Diffey] said 'hey, do you want a drive' and I said 'yeah, what have you got?' He said 'call Paul Morris, he's got a seat. If you want to go over you can drive with him'. Here I am."

With his recent racing experience limited to a pair of Trans-Am 2 outings, Tracy admits tackling Mount Panorama will be a big ask.

"I'm definitely jumping in the deep end, but I've been training hard and getting ready," he said.

"I did a couple of races last year in a Trans-Am 2 car, other than that I've really driven nothing since 2011. I stopped driving after Dan Wheldon's death, and I never really got the itch until last year.

"The Trans-Am car is very similar [to the MARC car]. I think downforce level is a little higher on [the MARC] car, the brakes are much better – the Trans-Am car has small brakes and pretty basic NASCAR-style tyres.

"The power is about the same and the MARC car has paddle shifting and traction control and a lot of driver aiding, which will help around here because it's so busy."

While open to spending more time in the cockpit in the future, Tracy says he won't be looking for a full-time programme that interferes with his NBC TV commitments.

"I'm just playing it by ear," he said about a comeback.

"I've got a pretty nice deal with NBC working with Leigh Diffey doing all the races. I'm doing a handful of IMSA races this year and all the IndyCar schedule on TV, so I don't really have a lot of time to go back to racing.

"But to do events like this is awesome. You check it off the list of places you've been in life and racing, and this is high on the list."

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[robhart]

Wow, a lot of incidents. I enjoyed hearing the announcer describe a crashed car as looking "very 2nd hand".

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Hard to call a collection of crashes "Highlights".  The racing is much better than the video suggests.

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Race will be on YouTube here:

[tatocorvette]

That video suggest more Demolition Derby than road racing.  

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Great race! Click on the YouTube link and you can see the last 3.5 hours.