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A twitter lap of Mount Panorama

Griffins Bend, Mount Panorama, Bathurst

The 2014 Bathurst 12 hour race takes place this weekend and to help get you in the mood the official race twitter account has taken us on a lap of the famed 6.2km Mount Panorama circuit.

Of note is the new super smooth surface the drivers will experience on Australia’s toughest and most spectacular race track. Check it out below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 replies on “A twitter lap of Mount Panorama”

I did a lap around the track a month ago and the new surface is amazingly smooth. Should be some super quick lap times put down this weekend.

I cycled a lap last year, and it was one of the toughest rides I had ever done. Not just the lung-busting ride up getting below 10 km/h a few times, but also the dual challenge of putting the bike handling to the test and dealing with brake fade on the way down. If I had carbon fibre wheels I’m pretty confident I would have blown out a tyre from the heat building up under heavy braking on the way down.

I’m sure I could easily have busted 100 km/h on Conrod Straight but even the lack of registration for cyclists (entirely sensible when rego is all about the insurance bill associated with amateurs handling heavy machinery) wouldn’t have gotten me out of being pulled over for that by a real traffic cop.

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