The first day of the 2024 Supercheap Auto Bathurst International is complete. The sun was out and The Mountain was alive with the sounds of the seven categories taking part in the day’s running.
With a mixture of practice and qualifying sessions, there was plenty of storylines beginning to unfold as many categories head towards crowning their 2024 winners.
Here’s how the results panned out after Friday at Mount Panorama:
Meguiar’s Australian Production Cars
Practice 1: Simon Hodges | BMW M4 | 2:28.9505
Qualifying: Cameron Crick | BMW M2 | 2:20.9623
Monochrome GT4 Australia
Practice 1: Lachlan Dalton / Ben Newman | Mercedes AMG GT4 | 2:15.5977
Practice 2: Ryder Quinn / Steve Jakic | BMW M4 GT4 G82 | 2:15.3697
Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS
Practice 1: Jaxon Evans / Elliot Schutte | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:02.9438
Practice 2: Jayden Ojeda / Paul Lucchitti | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 2:03.4575
Precision National Sports Sedan Series
Practice 1: Geoff Taunton | IRC GTSS | 2:07.7442
Practice 2: Brad Shiels | Fiat 124 Coupe | 2:06.8152
First Focus Radical Cup Australia
Practice 1: Peter Paddon | Radical SR3 XXR | 2:15.1610
Practice 2: Peter Paddon | Radical SR3 XXR | 2:14.2882
Qualifying: Cooper Cutts | Radical SR3 XXR | 2:12.5902
Trico Trans Am Series
Practice 1: James Golding | Ford Mustang | 2:11.7635
Qualifying: James Golding | Ford Mustang | 2:10.6725
Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series
Practice 1: Josh Buchan | Hyundai i30N TCR | 2:17.0924
Practice 2: Brad Harris | Honda Civic R FL5 | 2:16.1014
Supercheap Auto Bathurst International now turns to a huge Saturday of Qualifying and Racing, with track action beginning at 7:15am with Precision National Sports Sedans. You can still get tickets at motorsporttickets.com.au.
If you can’t make it to the track, tune in to 7plus from 11:30am AEDT and 7mate from 2:00pm AEDT. Full details and how to watch can be found here.
Photos: Speed Shots Photography
