Bathurst 1000 Spotter's Guide: Thousands to ride along with Craig Lowndes in Great Race
Triple Eight Race Engineering No.888 | Craig Lowndes and Declan Fraser
Craig Lowndes and Declan Fraser will carry the faces of thousands of fans aboard their Holden VF Commodore that they will race in the Bathurst 1000.
The Supercheap Auto-backed pair revealed their livery for the crown jewel Supercars event, which takes place at Mount Panorama on October 6-9.
For seven-time Great Race winner Lowndes, it will be his 28th start in the famed endurance race. Meanwhile, it'll be Fraser's first start at just 22 years old.
"I'm really excited to share our livery with everyone," said Lowndes.
"It's the biggest race of the year and to be able to share it with our fans and literally take them on the ride around The Mountain with Declan and I is something truly memorable.
"It's even more special to have been able to pull the covers off in Bathurst in front of hundreds of our fans here at Supercheap Auto."
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Triple Eight Race Engineering No.888 | Craig Lowndes and Declan Fraser
Triple Eight Race Engineering will field three cars in the Bathurst 1000, with the Lowndes/Fraser entry dubbed a 'wildcard' for the race.
Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander will share the No.97 entry while Broc Feeney will be joined by Jamie Whincup in the No.88 car.
This year's Bathurst 1000 will mark the 300th event start for Lowndes, the most of any driver in the history of Supercars.
Lowndes last won the Bathurst 1000 in 2018, during what was his final full-time season in the championship.
His first Bathurst 1000 win came in 1996 in what was only his third start, followed by wins in 2006, '07, '08, 2010, '15 and '18.
Grove Racing No.26 | David Reynolds/Matt Campbell
David Reynolds last won the race in Penrite colours back in 2017 while driving for Erebus Motorsport. He's driving with Porsche factory driver Matt Campbell.
Grove Racing No.10 | Lee Holdsworth and Matt Payne
Last year's Bathurst 1000 winner Lee Holdsworth will this year team up with rookie Matt Payne, who will take his seat at Penrite Racing next year when Holdsworth retires.
Matt Chahda Motorsport No.118 | Matt Chahda and Jaylyn Robotham
Matt Chahda Motorsport will be the sole family-run, privateer team in this year's Great Race.
They will carry the iconic red and blue of Caltex, which Russell Ingall took to championship victory in 2005.
Brad Jones Racing No.96 | Macauley Jones and Jordan Boys
Brad Jones Racing's Macauley Jones will team up with Jordan Boys.
It will be just the second start for Boys in the Great Race while Jones will want to improve on his career-best seventh place finish in what will be his eighth start.
PremiAir Racing No.22 | Chris Pither and Cameron Hill
One of the most iconic liveries of the 1990s has been revived for next weekend's Bathurst 1000 - the Wayne Gardner Racing Coke Commodores.
PremiAir Racing has released imagery of the revised Coke livery to be piloted by Chris Pither and rookie Cameron Hill for the great race.
The livery is the same one now-legendary commentator Neil Crompton and former world 500cc motorcycle world champion Wayne Gardner took to the podium in the 1995 edition of the Great Race.
Pither said the livery was one of the most recognisable of that era.
"It is a truly iconic car, instantly recognisable, and of course, it obviously has a lot of synergy for us being backed by Coca-Cola," he said.
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PremiAir Racing No.22 | Chris Pither and Cameron Hill
"I am very happy with the look and I can't wait to see what we can do while flying these colours at the Great Race this year."
The original team was established when Gardner bought Bob Forbes' team - who to that point were running a single GIO-backed Commodore for Crompton - at the end of the 1993 season.
Gardner is a considered a bit of a pioneer of making the switch from two to four wheels.
Running the team from Mona Vale in Sydney's northern beaches, Gardner and Crompton spent the next four seasons as teammates, and combined at Bathurst in each of those seasons.
They finished third in '95, fourth in '96, and were leading the '97 edition when the Commodore's engine blew up at Forrest's Elbow.
Dick Johnson Racing No.11 and No.17 | Anton De Pasquale and Tony D'Alberto, Will and Alex Davison.
Dick Johnson Racing has released the commemorative livery it will run at this year's Bathurst 1000, where the team will coincidentally mark its 1000th race in the championship.
The livery pays homage to the livery the team carried during the 1998 campaign, spearheaded by Dick and Steve Johnson in the famous No.17, and John Bowe and Cameron McConville in the No.18.
That race was the first time the father-and-son combination shared a car together.
The team was founded in 1980 when Johnson famously struck a boulder rolled onto the track by fans on the run out of the cutting while leading the race.
Fans from across the country then donated to Johnson for him to build a new car for the 1981 season. Johnson then teamed up with John French to win the 1981 Bathurst 1000 to complete a fairytale return to the track.
Brothers Will Davison and Alex Davison will drive the No.17 entry while Anton De Pasquale and Tony D'Alberto will drive the No.100 car.
Team 18 No.20 | Scott Pye and Tyler Everingham
Team 18 have released their livery for the No.20 car to be driven by Scott Pye and Tyler Everingham.
The livery will also be on the car at the Gold Coast 500.
"I'm excited for Bathurst, it's a track everyone looks forward to going to and to see everyones face when we revealed the car made it all the more special, so I'm looking forward to getting up to the mountain next week," Pye said.
