'Feared for my life': Drivers admit to driving blind as bad weather descended on Bathurst

The 62nd edition of the Bathurst 1000 was plagued with torrential downpour that completely eradicated driver's visibility around the track.

The decision to start the 'great race' later at 11.45am AEDT meant due to the seven safety car periods, the race was nearly an hour longer than anticipated and dark fog had set in at the top of the mountain in the final laps.

Dave Reynolds was able to sneak into second place after the carnage of the front runners but admitted he 'feared for his life' during the final moments.

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"My car was unbelievable in the semi dry conditions, but in the wet it was the scariest piece of s--t I've ever had in my life and I feared for my life many, many times in that race," he said.

"It was so dumb. We were going 300km an hour and I can't see anything. I don't know who is in front of me, who is beside me, I've got no idea. It was just scary.

"The fog was really, really bad.

"You couldn't see from flag point to flag point. Generally, that's a 'come into pit lane and wait for the fog to disappear', so I'm glad they let the race run.

"But it was super scary, I couldn't see anything. I turned my dash down to try and get more visibility, but it was really dark and really ominous."

The fog took many drivers off guard in the race, eventual winner Matt Payne told Nine's Today that he "couldn't see" in the continuous downpour that completed soaked the track.

"It also got really hard at the end with the visibility, because when we were going over the top, you actually couldn't really see where you were going," he said.

"There was a lot of aquaplaning on the streets, a lot of rivers, so you had to drive around them a lot, and it sort of got better at the end there," Payne said to further media.

"It was pretty cool at the end there it was getting really foggy over Skyline and that so it was pretty hard to see.

"Well, I thought it was pretty cool, it would make some cool photos. It was pretty amazing."

Thursday's second practice was also plagued with wet weather conditions, with most drivers staying in but some elected to go out and practice for the main race on Sunday.

"I thought they were all pussies for staying in," quipped Fabien Coulthard, who drove the co-driver of the No.25 Ford with Chaz Mostert.

The two started in third but retired on lap 57 due to mechanical issues with Mostert jumping out for the car and joining fans to have a beer.