The sequence had been planning on the utilization of the match to stage a non-championship, two-driver 500-kilometre bustle that comprises TCR teams and drivers from at some stage in the area.
On the replacement hand the international health crisis has scuppered that notion, Australia’s strict border protocols making it no longer doubtless to query any roughly main abroad turnout.
In response, promoter Australian Racing Community had elected to design the Bathurst Worldwide the final functions-paying spherical of the 2021 TCR Australia season.
This can assign a 2d time out to Bathurst for TCR Australia, the sequence having appeared on the Bathurst 6 Hour invoice at Easter.
Competitors will compete for Bathurst 400 honours over three 21-lap races of the legendary Mount Panorama circuit.
There’ll be a outlandish qualifying plot in play besides; the long-established qualifying session will resolve the grid for Scramble 1, sooner than the Top 10 from qualifying is reversed for Scramble 2.
The grid for the final heat will then be determined by gathered functions from Races 1 and a few.
“Mount Panorama is synonymous with touring car patience racing, and it’s titillating that TCR Australia will be ready to take care of our have outlandish, longer assemble bustle format at Bathurst,” said ARG CEO Matt Braid.
“The TCR Bathurst 400 will be a headline appeal of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst Worldwide. The longer three races will give our competitors spacious assign and offer a spacious spectacle for fans at the tune and at home looking at dwell and free.
“The transfer to design the TCR Bathurst 400 a series spherical will make certain that that TCR Australia’s study the Supercheap Auto Bathurst Worldwide will be doubtless the most right highlights on a weekend showcasing racing vehicles and categories with a international flavour.”
The Bathurst Worldwide will additionally encompass a three-hour patience bustle for GT World Fetch 22 situation Australia, the Trans Am 100, and a spherical of the Porsche Michelin Scramble. This can expend popularity between November 26-28.