'It’s a bit like the John Farnham retirement tour – it’s been going on for a while...' More than two years after Holden was shut down, the brand will finally farewell the Bathurst 1000 this weekend. RepcoSC Bathurst1000
In a little over 12 months, Bathurst 1000 history will be made when, for the first time in the long, proud Great Race journey, there won’t be a single Holden on the grid.
Given the history, you would be forgiven for thinking the build-up to Holden’s final Bathurst 1000 has been a little underwhelming. The reason is that we’re actually in the third year of Holden’s exit. It was in late 2019 that GM Holden first announced it was retiring the Commodore nameplate. Then in early 2020, right before the pandemic made itself felt around the world, General Motors announced the axing of the Holden brand entirely.
He added two more Bathurst 1000 crowns as a full-blown HRT driver in 2009 and 2011 before winning that fourth Great Race for the Triple Eight-run factory team in 2020.Those two wins for HRT came at a time when Holden’s involvement in Supercars was still full throttle. Those wins were celebrated as a success for GM Holden, not just HRT. The Peter Brock Trophy was proudly paraded around the manufacturing plants in Adelaide and Melbourne.
Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander farewelled Holden's factory involvement in style at Bathurst in 2020. As one of the few drivers to be so intrinsically linked to one brand, and then having swapped to the other, he has a rare perspective on the Holden vs Ford rivalry at Bathurst. “It’s the passion that goes with it. I saw one bloke on the parade lap in 2018 stick his finger up at me and in 2019 he stuck his thumb up. He was obviously a red supporter.”With that in mind, Winterbottom is confident there will be a sense of occasion this weekend for Holden’s final Bathurst 1000, even if the brand’s exit is old news.
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