Bathurst 1000 race

In much the same way as NASCAR is an American institution, the Bathurst 1000 race at Mount Panorama has taken on a near tribal-like quality in Australia. Partisan Ford and Holden fans compete for honours as much as the cars out on track, with 200,000 spectators spelling out their loyalties as vocally as possible. In 2010 Goodwood celebrates this legendary race’s half-century with an array of muscle cars including the Ford Falcon XC GS500 that won the 1977 running with national hero Alan Moffatt and Belgian all-rounder Jacky Ickx and the Holden VR Commodore that claimed 1995 honours from the back of the grid. Something of an interloper is the Jaguar XJ-S that won the ’85 event, this being one of the few non-local cars ever to triumph in New South Wales.