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Bathurst 1000 - 1976: The Great Lap-Count Scandal

Bathurst 1000 · Season 1 · Episode 4
Pure controversy takes over the mountain in a race that people still argue about decades later. Global racing royalty arrives as F1 legends Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Stirling Moss team up to tackle the mountain. On the track, the mighty Holden Torana L34s utterly dominate the tarmac. However, the real drama unfolds at the checkered flag where a critical, agonizing scoring dispute and a legendary lap-counting error throw the official podium results into complete disarray, cementing this race as Bathurst’s ultimate mathematical thriller.

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Season
1
Episode
4
Air Date
03/Oct/1976
Air Time
Runtime
427 min

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Pure controversy takes over the mountain in a race that people still argue about decades later. Global racing royalty arrives as F1 legends Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Stirling Moss team up to tackle the mountain. On the track, the mighty Holden Torana L34s utterly dominate the tarmac. However, the real drama unfolds at the checkered flag where a critical, agonizing scoring dispute and a legendary lap-counting error throw the official podium results into complete disarray, cementing this race as Bathurst’s ultimate mathematical thriller.

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