The Call Of The Mountain – October 6th-8th

–keep you up to date with all the happenings in and around the world’s greatest touring car race, happening this October 6-9 at Bathurst.

If you’ve never been to the Mountain, brace yourself. More than 170,000 passionate fans, 43 years of tradition, its 4 days devoted to motor racing and high octane entertainment. And of course, there’s the big one. This is the race that rules them all. The soul of the series. The Super Cheap Auto 1000 in October calls you to the Mountain!

Red hot seats

Early signs indicate the biggest crowd on record is expected to make the pilgrimage to the Mountain this October. Unprecedented ticket sales means that an additional grandstand will be shipped in for this year’s Super Cheap Auto 1000. Grandstand 9 will be located on Super Cheap Auto Pit Straight and boasts optimum viewing of the pit garages, and it’s on sale now!

With three months to go until the pinnacle of the V8 Supercar Championship Series calendar and Australian Motorsport, 80 per cent of grandstand tickets are already sold. Corporate facilities are an even hotter item with 99 per cent of the suites, villas and hospitality areas sold.

Grandstand 8 – Sold Out
Grandstand 9 – Now on sale!
Grandstand 10 – Selling fast
Grandstand 12 – Selling fast

To secure your grandstand seat for the Super Cheap auto 1000, we strongly recommend to book in advance. Click here for details.

Kings of the Mountain

2005 has seen record interest from the corporate world in the Super Cheap Auto 1000, with all originally planned corporate hospitality and sponsorship inventory 100% sold out! This has left event organisers AVESCO Events in the enviable position of having to create a new range of inventory to meet the still large demand.

The new purpose built pit lane complex has proven extremely popular, with corporate suites on two levels completely sold out. The complex will be completed in time for the event this October which means there will be almost double the amount of corporate facilities compared to last year.

The prestige of the event and the overall positioning of the series into a strong corporate market means diehard supporters are being joined by a large core of white collar people attending not only the Super Cheap Auto 1000, but also the other V8 Supercar events under the AVESCO Events’ table, these being the Ferodo Triple Challenge in Launceston, and the BigPond Grand Finale at Phillip Island.

For those companies interested in promoting their brands to a huge national and international television and spectator audience, AVESCO Events can specifically tailor sponsorship and corporate packages to suit most budget and business needs.

Stay tuned for a new range of V8 based consumer promotions and competitions being run by sponsors of the Super Cheap Auto 1000 in the very near future.

If you would like more information on corporate hospitality, please click here

Keen campers

The campgrounds are set to be jam-packed with avid race fans again in 2005 with 75% of the 4500 available campsites already allocated. There are still plenty of great spots available in the Max Cameron and Reid & Sulman campgrounds. These sites are expected to be filled prior to the event so don’t delay or it may be too late!

For those campers who have already sent their forms and payments, you can expect to receive a confirmation letter in your mail box in the coming weeks.

If you haven’t already purchased your tickets, pre-purchase now and save! And if you buy 20 or more tickets in one transaction, you also save 10%! Click here for details.

If you’d like more information on camping at the Super Cheap Auto 1000, please click here

Spectacular support

This year’s Super Cheap Auto 1000 will include a great line up of support categories, including the HPDC V8 Supercar Series, Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup, Historic Touring Cars and Lotus Trophy. This month’s feature –

Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup Hits Bathurst
The Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup has established itself as the primary support category to the V8 Supercar Championship Series in Australia.

For the third year in succession, the one-make Porsche series will be the major support category at the Super Cheap Auto 1000.

The competitor list represents a cross section of young, talented stars of the future; some of the most experienced and educated drivers in Australia; as well as business heavyweights with adrenalin and petrol in their veins.

All cars in Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup are Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars, which are meticulously developed by Porsche’s racing arm in Germany, ensuring they are at the cutting edge of motorsport technology. With a top speed in excess of 300 kilometres per hour, the lightweight, high performance vehicles have a 400 horsepower, 6 cylinder Boxer engine which revs to 8000 RPM, producing a sound that is distinctly Porsche.

For information on the Wrigth Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup click here

Super Cheap Auto gets hearts racing with one-off Super V8 creation
To celebrate their sponsorship of the Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Super Cheap Auto has produced a one off, specially built, mean machine that has never and will never be created again.

The Super Cheap Auto HSV GTO 1000 was created by HSV engineers as a supreme vehicle offering the ultimate in vehicle dynamics and driver comfort.

The mega sound system was custom built by Kenwood and is valued at over $15,000 alone. It boasts an amazing full colour DVD/CD/MP3 audiovisual monitor, enhanced by four thumping 2000W subwoofers, driven by four monaural power amplifiers and premium Kenwood component speakers.

At the heart of this V8 beast is a 6.0 litre, 297kW, Gen 4 HSV engine and thanks to an engine blueprint from the team at PWR, you can rest assured this vehicle will remain in a category of its own on the streets.

With nearly every conceivable option included in the Super Cheap Auto 1000 GTO’s design, the total value of the car comes in at over $100,000.

For your chance to win this truly incredible vehicle, simply spend $30 or more at any Super Cheap Store. See instore for further details or click here for more information.