Bathurst draws 2nd largest crowd ever

The 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 has attracted the second biggest crowd in the history of Australia’s famous race.

A crowd of 195,261 headed to Mount Panorama across the four days of the event, the biggest attendance only behind the 50 Year Anniversary celebrations of 2012.

It superseded the 193,647 people that attended the 2006 event just one month after the passing of Peter Brock.

Thursday: 44,207
Friday: 45,578
Saturday: 51,198
Sunday: 54,278
Total: 195,261 (2013 – 183,480; 2012 (50 years) 207,205)