1997 Primus 1000 Classic
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This article is about the V8Supercar race. For the Super Touring car race, see 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000.
The 1997 Primus 1000 Classic was the first running of the Australia 1000 race, sometimes known as the Bathurst Classic. The race was created in response to V8Supercar's need to hold an event at the massively popular Mount Panorama Circuit, without competing in the Bathurst 1000 as V8Supercar organisers AVESCO were in conflict with the Bathurst 1000 organisers, the Australian Racing Drivers' Club. While many attempts were made to broker a peace between the two bodies, there was a fundamental chasm over the issue of television coverage with AVESCO holding a series contract with the Ten Network and the ARDC holding a contract with Channel 7. The impasse was solved when Bathurst City Council did a deal with AVESCO for a separate race, to be held two weeks after the Bathurst 1000, which subsequently went ahead with a field of Australian and British Supertouring cars. It was held on October 19, 1997 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst.
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