The 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an Australian touring car race for V8 Supercars, the thirtieth race of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship, held on 12 October 2014 at the Mount Panorama Circuit on the outskirts of Bathurst, New South Wales.
The first free practice session took place on the Thursday morning prior to the race with a duration of fifty minutes.
The session was open to both championship drivers and co-drivers, with Chaz Mostert setting the fastest time ahead of James Moffat and Garth Tander.
[5] The third practice session took place mid-afternoon and was littered with red flags, first for Robert Dahlgren and then Tander, who both had accidents at the Dipper.
[8] Whincup made significant ground in the first stint, starting 24th and racing to a net 4th place by his first pit-stop on lap 22, after a tactical play by Triple 8 engineer Mark Dutton to have him start the race against the co-drivers, giving the car to his co-driver Dumbrell with a lap long lead.
[9] After resurfacing the track prior to the race, the road at Griffins Bend began to open up, with three crashes being caused.
[2] Race direction ordered a red flag to fix the track surface, making it safe to drive through the corner.
[10] When passing Griffens Bend on the final lap, Mostert squeezed Whincup's lead to 0.289 seconds.
[10] To add to his disappointment, Whincup was also passed by Percat after The Chase and Will Davison on the front straight, finishing fifth as a result.
Eleventh-fastest qualifier James Courtney was originally promoted to take part of in the top ten shootout, but was later prevented from running after a protest from Triple Eight Race Engineering.