It took place at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre race.

Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander claimed their second and fifth event Bathurst 1000 victory respectively, in a Triple Eight Race Engineering run Holden Commodore ZB.

Mostert remained at Walkinshaw Andretti United, while Holdsworth moved to Grove Racing as a full time driver.

Twenty-eight cars entered the event - 19 Holden Commodores and nine Ford Mustangs, making it the biggest grid since 2013.

As a result, the top ten positions on the grid were determined by the order of the original Friday Qualifying session.