Bet-thurst 1000 – A Bathurst 1000 Betting Guide

Australia’s big motorsport event is on this weekend, and to make the hours long carnival of carnage we provide a Bathurst 1000 Betting Guide. We call it Bet-thurst 1000 and think we’re clever.

Yes, it’s that one time a year where the general population give a small s**t about motorsport in Australia. Like the Sydney to Hobart, Tour de France, and Melbourne Cup, the Bathurst 1000 is one of those premium sporting events that people pretend to know something about for that one special day a year.

The Gurgler is no different, which is why we have come up with our Bathurst 1000 Betting guide. Because a small wager increase interest in any sport, especially one that lasts for as long as Bathurst 1000.

That is the beauty of the Bathurst 1000 though. A horse race could be over in under 2 minutes, and a Greyhound race in 30 seconds. The Great Race however goes for 7 hours and more, and with our Bathurst 1000 betting guide you’ll find plenty of options to keep you interested all day. In between the couch Andy Capp backwards facing naps.

It looks like a Red Bull / Lowndes day on paper, but as the great Murray Walker once said – anything can happen in Formula 1 and often does. Same applied to Bathurst.

So without further delay or a strategic driver change, here is our Bathurst 1000 Betting Guide. Odds courtesy of Sportsbet and correct to Wednesday night.

STANDARD BETS

These are the standard bets you’ll read in the paper, see online, and have forced down your throat by endless sports gambling ads over the big weekend.

RACE WINNER – TOP 6

$4.33 – 888 – Lowndes / Richards
$5.00 – 88 – Whincup / Dumbrell
$5.oo – 97 Van Gisbergen / Premat
$9.00 – 6 – Mostert / Owen
$10.00 – 1 – Winterbottom / Canto
$10.00 – 2 – Tander / Luff

We Tip – Win for Whincup.

PODIUM

The Top 3 bets are as above except in a range from $1.91 to $2.00. So we’ll look for some value for you.

$4.33 – 22 – Courtney / Perkins
$6.00 – 33 – McLaughlin / Wall
$18.00 – 8 – Bright / A Jones
$19.00 – 7 – T Kelly / Campbell
$21.00 – 90 – Reynolds / Baird

We Tip – T Kelly / Campbell

QUALIFYING WINNER

A great betting option given the unforgiving nature of the track and the Top 10 style shootout on Saturday evening.

$4.00 – 6 – Mostert / Owen
$4.00 – 88 – Whincup / Dumbrell
$6.50- 97 Van Gisbergen / Premat
$9.50 – 1 – Winterbottom / Canto
$10.00 – 33 – McLaughlin / Wall
$10.00 – 888 – Lowndes / Richards

We Tip –  Van Gisbergen / Premat

MORE INTERESTING BETS

Enough of the regular betting, here’s the more interesting bits of Bathurst 1000 betting. There’s enough options here to poke several sicks at. Or push giant boulders in front of.

TOP NISSAN / FORD / HOLDEN / VOLVO

Reduce the risk by betting only on your favourite make or manufacturer.

We Tip – 7 – T Kelly / Campbell (Nissan), 1 Winterbottom / Canto (Ford), 97 Van Gisbergen / Premat, 33 – McLaughlin / Wall (Volvo)

NUMBER OF SAFETY CAR PERIODS

There’s plenty of value here if the drivers behave, but they won’t.

6 or More – $1.91
5 – $2.63
4 – $4.50
3 – $15.00
2 – $41.00
1 – $101.00
0 – $275.00

We Tip – 6 or more.

LAST SAFETY CAR PERIOD

Another betting type that will be like a jerk denying you a high five and keep you hanging all day.

0 – 120 Laps – $4.33
131 – 140 Laps – $3.30
141 – 150 Laps – $3.30
151 Laps + – $4.33

We Tip – 151 Laps +

FIRST CAR PENALISED WITH DRIVE THROUGH

A great betting type that relies on some poor driving, of which there will be plenty of on Sunday. Priced to suit Communists.

All Drivers @ $19

We Tip – Waters / Le Brocq

LEADER AFTER 50 LAPS and 100 LAPS

What a wonderful idea to keep the Bathurst 1000 Betting public interested with some mid race cut offs. Plenty of value for both.

We Tip – 50 Laps McLaughlin/Wall @ $12.00 + 100 Laps Reynolds/Baird @ $36

FIRST RETIREMENT

Are the betting companies being unfair or harshly realistic by outing the all Female car first? The Gents are equally capable of bad luck and judgement at Bathurst.

There’s great double figure reward here, but the pay off may take a while given some cars seem to retire then turn up on track later 56 laps down. The top cars also are greater value, but also equally likely to get caught up in trouble.

Here’s the Top 6 in Betting plus our tip.

$11.50 – 300 – Di Silvestro / Gracie
$12.25 – 3 – Heimgartner / A Russell
$12.75 – 111 – Pither / Stanaway
$12.75 – 21 – Blanchard / M Jones
$12.75 – 4 – S Davies / Van der Drift
$15.25 – 6 – Waters / Le Brocq
$18.00 – 18 – Holdsworth / Reindler

We Tip – 6 – Waters / Le Brocq or 18 – Holdsworth / Reindler

OTHER IMPORTANT NON GAMBLING INFORMATION

WHEN IS STUFF ACTUALLY ON?

Race starts Sunday  11:10am EDST / 10:10 am Cow Time

Top 10 Shoot Out starts Saturday 5:10pm EDST  / 4:10pm Cow Time

WHAT ELSE IS ON?

Supercars Dunlop Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Touring Car Masters
Australian V8 Utes Racing Series
Toyota 86 Racing Series

For the full schedule and more info go to the Supercars website. That’s their job.

THE FULL FIELD

Thanks to Wikipedia.