AUSTRALIAN cricketers, an AFL grand finalist and All Blacks tackling the slopes of Mount Panorama in a Supercar in an Eseries celebrity race.
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That is what Supercars is planning for Bathurst's iconic circuit later this month as it looks to build on the success of its current virtual racing series.
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the suspension of the Supercars season, the iracing platform has been used to stage the Allstars Eseries.
It has proved hugely popular with the third round staged at Mount Panorama attracting an average audience of 76,000 across the qualifying and three races on Fox Sports plus some 353,000 on the Supercars Facebook page according to theracetorque.com.
Mount Panorama will also feature in the Allstars Eseries season finale on June 10 alongside Oran Park, but before then will be the Supercars' planned celebrity race.
Nathan Prendergast, Supercars general manager television and content, revealed it would be held on May 12 and include big names from other sporting codes.
"We're putting together a list of people who we want to include for a celebrity race," Prendergast told Supercars.com
"Essentially the plan is to get our friends from other sporting codes and anyone who is keen to come and play with us.
"We've got interest from a couple of people in the All Blacks, so far locked in we have an AFL grand final representative, we've got two Australian cricketers, we've got a couple of team owners and we've got some Supercars television people involved.
"So there's about a dozen already on the list and we're looking to get a couple from the NRL as well, anyone who really is interested in having a run."
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When deciding on the venue for the celebrity Eseries race, Prendergast said although the 6.213 kilometre Mount Panorama circuit is undoubtedly challenging, it was also the ideal venue.
Organisers plan to turn off the damage option in the racing software, which means it will not matter of celebrities crash their virtual Supercars.
"It's iconic, everyone wants to run at Bathurst," Prendergast said.
"Yes it's hard but to race at Bathurst, there's an appeal in that.
"We're going to turn off damage and let them have fun.
"It's not meant to be a tough competition, it's just a chance for a bit of exposure for our fellow sporting codes and anyone else who wants to play with us."
