For people like Daniel Toney from Queensland and Jed Martin from Texas in the United States, an annual pilgrimage to Mount Panorama is firmly locked in their calendars.

Mr Martin may live in Texas but 2020 would have been his eighth consecutive year of attending the Bathurst 1000.

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While retro racewear loving Daniel Toney and his family also travel from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to the race each year. This would have been his 39th consecutive year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only put a dent in the travel plans of these race fans, but it forced a calendar re-shuffle of the race pushing it a week back.

Mr Toney has called on Supercars to make a decision on allowing crowds and said the delay has left thousands of race fans in limbo.

"We've got three campsites [booked] in The Paddock and that's $320 each. Why can't they [Supercars] come up and say camping is off," he said.

"It's an open circuit and people can sit a little way away from each other, or they could limit it to just the people who have booked a campsite.

"We've had to move my leave back because of this [date change] just in case something happens and we're allowed to go.

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"It's the biggest event of the year, just let us know."

The COVID-19 pandemic has also shelved Mr Martin's plans on flying to Australia for the Bathurst 1000.

"I'd watched the V8s on American TV and online for over a decade when I saw that they were racing in Austin, Texas in May of 2013 I went to that race," he said.

"I met four Australian blokes on the racetrack after the race. They invited me to came camp with them at Mount Panorama and watch the Great Race.

"I took them up on their offer and have returned every year. I love that place."

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For the Toney family, the Bathurst 1000 is not only a 'must do' on their calendar, it's also a chance for Daniel, his wife Katie and their children Fletcher, 8, and Grace, 6, to show off their love of retro race clothing.

"I cryovac our [retro] clothes and they'll only come out in good weather at the track. I'd have over 100 shirts that are all old school retro," he said.

"It's to preserve them, this is Bathurst."

Mr Martin may have travelled thousands of kilometres for his annual pilgrimage to Bathurst, but he says there's very good reasons he keeps coming back.

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"It's one of the top race tracks in the world. It's very challenging, and there are plenty of spots to pass," he said.

"Once I visited, I wasn't disappointed. What I wasn't counting on was the camaraderie and the non-stop laughter."

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