Supercars has also announced a new charity partner for its flagship event, with Melbourne-based LifeChanger to play a significant role on the ground at the Repco Bathurst 1000, raising funds and awareness for its causes.

The new logo celebrates the Peter Brock Trophy that has been awarded to the winning team each year since Brock's untimely death in 2006.

Fifteen years on, the trophy is one of the most recognised prizes in Australian and international motorsport.

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Bathurst mayor Ian North said the countdown to this year's Bathurst 1000, from November 4-7, was well under way.

"It's exciting to begin the countdown to one of Australia's best and much-loved motorsports events, the Repco Bathurst 1000," he said.

"Mount Panorama and motor racing have a long association and so do [Bathurst Regional] Council and Supercars, promoters of the Bathurst 1000.

"We look forward to many more years of working together and continuing to promote not only The Great Race, but also our city and the racing circuit.."

Repco Australia executive general manager Wayne Bryant said the company was delighted to sign a five-year deal to be the naming rights sponsor for the Bathurst 1000.

Repco has previously supported two winning teams at the Mount - Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna in 2000 and Scott McLaughlin and Alex Premat in 2019 - and welcomed the new logo.

"The new contemporary identity incorporates the Peter Brock Trophy to reference the rich history of the Great Race, with Brock winning a record nine Bathurst enduros," he said.

"Peter holds a special place in Repco's history, having won the Repco Round Australia Trial in 1979 - the same year he dominated the Bathurst 1000, winning that race by six laps."

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