
The 1997 Primus Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race was a classic. In front of one of the largest crowds ever at Mount Panorama and the largest field of V8s to run at the Mountain (43 cars), Perkins and Ingall had captured the Primus 1000 Classic as their rivals fell by the wayside. Amidst carnage, the Castrol VS Commodore duo maintained the kind of pace which saw many others perish under the pressure. Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall triumphed in one of the most amazing races ever seen on the mountain. They had repeated their 1995 winning partnership and cemented the Castrol Holden Commodore's place in the history books.