BATHURST 6 HOUR 2025 RECAP
Practice & Preparation
Class E Winners of the Bathurst 6 Hour 2025, RaceAway Track Time.
Friday and Saturday practice sessions ran smoothly, with both drivers and cars settling in well. We drilled driver changes, dialled in the refuelling crew, and reviewed regulations, pit lane processes, and race strategy. Practice 3 ended early due to a red flag—close call for Kym, who was just behind the incident, visible on our in-car footage.
Qualifying
With a short window and a massive 70-car field, our drivers kept their cool. Ronin put Car #35 P2 in Class E, while Dion secured P4 in class for Car #53.
Warm-up ran without drama, with Jason putting in a solid 2:57 lap. A minor suspension tweak to Car #53 paid off, with Tony giving it the thumbs up ahead of the start.
RACE DAY
With plenty of action in the faster classes, there were a number of bigger cars starting behind us on the grid - including the winning car. Our starting drivers were made aware of the impending stampede and the strategy was to get out of the way and then use the cleared path. Both Ronin and Tony launched cleanly off the grid, executing the strategy and settling into consistent pace. Ronin held 2:52s, Tony 2:55s—right on our fuel window.
DRAMA
Just one hour in, Car #53 developed a misfire above 4000rpm. After an initial stop to check plugs and sensors, the team rolled the car into the garage. From there, a mechanical marathon began—an airflow meter change, MAF sensor check, and a flurry of parts raided from our donor car, which ended the day looking like a skeleton. Despite enormous effort, the issue persisted, and #53 was sadly retired. The disappointment was heavy, but the work ethic of our crew was nothing short of phenomenal with the team working until the final minutes. Our head mechanic more than earned his dinner that night.
VICTORY FOR #35
It could not have been a more different story across the garage with Ronin and Kym smashing through the field and firmly planting themselves in first place about three quarters of the way into the race. We stayed out during the many yellow flags early on in the race allowing us to get almost 2 laps up on the second in class. With some clean racing Brewer caught us only to have a mechanical breakdown 2 laps later.
During Kyms first stint he avoided the Lendrive i30 that was forced wide at turn 1 by Mustang #9, bit of excitement forcing him to take evasive action so he didn't get collected as it went into the safety road.
Another exciting moment caught on TV as Ronin got caught going up the hill between X Class #23 and #52. A double overtake some say, others call it a Beamer sandwich, all adding to the excitement of the day.
The strategy with the two drivers was to navigate the driver times by having them split the race into 2 x 2 hours and 2 x 1 hours and do their longer sessions first up followed by shorter session with Ronin starting and Kym finishing.
Halfway through Ronins second stint we blew our front right tyre at Forest Elbow, Ronin radio'd in and the team rallied to pull themselves together quickly. The televised tyre change featured plank of Wood due to the car sitting literally on pit lane.
As soon as the team saw that our direct competition were (sadly) no longer a threat, Kym focussed on bringing the car home backed off to about 75% staying comfortably at the 2.55 mark and bringing home the class E win.
final thoughts
Bathurst 6 hour truly tests drivers ability, teamwork and mechanical preparation. Out of field of 70 cars, 51 finished the race.
Our teams effort over the week was truly A-grade and I'd like to truly thank you all for making the experience so incredible.
To our wonderful drivers - congratulations on taking on the Mountain. For many of you it was your first time experiencing the iconic tarmac and we were honoured to be able to take you there.
A huge thank you to our wonderful partners and supporters - in particular our incredible refuellers. Canobolas Motorsport Services - it wouldn't be Bathurst without you guys.
To all the volunteers, officials and support staff at Bathurst 6 Hour. Thanks for another fabulous year you absoloute legends.
Looking forward to 2026 with some redemption on the cards.
Over & Out.
Another massive thank you to our partners who helped make this happen:
Canobolas Motorsport Services
Chematek Australia
ENI
Shane’s Signs
MWM Racing
Pheasant Wood Circuit
One Raceway
Verus
Survcad Soloutions
