Mount Panorama (Bathurst)

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Track Summary

Web site: http://www.xenware.net/mountpanorama/

Introduction

(Shamelessly pulled from Wikipedia) The track is a very unusual design by modern standards, with a 174 metre vertical difference between its highest and lowest points, and grades as steep as 1:6.13. From the start-finish line, the track can be viewed in three sections; the short pit straight and then a tight left turn into the long, steep Mountain straight; the tight, narrow section across the top of the mountain itself; and then the long, downhill section of Conrod Straight, with the very fast Chase and the turn back onto pit straight to complete the lap.

Historically, the racetrack has been used for a wide variety of racing categories, including everything from open-wheel racers to motorcycles. However, the factors that make the track so unusual, and tighter contemporary safety standards, make it unlikely that major race meetings in these categories will be held there again, and as such it has become the near-exclusive province of closed-bodied automobile racing cars.

On non-race days, Mount Panorama is open to the public. Cars can drive in both directions around the circuit for no charge. However, a strict speed limit of 60km/h is enforced, and police regularly patrol the circuit.

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Weather Forecast

Current Conditions: Clear in Sydney, AUS (as of 3:00 AM 9/24/2012)

Current conditions (as of 3:00 AM)

Clear. 59°F (Feels like 59). Humidity: 72% Winds: 16 mph SSW.
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Forecast for Monday, September 24, 2012 for Sydney, AUS

Today: Clear. Lo: 51°F. Hi: 73°F. Chance of precipitation: 15%
Tomorrow: Showers. Lo: 51°F. Hi: 65°F. Chance of precipitation: 65%
Wednesday: Showers / Clear. Lo: 51°F. Hi: 70°F. Chance of precipitation: 10%
Thursday: Partly Cloudy. Lo: 58°F. Hi: 77°F. Chance of precipitation: 5%
Friday: Showers / Clear. Lo: 64°F. Hi: 90°F. Chance of precipitation: 75%