HERVEY Bay's 710 Motorsport run by local business owners Russell Greaves, Darren Goddard, and Shane Logan are gearing up for an exciting challenge.

They're set to take on the prestigious Bathurst 6 Hour Car race over the upcoming Easter long weekend at The Mountain.

The Bathurst 6 hour is the largest production car race in the country and features both Pro drivers (V8 supercar and TCR drivers) alongside amateur racers pushing road going cars to their limits over six hours on arguably the toughest race track in the world. 

Eight years ago, the team kicked off their endurance racing venture, debuting in the former 24 Hours of Lemons racing series.

Today, they have a fleet of two Audi cars, competing in 12 to 24 hour races as part of the Motor Events racing team.

“With several class and outright victories across all major Queensland tracks, the challenge of Bathurst was too much to ignore,” Shane Logan said.

“When an opportunity arose to purchase a historic race car with such a rich history in Australian production car racing and Mount Panorama in particular, we jumped at it, despite it not having an Audi badge.”

“The Toyota Camry was an unexpected but potent race car and after 26 years since its first appearance and seven years since its last appearance, the One-of-a-kind Toyota Camry will be making its way back to The Mountain."

"We really wanted to showcase the history of the cars 25 years of racing in Australian production cars by taking it back to its original 1998 retro livery, from when it ran the Bathurst 1000 with the super tourers."

We've had such a great response to what we are doing from within the racing community, the fans and especially our local sponsors AutoPro, Synforce Lubricants, Turning Point Technology and many more."

Check out the car and meet the team on Saturday 23rd March at Autopro Hervey Bay, Taylor Street, Pialba from 9am.

The Bathurst 6 hour is on Easter Sunday the 31st of March 2024 and will be televised live on SBS, Kayo and Foxtel.