THE Bathurst 1000 and the season finale - they are two of the biggest events on the Supercars calendar and in 2020 there is the very distinct possibility both could be staged at Mount Panorama at the same time.
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As the Supercars series continues to adjust to the constantly evolving COVID-19 situation in Australia - on Wednesday it was decided the Darwin Triple Crown would be postponed a week - different options for the season finale have been tabled.
One of them is to end the 2020 season with the Bathurst 1000.
The Great Race has long been viewed by drivers and fans alike as the holy grail of the Supercars series and to have it act as a finale would add even more significance to the endurance epic.
"That is absolutely something that is under consideration," Supercars chief executive officer Sean Seamer said of a Bathurst 1000 finale.
"It is an option and I know that that's something that's attractive to a lot of people because everybody has wanted Bathurst to be the finale and they feel like it should be.
"It is our finale in so many respects, but we won't be making a call on that until closer to Townsville.
"Obviously Bathurst is our priority, but also, we want to deliver the championship. We want to be able to award silverware at the end of the year."
Seamer said that while Supercars are looking at Bathurst "as part of our planning", it just one option with "four or five different scenario plans that we'll execute under any range of circumstances."
"I think if nothing else, the events over the past couple of weeks have shown us that it's extremely difficult to plan more than four to six weeks in advance at the moment," Seamer said.
Supercars has already been forced to make a number of revisions to its calendar.
In April Seamer revealed plans to extend the Supercars season into 2021 and have Mount Panorama stage the season finale. It was going to be a sprint race combined with the Bathurst 12 Hour.
A month later when the revised calendar was released it featured twin Bathurst rounds - the 1000 on October 8-11 and a season finale-Bathurst 12 Hour on February 5-7.
However, in June further revisions were made and plans to stage dual Bathurst rounds were scrapped.
The Bathurst 1000 retained its planned slot, but the the new finale was to be held under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park on December 12-13.
As it stands at the moment, next weekend's Darwin Triple Crown will be followed by the Darwin SuperSprint - possibly in a mid-week slot - before teams head to Townsville for an August 29-30 event.
After Townsville there may be more clarity as to what the rest of the season will bring.
"The thing that is forefront of our minds is the amount of time our people both teams, tv, our partners and suppliers, the amount of time that they're spending away from their families is taking its toll," Seamer said.
"Our focus for the end of the year is on that northern leg of the trip knowing that it's the lowest risk. From there, we can start to consider moving south again.
"As I'm sure you're starting to see, it all depends about where we're coming from and then going to.
"To be honest with you, the good thing about Tasmania, Perth, QR [Queensland Raceway], Bathurst, is they're not street races, right, so the builds aren't as significant, and I think what our team's shown is they can quite quickly get an event up at a dedicated race track.
"Bathurst is obviously significantly more complicated but the deadlines associated to those types of events is really down to the travel timeline."
The Bathurst 1000 is set to take place on October 8-11.