{"id":1553,"date":"2025-10-16T08:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2025-10-16T08:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:42:07","slug":"the-countdown-is-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/2025\/10\/16\/the-countdown-is-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The Countdown is On!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <strong>Sunday<\/strong> the action heats up as the <strong>ATR1000 Qualifying Session<\/strong> kicks off with a 1-hour battle to secure a place in the <strong>Top 10 Shootout<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each team\u2019s nominated qualifying driver will push to the absolute limit to lock in their spot.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Top 10<\/strong> fastest drivers will then face off in the nail-biting <strong>Shootout<\/strong>, where each gets just <strong>one flying lap<\/strong> to secure the best possible grid position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But here\u2019s the twist, the driver who qualifies <strong>cannot<\/strong> start the Great Race on October 26th! The non-qualifying teammate must take the wheel for the opening stint fail to do so, and penalties from the stewards await.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>32 teams<\/strong> set to take on the Mountain, the stage is set for an unforgettable showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to all teams. let\u2019s make this an ATR1000 to remember!<\/p>\n<p>Reminder, come Sunday 26th, the main race will have the brilliant <strong>SimSational TV<\/strong> commentators live streamlining the event, be sure to save the below link to get in involved.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AUSTEAM RACING - BATHURST 1000\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mr9R2nL06fM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday the action heats up as the ATR1000 Qualifying Session kicks off with a 1-hour battle to secure a place in the Top 10 Shootout. Each team\u2019s nominated qualifying driver will push to the absolute limit to lock in their spot. The Top 10 fastest drivers will then face off in the nail-biting Shootout, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atr1000"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1557,"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions\/1557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austeamracing.com.au\/atr1000\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}