It provides drivers with a 1:6 gradient exit at the top, and is one of the tightest corners on the track. The Cutting gets its name from the obvious: the track is cut into the rock of the mountain. This corner provides a negatively-cambered road which tests drivers to their limits. Named after the Mayor of Bathurst who opened the track to racing in 1938, Griffins bend has claimed many an eager driver screaming off Mountain Straight. Mountain StraightĪ scenic, yet tremendously fast way to ascend the Mountain, Mountain Straight allows cars to reach speeds of up to 250km/h. It is believed there once was a tree stump at the corner, before the days of barricades, and that motorbike riders who dropped their bikes on the corner would be fatally injured and on his way to Hell. So named because of the crashes it's seen, Hell corner is the first of 23 bends along the track.
It also allows fewer cars to line up around a corner before the green light. This is because if they were the same spot on the Straight, the race would be 1000.293 kms, not the famous 1000. Located at the base of the Mount, what makes Pit Straight interesting is that the finish line is not the same as the start line.
