Back on the Mountain: ELS Secures Three-Year Challenge Bathurst Deal

Emergency Logistic Solutions (ELS) has secured a three-year contract to deliver trackside emergency medical services for Challenge Bathurst, locking in the specialist pre-hospital medical provider as the event's medical partner for 2026, 2027 and 2028.

The agreement extends a long-standing relationship between ELS and one of Australia's most iconic motorsport events, held each November at the legendary Mount Panorama Circuit. Known to competitors as "Conquer the Mountain," Challenge Bathurst gives drivers the rare chance to take their street or race cars onto the same 6.2km circuit that hosts the Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12 Hour. The 2026 event runs Thursday 19 November to Sunday 22 November, across SuperSprint, Regularity and performance road car sessions.

For ELS, the renewal is a return to home ground. The company's heritage is in motorsport medicine, and Mount Panorama is among the most demanding circuits it covers, a high-speed, high-consequence environment where the quality of the medical response genuinely matters.

"We're absolutely pumped to be locked in for the next three years," said Jeremy Collins, Director of Emergency Logistic Solutions. "Challenge Bathurst is one of the events on the calendar our team genuinely looks forward to. There's nothing quite like the Mountain, and being trusted to look after the people who race it, year after year, means a lot to us."

"This is what we do, and it's what we love doing. We'll be bringing our full trackside team down again with the equipment and clinical capability to match the risk. Our job is to be ready when seconds matter, and we wouldn't want to be doing it anywhere else."

Under the agreement, ELS will provide trackside trauma coverage with AHPRA-registered paramedics, rapid response and medical chase vehicles, and full resuscitation capability stationed and ready to respond across the event. The company holds Queensland and New South Wales drug licenses, with clinical practice governed by a formally documented set of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Drug Therapy Protocols.

Challenge Bathurst is delivered in partnership with Motorsport Australia, the Bathurst Regional Council and Challenge Series Holdings.

About Emergency Logistic Solutions

Emergency Logistic Solutions is a specialist provider of pre-hospital emergency medical services, delivering hospital-grade medical care to high-risk environments across Australia and the Asia Pacific. Built on more than 50 years of combined frontline emergency response experience, ELS provides emergency response, event medical coverage, medical staffing, training, consulting, drug and alcohol testing, and ambulance hire across motorsport, mining, oil and gas, film and television, events, and construction. The company has delivered coverage and training for Tier 1 operators and major institutions including Rio Tinto, BHP, Glencore, Thiess, John Holland, Stanwell and the Supercars Championship.

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