Touring car legend Peter Brock will take one more shot at winning a tenth Bathurst enduro when he joins a two-car Holden Monaro assault on the Bathurst 24-Hour i♒nternational motor race in Novemberꦫ.

However, Brock is likely to face one of the toughest challenges of his 31 years on Mount Panorama from a field oꦚf crack overseas and Australian teams announced at the event's official launch in Sydney today.

Brock and Nathan Pretty, who currently race the 7.0 litre Monaros in💙 the Donut King Australian Nations Cup Championship, formally handed in their entry nominations on behalf of Garry Rogers Motorsport and announced the names of their co-drivers.

The winning combination in car 427# from last year's inaugural race, Pretty, Steven Richards, Garth Tander and Cameron McConville, will return unchanged fꦰor the sec🦹ond event on 21-23 November.

Brock, 58, will share c♐ar 05# with Greg Murp💫hy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly.

"The chance to drive that thumping 7.0 litre Monaro around a track like Mount Panorama is💞 one of life's great opportunities and I knew that I just had to be part of this year's race," said Brock, who drove a Monaro in his first Bathurst enduro in 1968 and won the 1000 in 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987.

"Our dr💖iver line-up is a tremendous combination of speed and experience and a great mix of personalities. There are no clashes there and that is what you need when trying to winꦬ a race like this - it's vital everyone works toward the same goal."

Organiser PROCAR Aust💛ralia has received 50 nominations for a starting grid restricted to 55 sports and touring cars, with applications not due to close until 1♎ October.

Last year 36 cars started the r𒆙ace, with the winners covering 532 laps or almost 3400 kilometres.

The 2003 event promises a bigger and faster battle at the f🤪ront of the field, with the Australian-built ✃Monaros challenging a world-class field representing makes such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mosler, Porsche, Maserati, TVR and Mustang.

Melbourne 𝔍team PHR Scuderia, led by John Bowe, has entered four cars including a Porsche GT3 RS and two Fer🦂rari 360GT coupes all to international FIA N-GT specification.

Team Lamb♕orghini Australia will field a Lamborgh🗹ini Diablo GTR for Nations Cup series leader Paul Stokell and three others rumoured to be leading Ford drivers.

British teams are due to bring at least six cars, ♕including two Florida-built Mosler MT900R coupes and a TVR Tuscan from the British GT Cha🍨mpionship and two Porsche GT3 RSs.

PROCAR Australia Chairman Ross Palmer said the organisers were in negotiation with Europe's current top Porsche team, Friesinger Motors🃏port of Germany, which recently won the Spa-Francor⭕champs 24-hour race in Belgium.

"If Manfred Friesinger confirms his entry we understand he intends to lead the team with Stephane Ortelli, who is a Le Mans winner𒁃 and current champion in international FIA N-GT and Porsche Supercup," he said.

"We are a𓃲lso dealing with three Swedish touring car teams, one🎀 from New Zealand and others from Holland and Germany."

Mr Palmer said news of the🌼 successful first Bathurst 24-Hour had spread widely through the international motorsport community and the event was on its way to becoming an important fixture on the endurance racing calendar.

"It will bring many more fans and teams to Bathurst this year, plus valuable exposure for the New South Wale▨s central-west region through international and domestic television coverage.

"With an historic, world-famous circuit that sits at the top of the𓄧 main street, B𒉰athurst has a unique atmosphere.

"I'm delighted tha⭕t Bathurst City Council and the residents recognise the opportunity this presents and are planning celebrations that will♒ make a visit to the Bathurst 24-Hour truly memorable," Mr Palmer said.

The round-the-clock race starting at 2 pm on Saturday 22 November will be the centrepiece of a huge weekend of entertainm🐭ent at Bathurst.

Other attractions are planned to include races for GTP and Production🌄 cars, V8 BRutes and Porsches, a ute muster and a country music concert.