From chemo to checkered flag: Young Connor is the real Bathurst 1000 winner

After a two-year battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and facing the numerous side effects and challenges of treatment - including losing his ability to walk on two occasions - Connor is now cancer free.

And to celebrate, the terrific news was displayed for all to see at the Bathurst 1000, thanks to V8 SuperUtes driver Jimmy Vernon.

Being an ambassador for the Kids with Cancer Foundation, Mr Vernon became a friendly face for young Connor during some of his toughest days in hospital.

So what better way to celebrate being cancer free than to showcase the news on the top of Mr Vernon's SuperUte, which took to the Mount Panorama-Wahluu track twice over Race Week.

Connor was very excited to be enjoying the Bathurst 1000 fun, cheering on Mr Vernon and also getting the chance to meet Supercars legend Craig Lowndes.

An opportunity Connor's mum Rebecca Moulton was very appreciative of.

"Jimmy is so great, he's such a good ambassador for the foundation," she said.

"We're just so grateful to have been supported by him and the foundation."

At only six years of age, instead of playing with friends at the park or with his older siblings at home, Connor was undergoing intensive treatment and long hospital stays.

Nothing can prepare a parent for when they hear the words 'your child has cancer', or the stress, pressure and tears that come with battling the disease.

But the friendly faces from the Kids with Cancer Foundation, like Mr Vernon, made the dull days in hospital a little brighter.

"The fear that comes with a childhood cancer diagnosis is unlike anything else," Ms Moulton said.

"Families rely on the strength of their oncology teams, the support of their communities, and organisations like Kids with Cancer Foundation to get through the hardest days of their lives."

For Mr Vernon, teaming up with the Kids with Cancer Foundation was a no-brainer.

While the SuperUtes driver hasn't personally experienced what it's like to have a child battle cancer, nothing means more to him than bringing smiles to the faces of the kids he visits in hospital.

"Finding the foundation has honestly been the best thing I've ever done ... it really brings all the pieces together for me as an athlete," he said.

"Being in the position I'm in, to be privileged enough to have a bit of a social following and being seen by so many people at the racetrack, I really wanted to do something positive with that aspect of my life.

"Being able to touch the lives of so many kids in need and also the families as well, that's something I hold really closely to my heart."