Photo Gallery & Report: HRCC Autumn Historics
Our brothers and sisters in sunny Queensland, the Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland, recently held their Autumn Historics at Morgan Park for a record entry list of historic racers.
The event included the second round of the Group A & C Heritage Touring Cars national championship, along with bumper fields for Group N, Group S/T, regularity and more.
Check out the gallery below, kindly provided by Ian Welsh of Shifting Focus Motorsport Photography, and read on for his report on the weekend.
For more from the HRCC, hit this link to their website.
And hit this link to Ian’s site for a gallery of over 300 images from the weekend.
Photography by Ian Welsh of Shifting Focus Motorsport Photography
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.22
The first of Ed Holly’s magnificent M & O newsletters for 2013 has gone out to members, and is now up for download on the club website!
Ed kicks this edition off with a bang, pondering what makes M & O machines so compelling, before recapping our recent Wakefield Park Summer Historics, the Phillip Island Classic and New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing, and catching up with all the pit gossip and more in the world of 1960s racing cars.
Download it by clicking the handy link below, or right clicking and selecting ‘Save As’, and enjoy!
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.22 [PDF]
Photo by Ed Holly.
Previous 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newletters:
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.21
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.20
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.19
Loose Fillings #43 – Summer/Autumn 2013
About three times a year Garry Simkin, Terry Wright and founding editor, the late Graham Howard, put out a newsletter called ‘Loose Fillings’, which chronicles the many adventures of historic air-cooled racing cars from the 1950s.
They’re back with their first newsletter for 2013, which is now available for download from the club website.
This edition looks at New Zealand’s big-twin pioneers, features part two of their story about Lionel Hart and his Tassie racers, goes into a little more detail on the Meikle Kieft story, and a whole lot more. Download it below by right-clicking the link and selecting ‘Save as’ and enjoy!
Loose Fillings #43 [PDF]
Take a look at the previous editions in the links below. Right-click and ‘Save as’, or just click.
Loose Fillings #42 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #41 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #40 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #39 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #38 [PDF]
Previously, at Wakefield Park..
In just over a week it’s time to pack up our families, mates and historic sports and racing cars (along with all the paraphernalia that comes along with them) and make our biannual road trip to Wakefield Park for our first historic race meet of 2013.
So let’s get warmed up with a good old fashioned reminisce about our previous visit to Wakefield Park!
Our previous visit was back in September for our All Historic Spring meeting. We were greeted with a little preview of summer, as Goulburn put on an excellent show for the weekend and proved the perfect backdrop for a packed weekend of racing for all groups of historic sports and racing cars, headlined by our J, K and L feature event.
Check out our full wrap up and photo galleries from the event by hitting the links below and head to the ‘Events & Entry Forms‘ page for everything you’ll need for next weekend’s event.
Spring Historics Wrap Up and Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery: Spring Historics at Wakefield Park by Peter Schell
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: Marulan Time Trial April
We’re putting together a time trial day at the Marulan Driver Training Centre on Saturday the 20th of April and need to know if you’d like to come along.
Read on for the official word from Richard Cardew, our Chief of Registrars, and make sure to get in contact with him via email on rcardew@iprimus.com.au, or mobile or text on 0405 459 546.
Looking for expression of interest in a time trial at the Marulan Driver Training Centre, Saturday 20 April.
This meeting can accommodate beginners as well as experienced drivers. We need to be confident in having the numbers to book the circuit very soon and we know that the Club we shared the day with last year, the Peugeot Club, has a clash and may field fewer starters.
The day is especially suitable for members that have yet to try themselves out on a circuit and perhaps have an historic or classic car they would like drive enthusiastically. Historic and modern cars are acceptable. And it is a very good opportunity to learn good lines.
If you think there is even a reasonable chance of you and/or your friends participating please email me on rcardew@iprimus.com.au or phone or text 0405 459 546. Messages can be left on my home phone 4384 1546.
Richard Cardew
Chair of Registrars
Formula Fords sizzle at Blistering Sydney Motorsport Park
The Tasman Revival packed Sydney Motorsport Park with historic racing action from dawn until dusk for three full days, plus a little more with Thursday practice. And amongst this, putting on some of the best shows out there, was a strong field of Formula Fords.
This Round Three review from Formula Ford PR wraps up the action-packed season finale at the Tasman Revival and catches up on all that’s news in Formula Ford. It’s a fun read and packed with plenty of great photos. Check it out by downloading it from the link below!
NSW Historic Formula Ford Round 3 Review [PDF]
Photo by Richard Taylor
Entry Pack for Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2013
Entry packs for our upcoming Wakefield Park All Historic Summer race weekend, coming this February 22-25, were sent out early this year. Additionally, the entry form, supplementary regulations (read them), and entry letter are available for download right here on the club website.
To enter the HSRCA Wakefield Park Summer Meeting:
- Click this link: www.motorevententry.org or type it into your browser
- If you are new to the system, click ‘Create an Account’ and follow the prompts – wait for a confirmation email in your normal email, then go back to the MotorEventEntry website,
- Go to ‘Toolkit’ and fill in your details, cars and team,
- Log on to the system using your MotorEventEntry ID and password,
- Click ‘Upcoming Events’, view the HSRCA Wakefield Park 2013 Summer meeting and then click ‘Enter Event’. You can pay by direct debit, cheque or credit card. If you pay on-line by credit card (via Paypal) the usual 3% fee will be waived.
You will also find the entry pack available for download by clicking the handy links below, or right-clicking and selecting save as, or by heading to our Entry Forms page here.
Wakefield Park February 2013 Entry Form [DOC]
Wakefield Park February 2013 Supplementary Regulations [PDF]
Happy Holidays!
As we settle down to enjoy a spectacular Sydney summer and head off to join our loved ones in sharing these happy holiday days, we’d like to send out a huge and extremely heartfelt ‘THANKS!’ to our wonderful community.
So ‘THANKS!’ to each and every one of you; volunteers, organisers, fans, friends, families and competitors alike. You support and nurture our historic racing adventures, and each other, and give us bountiful opportunities to enjoy our cars and very special friendships. We are deeply grateful!
We wish everyone a brilliant holiday season and an even better New Year and look forward to seeing you all very soon!
Loose Fillings #42 – Summer 2012
About three times a year Garry Simkin, Terry Wright and journalist Graham Howard put out a newsletter called ‘Loose Fillings’, which chronicles the many adventures of historic air-cooled racing cars from the 1950s.
They’re back to wrap up the year with another brilliant edition, which is now available for download from the club website!
This edition looks at Lionel Hart and his Tassie racing cars, finds an easy way to perform methanol tuning, tells Les Taylor’s story, and a whole lot more. Download it below by right-clicking the link and selecting ‘Save as’ and enjoy!
Loose Fillings #42 [PDF]
Take a look at the previous editions in the links below. Right-click and ‘Save as’, or just click.
Loose Fillings #41 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #40 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #39 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #38 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #37 [PDF]
JKL Newsletter for December 2012
JKL’s, brilliant, tireless and passionate registrar, Dick Willis, has wrapped up his year of newsletters and his term as registrar with a bumper edition that’s now available for download right here from the club website.
This massive edition runs through the many exploits of pre-1930s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s historic racing and sports cars at the Tasman Revival, wraps up the annual pointscores, checks out Return of the Thunder at Sandown, catches up on all the gossip in JKL, features some frank discussion about CAMS and a whole lot more.
Download it by right clicking the following link and selecting ‘Save As’:
JKL December 2012 [PDF]
Dick has been unrelentingly passionate and absolutely tireless in his support, promotion and love of JKL and we, and I’m sure everyone involved in JKL, are sincerely grateful for his immeasurable contributions both to these particular cars and the people who drive them, and the sport at large.
We can’t wait to catch up again in February at Wakefield Park, which traditionally has a very strong showing of JKL drivers!
View previous JKL Newsletters:
The Winning Ultimate Goodwood Getaway Ticket
The winner of our Ultimate Goodwood Getaway competition was drawn during a busy afternoon of historic racing at the 2012 Tasman Revival.
The winning ticket was #3487. Congratulations, and enjoy your Ultimate Goodwood Getaway!
Tasman Revival 2012 Fires Up Its Engines!
A huge field of historic sports and racing cars has made its way from around the country, across the oceans and through the decades for the 2012 Tasman Revival, and we’re ready to fire the starting gun and let them all loose on Sydney Motorsport Park.
So we thought we’d bring together everything you need to know for a brilliant weekend of historic motorsport!
Most importantly – all of the information about the 2012 Tasman Revival is available at the official Tasman Revival website: www.tasmanrevival.com.
The first thing you’ll need to do is get to Sydney Motorsport Park. The Sydney Motorsport Park website has excellent instructions on getting to the track, and clicking this link will take you directly to them!
Spectator parking is available in P3 through Gate A up on the hill on the left. Once you’re through the gates you will be directed accordingly and you can hit this link for a parking map via Sydney Motorsport Park.
If you’d just like to know where the track is, consult the handy map below:
Once you’re there you’ll need some tickets, which you can buy at the gate every day.
Pricing:
- Friday – $20
- Saturday – $25
- Sunday – $35
Concession pricing for 13-17 year olds:
- $5 Friday
- $10 Saturday
- $15 Sunday
Three day pass: $50
One-day family pass for two adults and two children: $75
Children under 12 years of age may attend free of charge
Ticket prices include parking, as well as entrance to grandstand seating and the competitor’s paddock (come say hi!). Lost tickets will not be replaced.
Food, drink and all manner of cool historic racing paraphernalia will be available at the track all weekend long to keep your tanks topped up and provide plenty to explore. Remember to bring comfy shoes, suncream and some walking around money, and keep plenty of water on hand.
If you’d like to know who’s entered the event, in what, and when they’ll be racing, right-click and ‘Save As’ the following links to download the provisional entry list and programme of events. These will be available in hard copy at the event.
Provisional entry list as at 1st November 2012 [PDF]
2012 Tasman Revival Programme [PDF]
Finally, to get you inspired for some intense historic racing action, check out these photo galleries from the 2010 Tasman Revival:
2010 Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival
Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival Feature Race Winners
Revivers of the Lost Art: Tasman Revival in the Wentworth Courier
With the 2012 Tasman Revival just a month away, mainstream media is starting to spread the word about historic motorsport and get people excited for the event.
Daniel Bando was recently featured in an article in the Wentworth Courier, which you can check out in their online publication here, or in the picture below (click the image to embiggen)!
Via the Wentworth Courier
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.20
Ed Holly’s tremendous M&O newsletter has returned with its Spring edition for 2012, and is now available for download from the club website!
As always, it’s absolutely packed with historic racing action and all the adventures of Australian 1960s racing cars and their drivers. This edition checks in on the historic motorsport at Wakefield Park, Morgan Park and Historic Winton before catching up with everything Tasman Revival and the events the team have been travelling to in its promotion. And that’s just the start!
It’s packed with stories both fun and informative and plenty of stunning photos, and is well worth a read. Download it by clicking the handy link below, or right clicking and selecting ‘Save As’, and enjoy!
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.20 [PDF]
Thanks to Ed Holly for putting it together, and to the many contributors that create such a great read!
Photo by Peter Schell
Previous 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newletters:
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.19
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.18
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.17
JKL Newsletter for October 2012
Dick Willis’ excellent JKL newsletter has gone out to members for the month of October, and you can download it right here from the club website!
This month’s newsletter kicks off with a recap of our recent trip to Wakefield Park before continuing on to the recent FOSC meeting on the new South circuit of Sydney Motorsport Park and checking out some JKL cars for sale.
It’s always a great read and well worth downloading and enjoying. You can download it from the links below and save it to your computer by right-clicking them and selecting ‘Save As’.
JKL October 2012 [PDF]
JKL October 2012 [DOC]
View previous JKL Newsletters:
A Famous Australian car and a Famous Australian Driver Return to Compete at the Tasman Revival.
Leo Geoghegan’s famous white 1964 Lotus 32 twincam 1500 is to return to Australia for the Tasman Revival.
Now back in its iconic and distinctive Total Team coloured livery, the car is owned and raced by Peter Studer from Switzerland. The car will arrive with others from the UK.
Back in 1964, Leo won first time out in the Hordern Trophy at Warwick Farm. This augured well for the upcoming Tasman Series and indeed Leo was the first 1.5 litre car home in the New Zealand GP, finishing 6th. In Australia Leo finished 8th in the Warwick Farm Tasman event. Later that year Leo took a string of 2nd places beating many 2.5 litre cars along the way. In 1966 Leo took delivery of the ex-Jim Clark Lotus 39 and the 32 was sold. Leo still has very fond memories of his time with this wonderful Lotus.
Tasmanian Scotty Taylor will make his debut at a Tasman Revival in his Cooper Type 53, which he has used extensively in the UK and Europe.
Scotty Taylor is no stranger to Australian circuits, having driven Bathurst on an incredible 21 occasions. These days Scotty spends 6 months of the year in the “over there” racing a number of historic cars including his Cooper Type 53 and a Lotus 18 which he bought at a Bonhams auction here in 2008 from the John Dawson-Damer collection.
The Cooper Type 53 has a real significance to the Australian scene as it was in one of these that Sir Jack Brabham won his 2nd world championship with in 1960. The car will definitely put Scotty at the sharp end of the early 1960s category of the Tasman Revival race, a place he is used to being when competing in the UK and Europe with the car.
More Photos! Tasman Revival at the 2012 Eastern Creek Classic
Long time HSRCA member and talented photographer Peter Schell joined us at the 2012 Eastern Creek Classic last weekend and has kindly provided a gallery from the day for everyone to enjoy. Check ‘em out below!
Many thanks to Peter Schell for sharing his photographs!
JKL Newsletter for August 2012
Dick Willis’ excellent JKL newsletter has gone out to members for the month of August, and you can now download it right here from the club website!
This edition kicks off with a look at recent and upcoming historic racing events, looking forward to the JKL feature event at our upcoming Wakefield Park Historics and recapping the 2012 Winton Festival of Speed. It goes on to examine current discussion about how to grid JKL cars for races, pass on some useful technical knowledge, check out cars for sale and catch up with all the news in pre-1930s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s historic racing and sports cars!
It’s a great read as always, and well worth checking out. Download it from the links below and save it to your computer by right-clicking them and selecting ‘Save As’.
JKL August 2012 [PDF]
JKL August 2012 [DOC]
View previous JKL Newsletters:
Loose Fillings #41 – Winter/Spring 2012
About three times a year Garry Simkin, Terry Wright and journalist Graham Howard put out a newsletter called ‘Loose Fillings’, which chronicles the many adventures of historic air-cooled racing cars from the 1950s.
The team has been hard at work since May and is back with their second edition for 2012, which they have kindly offered for download here on the HSRCA website!
This edition features a ‘new’ MK5 Cooper from South Africa and Sydney’s pioneering Hooper 500, further investigates Kiefts in New Zealand and celebrates the lives of Bill Stone and Les Leston. It is, as always, beautifully designed and packed with particularly wonderful photographs and articles. It’s always worth setting aside a few minutes to enjoy it.
Just right-click on the link below and select ‘Save as’, or simply click to head straight to it.
Loose Fillings #41 [PDF]
Take a look at the previous editions in the links below. Right-click and ‘Save as’, or just click.
Loose Fillings #40 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #39 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #38 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #37 [PDF]
Loose Fillings #36 [PDF]
Entry Pack for Wakefield Park All Historic Spring September 2012
Entry packs for our upcoming Wakefield Park All Historic Spring race weekend should be arriving in your inboxes and mailboxes as we speak. Additionally, the entry form, supplementary regulations (read them), and entry letter are now available for download on the website.
We are once again using the online historic motorsport entry system that has been so successful for our last few events event – Motor Event Entry.
The system is secure, password protected and free and has been developed by a regular competitor at historic meetings. It will make entering events much simpler and faster for you.
To enter the event, just click this link to our event listing on Motor Event Entry, log in, and fill in your details.
The link will take you directly to our event listing on Motor Event Entry and if you’ve used the system before all you need to do is log in and enter. All of your previously-entered information will be there waiting for you.
If any of your details have changed since our last meeting, please take a moment to update them as it helps us greatly in staying in touch and putting together events.
Some instructions for first time users of Motor Event Entry:
- Click this link www.motorevententry.org or type it in your browser,
- If you are new to the system, click ‘Create an account’ and follow the prompts – wait for a confirmation email in your normal email, then go back to the MotorEventEntry website,
- Log on to the system using your MotorEventEntry ID and password,
- Go to ‘Toolkit’ and fill in your details, cars and team,
- Click this link directly to the event, or click ‘Upcoming Events’, view our Spring Wakefield Park Meeting and then click ‘Enter Event’. You can pay by direct debit, cheque or credit card. If you pay on-line by credit card (via Paypal) the usual three percent fee will be waived.
The usual entry pack is available for download on our ‘Entry Forms‘ page, or from the handy links below:
Wakefield Park All Historic Spring Entry Letter [DOC]
Wakefield Park All Historic Spring Entry Letter [PDF]
Wakefield Park All Historic Spring Entry Form [DOC]
Wakefield Park All Historic Spring Entry Form [PDF]
Wakefield Park All Historic Spring Supplementary Regulations [DOC]
Wakefield Park All Historic Spring Supplementary Regulations [PDF]
JKL Newsletter for July 2012
Dick Willis’ always-enjoyable JKL newsletter has gone out to members for the month of July, and is now available for download from the club website.
This edition recaps the Queensland Historics meeting at Morgan Park, looks forward to the VHRR Winton long track Festival of Speed, the JKL feature event at our upcoming Wakefield Historics in September and the 2012 Tasman Revival this coming November, before catching up on all the news, cars for sale and goings on in JKL.
It’s an interesting and entertaining read, so make sure to check it out and catch up on everything going on in the world of pre-1930s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s historic racing and sports cars! Click the link below, or right-click and select ‘Save As’.
JKL July 2012 [PDF]
JKL July 2012 [DOC]
View previous JKL Newsletters:
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.19
Ed Holly’s wonderful M&O newsletter has returned with its Winter 2012 edition, which is now available for download from the club website!
This absolutely mammoth edition gets stuck in to the wealth of historic motorsport that we’ve seen in the first half of 2012, recapping our recent Winter Historics at Sydney Motor Sport Park, the historic racing at Mallala, Historic Winton, the Formula Juniors at Lakeside and the show at Wings over Illawarra.
Aussies Abroad makes its return and features a particularly fun story from the Monaco Historique, there are a few very special and important pages dedicated to celebrating the lives of Paul Samuels, Bill Stone and Helene Bittner, and the newsletter wraps up on a happy note with all of the Pit Gossip, tech talk and upcoming motorsport in the world of ’60s racing cars.
It’s packed with fun stories, useful information and great photos and is well worth a read. Download it by clicking the handy link below, or right clicking and selecting ‘Save As’, and enjoy!
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.19 [PDF]
Thanks to Ed Holly for putting it together, and to the many contributors that create such a great read!
Previous 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newletters:
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.18
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.17
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.16
NSW Historic Formula Ford Series Round One Review
With a successful weekend at Sydney Motor Sport Park wrapped up, we can take a moment to enjoy a more detailed look back at some of the action from the Formula Ford series, thanks to the New South Wales Historic Formula Ford series.
They’ve made the round one review available for download on the club website, and it’s packed with all of the historic racing action that took place over the weekend. Check it out at the link below:
JKL Newsletter for June 2012
It’s time again to set aside a few minutes to spend enjoying Dick Willis’ JKL newsletter. His June edition is ready for your enjoyment, has gone out to members in their chosen formats and can be downloaded right here from the club website.
This month’s edition catches up with the adventures of a 62 car strong JKL field at Historic Winton, recaps the HRCC’s Autumn Historics at Morgan Park and looks forward to our upcoming Winter Historics at Sydney Motor Sport Park, the JKL feature event at Wakefield Park this September, and the sure-to-be immense 2012 Tasman Revival.
Always entertaining and full of good info and enjoyable stories, it’s well worth a read! Download it in your preferred format from the links below and save it to your computer by right-clicking and selecting ‘Save As’.
JKL June 2012 [DOC]
JKL June 2012 [PDF]
View previous JKL Newsletters:
