Video: On Board with Mark Lowings in Formula Ford for the Leffler Trophy at the Tasman Revival
Hop on board with Mark Lowings for a brilliant dice with Tom Tweedie in this video from Sunday’s Formula Ford feature race at the 2012 Tasman Revival.
If you have video from the Tasman Revival which you would like to share on the website, just send a quick email to seth@hsrca.com and let us know!
Winter Historics Wrap Up, Photos and Video
It’s time to settle down for some traditional post-race-meeting reminiscing with our first photo galleries from the weekend and an excellent video from Matt Hart to tell the tale of our Winter Historics at Sydney Motor Sport Park .
We were greeted with beautiful and warm winter sunshine on Saturday morning, which set the mood for a warm and lighthearted weekend of historic racing, tinkering with cars and spending some quality time with quality people.
winter at the park from Matt Hart
There were a few stop and starts on Sunday, but overall the racing was clean and entertaining and drivers did an excellent job of keeping all four wheels on the black stuff. It’s always a thrill to see and hear these lovely old machines out doing what they do best, so thanks for getting out there with us!
As always the feature Group S endurance races were great fun – closely competed right through to the end and an energetic, collaborative atmosphere.
The pits and paddock, always full of beautiful machines and buddies old and new, were a delight to explore. If you’re new to historic racing (or if you’ve been doing it your whole life), make sure to spend some time wandering, checking out the cars and chatting to the drivers. It’s a friendly and fun atmosphere and a great opportunity to get to know some historic sports and racing cars and the people who love them.
A huge and heartfelt ‘THANK YOU!’ to all of the organisers, entrants, spectators and especially the volunteers who make all of this possible. We are extremely grateful for your tireless and selfless support of historic racing and the HSRCA.
It’s the people, friendships and camaraderie that really make these events, so thank you all for getting involved and putting on a great weekend. We can’t wait for Wakefield Park in September!
The first of our photo galleries from the weekend are online and you can check them out on our ‘Photo Gallery‘ page here, or by clicking the handy links below.
HSRCA All Historic Winter Sydney Motor Sport Park 2012: Seth Reinhardt
HSRCA All Historic Winter Sydney Motor Sport Park 2012: Jeremy Braithwaite
We’ll have a lot more great content online soon so make sure to stay tuned to www.hsrca.com. You can also head to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hsrca to keep up to date with what’s going on and get to know a great group of people.
We love to promote the work of our many talented mates, so if you have photos, video, or stories from the weekend and would like to share them on the club website, send an email to seth@hsrca.com, or drop by the club Facebook page and say hi.
Huge thanks to Jeremy Braithwaite for sharing his work. Make sure to head to his website here for a whole lot more from the weekend, and to organise prints.
And another huge thanks to Matt Hart for his excellent video winter at the park. Head to his Vimeo channel here to explore the rest of his work.
Photography by Jeremy Braithwaite and Seth Reinhardt
Video by Matt Hart
Photo Gallery: 2012 Phillip Island Classic
The Phillip Island Classic is held by the VHRR in March every year and brings together around 500 historic racing and sports cars for a massive weekend of motorsport at the classic Phillip Island circuit.
Photo Gallery: Historic Racing at Wakefield Park
Let’s head back to the track for a look at the historic motorsport action at our recent Wakefield Park All Historic Summer event.
Enjoy these photos from Peter Schell, which focus on the action out on the circuit and do an excellent job of capturing the broad range of historic machinery present at historic racing events. Click this link to head to the full gallery.
Thanks to Peter Schell for the photography! You can find more of his work in The Oily Rag and newsletters like Ed Holly’s M & O Racing newsletter.
Check out our other galleries from the weekend at the following links:
Wakefield Park Summer Historics Wrap-Up and Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery: Wakefield Park Track Action 1
Photo Gallery: Wakefield Park Track Action 2
Videos: On-board at Wakefield Park
Videos: On-board at Wakefield Park
Let’s go on-board for a driver’s-eye perspective of the historic racing at our recent Wakefield Park All Historic Summer event.
Enjoy the sweet sounds of Paul Armstrong’s 1959 Jewitt Holden GT, John Medley’s tremendous car control in the rain, Paul Hunter’s creative camera angles, some good old fashioned Group N action with Rod Wallace and more!
Thanks to Paul Armstrong, Paul Hunter, John Medley and Rod Wallace for sharing their races, and Wes Dayton for his filming!
Be sure to check out the club’s YouTube channel here for more, and send an email to seth@hsrca.com or stop by our Facebook page if you would like to share some historic racing video.
Hit this link to head to the full story, including the videos!
Previously, at Wakefield Park…
We’ve just over two weeks until it’s time for the road trip to Wakefield Park and our first weekend of historic racing for the year. This time out we’ll be running group M & O feature events, along with events for all of our other historic racing categories. We’re excited to get back out to the track and are looking forward to catching up with everyone!
Before we go, let’s take a moment to reminisce about our previous visit to Wakefield Park, which took place in September last year.
We were greeted by a typical Goulburn spring, which produced some exciting and challenging conditions for the drivers, but did little to dissuade them from putting on a weekend of clean and exciting historic racing. We held an Aussie Specials feature event, which was a tremendous success, brought out some lovely and unique cars and kept them very busy out on the circuit. All in all, a fun and friendly weekend!
Click the following links for our wrap-ups, videos and photo galleries from the event:
Wakefield Park Spring Historics Wrap-Up and Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery by Riccardo Benvenuti: Wakefield Park Spring Historics
Wakefield Park Track Action from Peter Schell and Richard Taylor
Wakefield Park Track Action Gallery from Phillip Clark
Videos: Go On-board for Historic Racing at Wakefield Park
Video: On-board Historics at Wakefield Park
Go On-board for Historic Racing at Wakefield Park
Let’s hop into a few historic racing cars for a new perspective on September’s All Historic Spring event at Wakefield Park.
Today’s videos put you in the driver’s seat of a 1949 Supercharged MG TC Special, one of the Aussie Specials that ran in our feature event, and a 1960 Cooper T52 FJ. The MG is driven by Syd Reinhardt and is running in Regularity in this video. The Cooper video puts you right in the action for the start of a JKL race and is steered by Mike Gosbell. Hit the HD button for the best effect!
Thanks to Syd Reinhardt and Mike Gosbell for letting me film their adventures!
As always, drop me an email at seth@hsrca.com, or head to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hsrca if you have anything that you would like to share on the club website.
On-board Historics at Wakefield Park
Let’s hop into a few historic racing cars for a new perspective on September’s All Historic Spring event at Wakefield Park.
These on-board videos get you in the hot seat of a 1969 Brabham BT28 for a few laps of a Group M and O race, as well as a 1984 Tiga SC84 for a little Q & R action. It was more than a little nippy and slippery that weekend, so well done to everyone for putting on some quick and clean racing in tricky conditions!
Thanks to Jeff and Joel brown for letting me film their adventures!
As always, drop me an email at seth@hsrca.com, or head to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hsrca if you have anything that you would like to share on the club website.
Historic Hot Laps: On-board an Aussie Special
In just over two and a half weeks we’ll be heading out to Wakefield Park for another brilliant weekend of historic motorsport.
Our Spring Historics event will feature an Australian Special theme. We will be running feature races for pre-war and post-war genuine Australian racing specials up to 1961, exclusive regularities for the above groups for cars without C of Ds, lunchtime parades for all eligible cars and a display area for non-competing cars, along with events for our usual selection of beautiful historic sports and racing cars and their drivers.
That’s a lot of historic racing to look forward to!
Until then, jump on board an Aussie Special in this on-board footage of a supercharged 1949 MG Special lapping a damp and slippery Phillip Island. For more video of Aussie Specials in action, hit this link to go on-board with Percy Hunter in a 1947 MG Special.
Historic Hot Laps: On-Board a 1968 Brabham BT21C
We’re less than a month away from our Wakefield Park Spring Historics event, so it’s time to kick back into gear and get ready for some historic racing!
What better way to do so than to jump on board for a classic dice with Ed Holly in his lovely 1968 Brabham BT21C. Enjoy this footage from race four for M & O sports and racing cars at June’s Eastern Creek Winter Historics event, and click this link for more on-board historics.
We’ll be updating the site frequently over the coming weeks to make sure that you have all the information that you need to get out and have fun racing, watching the action on the track, strolling through the pits & paddock, and enjoying good friends at Wakefield Park, so come back often and keep in touch. Hit the following links for our coverage of the event thus far:
Wakefield Park Spring Historics September 2011 Entry Pack
CAMS Racing License Discount for Autumn Historics at Wakefield Park
Of Aussie Specials and the Fulfilment of Dreams
The Aussie Specials of September’s Wakefield Park Historics
Hop in the Driver’s Seat for a Group N Historic Dice
Here’s a bit of on-board fun to get you warmed up for our upcoming bout of historic motorsport at Wakefield Park.
This video features a three-way dice that is contested throughout the entirety of Group N Race One at 2010′s Spring Wakefield Park Historics. Handling and power duke it out with good clean driving on display from all. Brilliant racing.
Thanks to Spencer Rice for the video!
Hit this link for our wrap-up of the 2010 Spring Historics
Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival Videos
The holiday season is upon us, and that, hopefully, means an elevated level of feasting. Take a minute to relax and digest, and check out these fun videos of Wes Dayton and his Triumph TR3A blatting around Eastern Creek at the 2010 Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival. Don’t forget to turn them up to HD if you have the bandwidth!
Community members Tim Jackelton and Mark Jones have also put together some nice footage of the event, which can be found here and here.
If you would like to share your own videos of the event, send me an email or drop by our Facebook and let us know.
The Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival 2010 Fires Up Its Engines!
Mammoth line-up of international & Australian historic racing cars? Check.
A field of racing drivers ranging from gifted to legendary? Check.
World-class racing circuit? Check.
Huge community of fun-loving, friendly historic racing fans? Check.
The Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival 2010 Opens This Friday, 26th November!
Months (years) of preparations are complete, and the Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival 2010 is on the grid, engine revving, watching for the lights to turn green.
Starting from tomorrow afternoon, entrants will already be making their way to Eastern Creek International Raceway to get set up for private practice on Thursday, and then qualifications on Friday morning. By Friday afternoon the races will be under way and they won’t stop until Sunday evening!
Sunday in particular is going to be a huge day, offering feature races for all groups, the drawing of our ‘Win a Lotus’ competition, trophy presentations and plenty of paddock-wandering, tyre-smoking social motorsport fun.
Click here to download a programme of events that should help you to plan your weekend.
Buy tickets on the day
Tickets to the Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival 2010 can be purchased at the gate every day during the event, so it’s nice and easy to come along and enjoy some historic racing action!
Children 12 years and under get in for free
Adult prices:
- Friday Only: $20
- Saturday Only: $25
- Sunday Only: $35
- 2/3 Days: $50
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.
After the event
Don’t forget to head to the official Tasman Revival website, as well as the HSRCA’s new website, Facebook page and YouTube channel, in the days and weeks following the event, as we will have plenty of coverage to keep you busy until the Tasman Revival 2012! Not to mention a fantastic group of people and a calendar packed with fantastic historic racing events year-round!
Some links to help prepare you for the Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival 2010:
We have uploaded a series of files containing the entry list for the weekend at the following links:
Click here for a quick and easy PDF, presenting entrants to the Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival 2010
Click here for an Excel [XLS] version of the same file
And here for the final version of the list, also in XLS format
Entrants:
Wednesday access to Eastern Creek International Raceway
Media:
General:
Lotus Sydney 2010 Tasman Revival 2010 TVC
It’s time to pack your picnic baskets, free up some space on your cameras and pick out a fresh set of semi-slicks, because the Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival, November 26-28, is now only 11 days away!
Hit play on the video at the top of this post, or click this link, to check out the television commercial that’s broadcasting in preparation for the event.
And don’t forget to head to the Tasman Revival’s Win page, as time is running out to pick up a ticket to get in the running to win a Lotus Elise!
Head to www.tasmanrevival.com for the official Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival website. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Classic racing at the Wakefield Historics
Check out this wonderfully shot video of our own Wes Dayton taking his Triumph TR3A around Wakefield Park during the Wakefield Historics this past September. There’s some nice racing to be enjoyed as he drives to the raggedy edge, and beyond!
If you have video footage of your own historic sports and racing car adventures that you would like to share, drop me an email at seth@hsrca.com and I will help you get it online!
Head to the club’s YouTube channel for more, and to the HSRCA Facebook page for up-to-the-minute updates and a friendly community of historic sports and racing car fans.
