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
Photo Gallery: 2012 Tasman Revival by Alan Heritage and Jill Cowlishaw
We spent a tremendous long weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park last November, and packed it with non-stop historic racing for our biannual Tasman Revival.
Our latest photo gallery from the event is by Alan Heritage and Jill Cowlishaw and takes a look at the friendships and, of course, the historic sports and racing cars which made it such a great weekend.
Check it out below, and over on our gallery page here!
Many thanks to Alan Heritage and Jill Cowlishaw for the photos!
Photo Gallery: International Sports Cars at Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is a smörgåsbord of everything motorsport and car culture, featuring something with wheels and a perpetually-exploding form of propulsion to entertain just about anyone.
This year the event featured plenty to keep fans of historic motorsport entertained, with the annual historic demonstration fully stocked and a new addition in the form of the Total Oil International Sports Cars race.
The Total Oil International Sports Cars event featured monstrous historic machines from the golden era of sports car racing, such as an 8.8 litre March 717, Porsche’s 935, 936 and 956, and an 8800cc McLaren M8F.
The soggy Saturday that overwhelmed Albert Park and saw the Formula One qualifying delayed meant that race one for the International Sports Cars was cancelled, but the cars took to the track on Sunday and put on a stunning show for spectators.
19-year-old Michael Lyons took victory in the race in the aforementioned March, followed by Alex Davison in a 936 and Russell Kempnich in a 956C. Aussie racing legend Rusty French was fifth in his Porsche 935.
This photo gallery from the event comes from photographer Greg Llewellyn of Narra Photography, who has kindly offered to share his work with us. Make sure to hit this link and head to his website for more.
Thanks to Greg Llewellyn of Narra Photography for the photos.
Photo Gallery: Phillip Island Classic by Martin Creely
Each year on the weekend before the Australian Grand Prix our Victorian brothers, the VHRR, put on their annual Phillip Island Classic and bring an enormous and varied collection of historic racing and sports cars to the iconic circuit for a spot of historic motorsport.
Our friend Martin Creely was there just over a week ago, and has kindly prepared this gallery of photographs for us to check out.
Enjoy the gallery below, or over on the gallery page here, and make sure to visit his website here for his full collection and to order prints!
Photography thanks to Martin Creely
Photo Gallery: Phillip Island Classic by Brent Murray
Our Victorian brothers, the VHRR, put on their annual Phillip Island Classic a week ago and brought together an enormous and varied collection of historic racing and sports cars for a hot weekend of historic motorsport at the iconic circuit.
Our friend Brent Murray of At Speed Images was there to soak in the action, and has kindly prepared this gallery of photographs for us to check out.
Enjoy the gallery below, or over on the gallery page here, and make sure to visit the At Speed Images Facebook page here for more!
Thanks to Brent Murray for the photography, check out At Speed Images here.
Summer Historics Photo Gallery: Peter Schell
Our third photo gallery from our recent Wakefield Park Summer Historics heads back out to the track for another look at the historic motorsport action, thanks to long time HSRCA photograher Peter Schell.
Check out more of his work on our ‘Gallery‘ page and in the Oily Rag.
Photography by Peter Schell.
Summer Historics Photo Gallery: Richard Taylor
We’ve taken a wander through the pits and paddock, now let’s head out to the track for a look at the historic racing action at Wakefield Park, thanks to Richard Taylor.
For more, or to order prints, please head to Richard’s website here.
Photography by Richard Taylor.
Summer Historics Wrap Up and Photo Gallery
We’re back from another magic weekend of motorsport with our mates, and that means it’s time to sit back, check out some of the photos and reminisce.
Goulburn being Goulburn, our Summer Historics got off to a decidedly unsummery start, with the chilly circuit blanketed in a fine layer of horizontal drizzle throughout Saturday. Thankfully it was also adorned with a magnificent collection of historic sports and racing cars and a happy group of people tinkering, socialising and racing, so nobody paid the weather too much attention.
The soggy circuit kept things interesting for our drivers, who took to the track with vigor and shook off the cobwebs of the Summer break with glee. Everyone did an impressive job of keeping things pointed forwards, or at least travelling in a generally-forwards direction with a healthy dose of opposite lock and a generously-applied right boot.
And when the weather improved for Sunday’s races, everyone put the dry circuit to good use and sent the times tumbling.
Thanks to all of our entrants for preparing their cars so beautifully, and putting on an exciting and safe weekend’s racing! It was, as always, a joy to see you and your cars out and about putting on a spot of historic motorsport.
As it was to take a slow wander through the pits and paddock, which were as action-packed as the track and buzzing with gossip, banter and a welcoming, social and happy atmosphere all weekend long.
We, and I’m sure everyone involved in the event, would like to extend a huge and heartfelt ‘THANK YOU!’ to all of the organisers, entrants, spectators and especially the volunteers who dedicate such energy and passion to making these events possible. We are extremely grateful for your tireless and selfless support of historic racing and the HSRCA.
As fun and exciting as the racing is, and as lovely as the pits, paddock and cars are to explore, it’s our mates that bring us back to these events time and time again, so a special ‘THANK YOU!‘ to everyone for coming along, getting involved and putting on a brilliant weekend!
Make sure to check out our first photo gallery from the event, which is online on the ‘Gallery‘ page here, and keep an eye on the site over the coming weeks as we endeavour to bring you all the content that we can muster from the event.
HSRCA All Historic Summer Wakefield Park 2013: Seth Reinhardt
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.
Up next? All Historic Winter at Sydney Motorsport Park on the 29th and 30th of June. Stay tuned to the site for more information as the event develops.
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
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Glenn Albert
It’s a fresh new year, and that means a whole new set of opportunities to enjoy historic motorsport!
Like this Tasman Revival photo gallery from Glenn Albert, which captures the atmosphere in the pits and paddock and takes to the track to check out some historic racing action.
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.21
As we barrel ever closer to the holiday season, we have an early Christmas treat from Ed Holly in the form of his Summer M & O newsletter, now available for download from the club website.
It’s another bumper edition; packed to the brim with all the news, gossip and adventures of ’60s racing cars and their drivers. This edition features an absolutely massive recap of the 2012 Tasman Revival, checks in at Barbagello, Sandown and Motorclassica, and catches up with all the pit gossip and more in the world of 1960s racing cars.
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.21 [PDF]
Thanks to Ed Holly for putting it together, and to the many contributors that create such a great read!
Photo by Steve Koen
Previous 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newletters:
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.20
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.19
Australian 1960s Racing Cars (M and O) Newsletter No.18
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!
Photo Gallery: 2012 Historic Sandown
The 2012 Historic Sandown was held in early November and celebrated 50 years of motor racing at Sandown International Raceway.
This lovely gallery of photos from the event, by Tony Shaw, catches up with the action on the track, in the pits and paddock and in the sky. Check ‘em out, and enjoy!
Thanks to Tony Shaw for sharing his work, make to sure to head to his website here for more.
Photography by Tony Shaw of Classic Car Photography
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Tom Taylor
This gallery from the Tasman Revival, by Tom Taylor, is all about the little things.
It gets up close and personal to study the details of the magic machines that competed over the weekend and find the luscious lines, compelling curves and alluring angles that make these cars such a delight to behold.
Tasman Revival Wrap-Up and Photo Galleries
We’re back once again from an absolutely immense and unquestionably tremendous weekend of historic motorsport, and have had a week to catch up with every day life and put together a neat collection of awesome coverage of the Tasman Revival. So let’s take a look at how it all played out.
Sydney Motorsport Park greeted us with open arms on Wednesday, as an incredibly diverse and storied collection of historic racing and sports cars began arriving at the track from around the world. Containers were unpacked, trailers unloaded, road-registerable racers rolled in and people got down to the details of preparing for four full days of racing historic cars.
Sydney Motorsport Park’s upgraded facilities were a joy to settle into for the weekend for all involved, and the Garage Cafe, corporate boxes and media centre only got more wonderful as the weather began to heat up over the course of the event.
The historic action got under way for private practice on Thursday, and had the track singing until early on Sunday evening. The tight but fair and considerate racing was a joy to spectate and with cars mostly pointed in the right direction on the black stuff, the events rolled on remarkably smoothly.
The feature Tasman Revival event was a sight to behold on Sunday, with the massive grid filling the main straight of Sydney Motorsport Park with a particularly alluring sparkle in the sunshine. Wonderful performances of the Australian and New Zealand national anthems were an inspiring way to kick off the race, which, after a bit of delay, fulfilled its promise in an exciting and beautifully-driven manner.
The Formula 5000s were, as always, as spectacular to watch as they are wonderful to listen to, and the brave drivers who flung them around the track put on a tremendous display.
As did the entirety of drivers who took to the track over the weekend in all historic classes. Sports cars, racing cars and vintage cars all weree immaculately prepared, raced to match and made an irreplaceable contribution to this very special event. We thank you all for getting involved, and especially for braving the particularly fierce sun over the weekend!
We’d also like to thank you all for making the pits, paddock and dummy grids a magical place to explore; full of stunning machines, good friends and all the tinkering and socialising that goes along with them.
Most importantly, we, and I’m sure everyone involved in the event, would like to extend our most immense and heartfelt ‘THANK YOU!’ to all of the organisers, entrants, spectators and especially the volunteers who dedicate such energy and passion to making these events possible. We are extremely grateful for your tireless and selfless support of historic racing and the HSRCA.
As we so often say, it’s the good friends, great people and camaraderie that make these events so wonderful. We’d like to thank everyone for coming along and getting involved. We may put together the framework, but it’s all of you who make the event!
We’ve had an absolute smorgasbord of photo galleries come through this week, and you can check ‘em all out below or on the HSRCA gallery page here. Thanks to all of the photographers who were so diligent in their coverage and quick to share it with everyone here! Make sure to check out their individual news posts, which have directions and contact details for their official websites and full galleries.
Photo Gallery: Jeremy Braithwaite
Photo Gallery: Christopher Dobie of Southern Drive
Photo Gallery: Roderick Mackenzie
Photo Gallery: Brent Murray of At Speed Images
Photo Gallery: Seth Reinhardt of the HSRCA
Tasman Revival 2012: Tom Taylor
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.
Up next? A relaxing holiday season! Then it’s all on again for 2013 at Wakefield Park in February. And we can’t wait to catch up with everyone there!
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Matt Hart
Our latest gallery from the Tasman Revival, by Matt Hart, captures the feel and atmosphere of the event masterfully.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Jeremy Braithwaite
One of the fun moments of Sunday at the Tasman Revival is the drivers’ parade, which brings together a group of Australia’s motor racing icons for a few laps of honour around Sydney Motorsport Park.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Seth Reinhardt
Historic racing, for me, is about people, friendships and camaraderie.
When we get together around a group of beautiful old racers, we create a wonderful energy and atmosphere, and when I pick up my camera to cover an event, that’s what I try to capture.
This gallery, then, takes an extended wander around the 2012 Tasman Revival and looks for the many moments that made it special.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Rob Scheeren
A huge field of historic sports and racing cars makes up the Tasman Revival; each as special, storied and wonderful as the next. This gallery from Rob Scheeren takes an in-depth look at the wonderful Porsches and the Porsche community that made Sydney Motorsport Park their home over the weekend.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Richard Taylor
This excellent photo gallery from Richard Taylor heads out to the track to check out the historic motorsport action at the Tasman Revival, and features some stunning portraits of drivers.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Brent Murray of At Speed Images
This gallery of historic racing action from the Tasman Revival comes from Brent Murray, and features a good mix of the action at the event.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Roderick Mackenzie
For this gallery, from Roderick Mackenzie, we take to the dummy grid, pits and paddock in a little more depth.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Christopher Dobie of Southern Drive
This spectacular gallery of the track action at the Tasman Revival comes from Christopher Dobie.
Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Peter Schell
Our first photo gallery from the 2012 Tasman Revival comes from long time HSRCA photographer extraordinaire - Peter Schell.
