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
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.
Provisional Entry List & Programme of Events for Wakefield Park Summer Historics
The provisional entry list and programme of events for next weekend’s historic racing at Wakefield Park are up to date and available for download from our ‘Events & Entry Forms‘ page, or the handy links below.
We’ve also added further regs and a blank scrutineering form to the ‘Events & Entry Forms‘ page, also available for download below!
Click the links or right-click and select ‘Save As’ to download them to your computer:
Provisional Entry List for Wakefield Park Summer Historics [PDF]
Programme of Events for Wakefield Park Summer Historics [PDF]
Further Regs for Wakefield Park Summer Historics [PDF]
Blank Scrutineering Form for Wakefield Park Summer Historics [DOC]
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
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]
Photo Gallery: Spring Historics at Wakefield Park by Peter Schell
With our recent Wakefield Park Spring Historics meeting just two weeks behind us, and the 2012 Tasman Revival less than two months away, we’re in a joyful and action-packed period of historic motorsport.
So let’s pack it with a little more historic sports and racing car action! This photo gallery comes from Peter Schell, and heads out to the track for a look at the historic racing at September’s Spring Historics. Enjoy!
Hit this link to head straight to our gallery page for his full gallery.
Thanks to Peter Schell for his continued support and excellent photography.
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:
Spring Historics Wrap Up and Photo Gallery
We’re back from an awesome historic racing event, and that means it’s time to kick back and reminisce about a sunny weekend spent with good friends and a marvelous collection of historic sports and racing cars.
Wakefield Park greeted us with open arms on Saturday and produced a wonderfully warm and sunny weekend; an extremely pleasant backdrop for a weekend’s racing, tinkering and socialising.
And we took full advantage of it, filling the track with historic racing action that didn’t let up until drivers had had their fill late on Sunday afternoon. The racing was smooth and exciting, and everyone did an excellent job of enjoying their cars and some spirited competition without straying too far beyond the raggedy edge.
As always, it’s a joy to see these lovely old machines out there on the track doing what they do best, so thanks to all of our drivers for their efforts in preparing and racing them so beautifully!
Wakefield Park tends to inspire the most magnificent collections of pre-1930s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s historic racing and sports cars, and we’ve often held JKL feature events there to great success. This weekend’s event was no exception and our JKL feature was extremely well attended, with some marvelous, rare and famous cars adorning the pits, paddock and track and being put to good use by their drivers in a busy and exciting weekend’s racing.
One of the most excellent aspects of historic racing is the unparalleled access it provides to the pits, paddock, cars and drivers, and this weekend was a stunning example of that. The atmosphere was fun, relaxed and friendly, and it was a joy to explore and chat your way around the grounds of Wakefield Park.
Most importantly, 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 much as we love the cars and racing, it’s good mates, good people and camaraderie that make these events such great fun and so rewarding. So thanks to everyone for coming along, getting involved and putting on an excellent event!
The first of our photo galleries from the event are online on our ‘Gallery‘ page, and you can hit the following link to go straight to them:
HSRCA All Historic Spring Wakefield Park 2012: Seth Reinhardt
HSRCA All Historic Spring Wakefield Park 2012: Richard Taylor
Photo Gallery: Spring Historics at Wakefield Park by Peter Schell
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.
And up next? The 2012 Tasman Revival! The Tasman Revival is one of Australia’s premier historic motorsport events, and it’s shaping up to be an absolutely massive weekend. We can’t wait!
You’ll be able to find all of the information that you’ll need to get involved right here on the club website, or you can head to the dedicated Tasman Revival website as well. Head to www.tasmanrevival.com and check back often as it’ll be full of great content and useful information for the event.
Thanks to Richard Taylor for his photography. Hit this link to head to his website for many more photos, and to organise prints.
Previously, at Wakefield Park…
There’s only another week and a half between us and another fun weekend of historic motorsport with our mates, so we thought it time to have a reminisce about our previous visit to Wakefield Park and get into gear.
Our previous visit to the park was for our very first event of the year, the All Historic Summer at Wakfield Park. And it lived up to its name, as we got down to the business of racing a wondrous collection of historic sports and racing cars around a picturesque, green and summery Wakefield Park. It got a little soggy on Sunday afternoon, but that just made the racing a little more exciting.
And these cars delight in a little sideways fun anyway!
The feature group for the event was M & O and they put on a terrific show as they were kept very busy with a packed schedule of racing events; a lovely taster for this coming November’s 2012 Tasman Revival!
Click the following links for all of the stories, photos and videos that tell the tale of the weekend and head to the ‘Events & Entry Forms‘ page for everything you’ll need for next weekend’s event, including the programme and provisional entry list.
Wakefield Park Summer Historics Wrap-Up and Photo Gallery
Videos: On-board at Wakefield Park
Photo Gallery: Historic Racing at Wakefield Park
Photo Gallery: Wakefield Park Track Action: Phillip Clark
Photo Gallery: Wakefield Park Track Action: Richard Taylor
Go even further back and check out our September, 2011 event with Previously, at Wakefield Park…
Provisional Entry List & Programme of Events for Wakefield Park Spring Historics
The provisional entry list and programme of events for next weekend’s historic racing at Wakefield Park are up to date for the coming event and available for download from our ‘Events & Entry Forms‘ page, or the handy links below.
Click the links or right-click and select ‘Save As’ to download them to your computer:
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]
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!
Photo Gallery: Wakefield Park Track Action
What better way to take your mind off a Monday morning than to relax with a gallery of historic racing action and spend a few minutes reminiscing about a fun weekend at the track.
Phillip Clark has compiled his gallery of photographs from the Wakefield Park All Historic Summer event and has been kind enough to share some of his shots on the club website. The photos take in the action on the track along with some of the goings on in the pits and paddock.
Check ‘em out below, be sure to head to his website here for more and get in contact with him if you’re looking for something specific.
Thanks to Phillip Clark for the photographs!
JKL Newsletter for February 2012
Fresh from an excellent weekend of motorsport at Wakefield Park, Dick Willis has released the February edition of his excellent JKL newsletter. It has gone out to members in their chosen formats and is now available for download from the club website.
This edition takes a detailed look at our first event of the year at Wakefield Park, looks at what’s coming up, including the Phillip Island Classic, Historic Mallala and JKL’s upcoming feature event at Wakefield Park in September, and catches up with all the goings on in the world of pre-1930s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s historic racing and sports cars, and historic motorsport in general. Download it from the link below and settle in for a good read.
JKL February 2012 Newsletter [DOC]
View previous JKL Newsletters:
Photo Gallery: Wakefield Park Track Action
Now that we’ve had a nice relaxing stroll through the pits and paddock of the HSRCA’s Historic Summer, it’s about time we kick things up a gear and head out to the track!
Richard Taylor has been kind enough to share his gallery of photographs from the weekend, which captures the action and motorsport moments that take place over a weekend of historic racing brilliantly.
Be sure to head to his website here where he has many more shots, and get in contact with him if you’re looking for something specific.
We are looking forward to seeing what everyone got up to over the weekend and would love to hear from you. Please send an email to seth@hsrca.com, or jump on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hsrca, if you would like to share some of your work.
Thanks again to Richard for the photography!
Wakefield Park Summer Historics Wrap-Up and Photo Gallery
A gorgeously green and sunny Wakefield Park set the scene perfectly this weekend for the HSRCA and friends to take to the track and put on three action-packed days of historic racing.
Good mates were brought together around a tremendous collection of historic racing and sports cars and all got down to a joyful combination of racing, tinkering, chatting, exploring and spectating.
It was a good clean weekend of racing and the competitors did an excellent job of keeping everything on the black stuff and pointed in the right general direction. The pits and paddock were, as always, full of friends enjoying their time together and lovely old cars – a delight to explore.
The M&O feature was good fun and an excellent teaser for the upcoming 2012 Tasman Revival. Thanks to M&O registrar Ed Holly and to everyone involved.
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 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’re looking forward to seeing everyone again at Eastern Creek in June!
Our first photo gallery is online on our ‘Photo Gallery‘ page here. It takes a wander around the pits and paddock, captures the atmosphere of the event and spices things up with a little track action. Hit this link to check it out.
We have a lot of great content coming up so make sure you stay tuned to www.hsrca.com and head to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hsrca to keep up to date and meet 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.
Provisional Entry List & Programme of Events for Wakefield Park Historics
The provisional entry list and programme of events for this coming weekends’ All Historic Summer event at Wakefield Park are available for download from our ‘Entry Forms‘ page, or the handy links below.
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Programme of Events [PDF]
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Provisional Entry List [PDF]
A note on Tyres:
Gordon Leven Tyres (Yokohama and Avon) won’t be at Wakefield Park this weekend. The Dunlop truck will be present as usual.
It’s looking to be a wonderful weekend of historic motorsport and we’re looking forward to catching up with everyone. To get on track with everything you’ll need to get out on the track, read on!
First up – the entry pack, also available on our ’Entry Forms‘ page:
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Supplementary Regulations [DOC]
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Entry Form [DOC]
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Entry Letter [DOC]
Permit to carry an in-car Video Camera [DOC]
Permit to carry an in-car Video Camera [PDF]
If you’re looking for information about Wakefield Park, head to our ‘circuits’ page here
And catch up on our previous adventures at the circuit here: Previously, at Wakefield Park…
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
Entry Package for Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February
Entry packs for our upcoming All Historic Summer Wakefield Park event are on their way to your inboxes or mailboxes and should arrive very soon. Additionally, the entry form, supplementary regulations (read them), and entry letter are now available for download on the website.
Head to our ‘Entry Forms‘ page to download them, or click the handy links below:
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Supplementary Regulations [DOC]
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Entry Form [DOC]
Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2012 Entry Letter [DOC]
Hit the following links to check out what we got up to during our previous visit to Wakefield Park:
Wakefield Park Spring Historics Wrap-Up and Photo Gallery
Wakefield Park Track Action Gallery
On-board Historics at Wakefield Park
GEAR to Celebrate 85th Anniversary of First Australian GP
Our friends at the Golden Era Auto Racing Club are preparing to celebrate the first ever Australian Grand Prix for motor cars with an event at Wakefield Park on the 13th, 14th and 15th of January, 2012.
The event will begin on the 13th of January with a display of vintage cars and bikes, as well as period films and all ’round good times at Belmore Park in Goulburn. It will then head to Wakefield Park on the 14th and 15th for circuit events and displays.
Check out the official details below and hit this link to head to the GEAR website.
Coming Event: 13th, 14th and 15th January 2012
Golden Era Auto Racing Club Inc. celebrates the 85th anniversary of the first Australian Grand Prix for motor cars, which was held at Goulburn Showground on 15th January 1927.
On Friday 13th January there will be a display adjacent to Belmore Park Goulburn of vintage racing cars, sports cars, vintage cars and motorcycles. In the evening there is an open air theatre in Belmore Park showing film from the era. There are events at Wakefield Park on Saturday and Sunday.
Anyone wishing to put their cars in our display or enter events at Wakefield Park, or if you would like a weekend in beautiful Goulburn to enjoy the celebrations you would be most welcome. Please notify us of your intention to attend so as more details can be given and entry forms for the Wakefield Park events can be sent. An accommodation list is available from us or from Goulburn Visitor Information Centre. Please contact sub-committee members at above address or phone,
Gil Whitehouse 0418 76 7129 or Laraine Hoy 0408 78 6685
Or email lhoy8@bigpond.com
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.
