For those who love motorsport and classic cars, Warwick was the place to be on July 14-15 when the 41st edition of the National Historic Race Meeting, organised by the Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland (HRCC), took over Morgan Park Raceway for the weekend.

Hundreds of classic cars made the trip to Warwick, either to race, take part in a Show and Shine, or just to get a weekend run. But it was the track that was the major focus of the event with some thunderous racing taking place from sunrise to sunset across both days.

The structure of motor racing meant that many categories were represented, from Group J Vintage Cars to the Heritage Touring Cars Legends of Bathurst, and amongst the Touring Cars Legends were cars that were once at the pinnacle of Australian motorsport. These cars, including Ford Sierra RS500s, Toranas, XD Falcons and BMWs, were cars driven around the iconic Mount Panorama circuit by drivers such as Larry Perkins, Dick Johnson, Bob Holden and Ian Geoghegan.

Talking of big-name drivers, both Dick Johnson and Bob Holden were interested spectators at the event and Matt Campbell was also there for the weekend. If you follow motorsport, you’d know Campbell has had something of a special year – in June, the 23-year-old was part of the Le Mans-winning, Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche team that scooped victory in the GTE-Am category for production-based machines. Winning Le Mans on your debut . . . that’s not bad!!

At Warwick, Campbell took to the track in a Datsun 1200 Coupe in the Group Nc class – a category for cars which competed in Australia between January 1, 1965 and December 31, 1972.
MTA Queensland had some skin in the game with several members taking part – including Steve Jeffs from Bob Jane T-Marts Toombul, who was also a sponsor of the event – while Business

Development Manager Andrew Bear (Porsche 911), along with his father Bob (Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV), put the pedal to the metal in Regularity Trials.

An outstanding weekend of motorsport, as well as a trip down memory lane, the Historic Race Meeting is one event to make sure is in your calendar for 2019.

Source: Motor Trader Aug Edition

9 Aug 2018