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Car category entries for the quarter mile sprints at the 2022 Geelong Revival Motoring Festival opened on 25 July, with the 25-27 November event expected to attract hundreds of cars and motorcycles to compete on the unique Ritchie Boulevard quarter mile sprint course on the Geelong waterfront. November’s Revival will actually be the second to be held this year, after the 2021 event was rescheduled to March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To take part in the car sprints, entry fees range from $195 for pre-1960 and log booked vehicles, $345 for 1960-1999 vehicles and $375 from vehicles from 2000 to present. The entry fee includes 1 x pit space, race number stickers, 1 x driver pass and 2 x pit crew passes. All sprint competitors need to place their…

Regardless of whether your passion is two or four wheels, Shannons have you covered with their new ‘American Dream Team’ competition, as the prize pool includes a classic car and a new motorcycle. The car part of the American Dream Team package is a 1967 Ford Mustang coupe. Described as sympathetically restored and retaining its original left-hand drive configuration, the car on offer runs a V8 and automatic transmission for easy driving, while the Dark Highland Green paint, alloy wheels and green vinyl interior add a touch of ‘Bullitt’ style. Valued at $70,000, the Mustang comes with 12 months Shannons Comprehensive Car Insurance cover for the winner. The motorcycle on offer is an Indian Scout Rogue, which is an all-new model for 2022, valued at $23,995 (incl. ORCs). Based…

Once, it was a secret known only to Kalgoorlie locals. “Do you know that claypan out on the Kurnalpi road? Thousands of people went out there in the 1920s and ’30s to see the motor races. I can show you where it is, but keep it to yourself, won’t you?” …. Motor racing at Lake Perkolilli in remote Western Australia started in 1914 and officially ended in 1939, but since 1997, the legend of the claypan circuit has been enhanced by a series of revival events where cars and motorcycles built between 1914 and 1939 recreate past glories. A HISTORY OF ‘PERKO’ Aussies have always been an inventive bunch. In 1914, they found themselves tens of thousands of miles from the great racetracks of Europe and America, with terrible local roads…

One hundred years after its grand prix racing debut, Aston Martin marked the centenary by taking their century-old competition car, known as ‘Green Pea’, around the track at the French Grand Prix, with current Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 team driver Sebastian Vettel at the wheel. Although Aston Martin had been founded back in 1913 and had competition history hillclimbing in the UK, what was known as Bamford & Martin back then didn’t enter international grand prix competition until 1922. By this stage, company co-founder Robert Bamford had left, but Lionel Martin remained and funding from ‘Count’ Louis Zborowski (an inspiration for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) had enabled a new racing programme to begin. Developed and built by Martin, the new Aston Martin competition cars were powered by a 1.5-litre…

A new promotion from General Motors Australia and New Zealand is offering two lucky people the final official hot laps in a Holden supercar. Announced ahead of The Bend round of the Repco Supercars Championship, the chance to ride in a Red Bull Ampol Racing ZB Commodore before Holden leaves the supercar grid forever is being described as a money-can’t-buy experience. “As part of the transition from 50 years of Holden motorsport success to Chevrolet Racing, and with the move to Gen3 Camaro for the 2023 season, there is an outstanding opportunity to farewell the Holden supercar in appropriate style,” said Chris Payne, Chevrolet Racing General Manager. “In a fitting fan finale, two winners and a friend will go for a ride in a Red Bull Ampol Racing Commodore, enjoying…

Following the success of their ‘Continuation Series’ reproductions of the “Blower” 4.5-litre supercharged model from 1929, Bentley are undertaking a new Continuation Series, this time based on the Speed Six, with which Bentley won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1929 and 1930. Announced at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June, the Speed Six Continuation Series will be limited to just twelve units, all of which will be mechanically and aesthetically authentic recreations of the original Speed Six. Like the Blower Continuation Series from 2019, the Speed Six Continuation Series will be hand-built by Bentley’s Mulliner division, supported by a range of specialist businesses in the UK. “The Speed Six is one of the most important Bentleys in our 103-year history, and the 12 cars of the Continuation…

Full credit must go to Mazda for making rotary engine technology work where many others failed or didn’t even make the attempt. Sure, Mazda never truly conquered the rotary’s thirst, but across more than 50 years of development, they made it smooth, increasingly powerful and, most importantly, reliable. When the last mass-production rotary-engined Mazda RX-8 came off the line in 2012, it marked the end of an era. An era that was arguably at its most exciting in the 1970s. Mazda’s history as a carmaker can be traced back to 1931, when the ‘Mazda-Go’ was released. Essentially a motorised 3-wheel rickshaw, the Mazda-Go was more motorcycle than truck, but it set a template for Mazda commercial vehicles that lasted for decades. Conventional four-wheeled trucks followed the Mazda-Go, along with larger…

SEVEN82MOTORS’ huge June auction delivered equally huge results, with a strong clearance rate and six-figure amounts achieved by 23 of the 31 vehicles that sold, while single every item in the memorabilia section of the auction sold. Unlike past SEVEN82MOTORS online stock drop auctions, this one ran longer than usual – from 8 June to 20 June – to co-ordinate with the Cooly Rocks On festival on the Gold Coast. Understandably, all the pre-auction attention was on Mario Colallillo’s world-renowned ‘Wild Cad’ custom 1959 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, which is arguably the most famous custom car built in Australia. Six years in the making, Wild Cad was built up from a ’59 Coupe de Ville body with no roof and missing front panels that Colalillo had spotted in a friend’s…

NSW AUGUST, SUNDAY, 21ST, 2022 LISMORE SWAP MEET Hosted by Borderline Street Rodders Inc. Vendor camping available, all car, bike, vintage, antique and collectables welcome. Trade stands welcome. Display vehicles at organisers discretion with free entry driver and vehicle for vintage and modified. Outdoor sites $10, undercover $15, lookers $4 and kids under 12 free. Info Peter 0417 324 649. AUGUST, FRIDAY, 26TH, 2022 MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA HOT ROD & CUSTOM CAR SHOW The Mountains to the Sea Annual Hot Rod & Custom Car Show is held over 2 days on the last weekend in August at Forster & Taree on the Mid North Coast. Beginning with a meet & greet on Friday night, with a sausage sizzle and entertainment. After breakfast on Saturday present your car for the…