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
Tasman Revival Winners
Tasman Revival Trophy Races – Sunday 25th November 2012
Event 34 – Regularity
The Ian Forsyth Trophy for Regularity
First Place – Graham Henshaw
The Peter Finlay Trophy for Regularity.
First Place – Jim Rooke
The Peninsula Sports Car Services Trophy for Regularity.
First Place – Duncan Craft
Event 35 – Vintage & PVT (JKL & invited others)
The Frank Gardner Trophy for Group L Sports Cars
First Place – Peter Lubrano
Second Place – Geoff Piggott
Third place – Masayoshi Oka
The Alec Mildren Trophy for Group L Racing Cars
First Place – Grant Craft
Second place – Dick Willis
Third Place – James Elphick
The RACA Trophy for Group Sa Sports Cars
First Place – Brian Duffy
Second Place – Andrew Gibson
Third place – Rick Marks
The Longford Trophy for Group L Sports Handicap
First Place – Paul Armstrong
The Dick Cobden Trophy for Group L Racing Handicap
First Place – Dick Willis
The Tom Sulman Trophy for Groups J&K Pointscore
First Place – Graeme Raper
Event 36 – The John Gale Planning Group Event for Q&R Racing
The Ron Tauranac Trophy for Group Q Racing Cars –
First Place – Chris Farrell
Second place – Doug Macarthur
Third place – John Gale
The Group R Racing Trophy Race
First Place – Guido Belgiorno-Nettis
Second Place – Sean Whelan
Third Place – Vivian King
Event 37 – The Exclusive Body Werks Event for Group S and T Sports Cars
The Bill Brown Trophy for Group Sc Sports Cars –
First Place – Geoff Morgan
Second Place – Stan Adler
Third Place – Andrew Purvis
The RACA Trophy for Group Sb Sports Cars –
First Place – Laurie Burton
Second Place – Wayne Seabrook
Third Place – Laurie Sellers
The Group T Trophy Race
First Place – Pete McNamara
Event 38 – Formula Ford
The John Leffler Shield for Historic Formula Fords
First Place – Tom Tweedie
Second Place – Nick Bennett
Third Place – David Holland
Event 40 – The Shannons Insurance Tasman Revival Feature Event
The Tasman Trophy Race
First Place – Damon Hancock
Second Place – Richard Carter
Third Place – Ray Stubber
The Jack Brabham Trophy for Group M Racing Cars.
First Place – Adam Berryman
Second Place – Ed Holly
Third Place – Peter Studer
The Leo Geoghegan Trophy for Group O Racing Cars.
First Place – Damon Hancock
Second Place – Richard Carter
Third Place – Ray Stubber
Event 41 – Production Touring Cars (Group N)
The Ian Geoghegan Trophy for Group Nb Touring Cars
First Place – John Bryant
Second Place – David Moran
The Brian Foley Trophy for Group Nc Touring Cars
First Place – Andrew Whiteside
Second Place – Laurie Donaher
Event 42 – The Credit Suisse Formula Junior and Formula 3 International Challenge
First Place – Jeff Brown
Second Place – Tony Simmons
Third Place – John Dowson
The Formula Junior Trophy Race – Front Engine
First Place – Jan Biekens
Second Place – Max Lane
Third Place – Peter Larner
The Formula Junior Trophy Race
Rear Engine – Drum Brakes
First Place – Bill Hemming
Second Place – Robert Buckley
Third Place – Jim Barclay
The Formula Junior Trophy Race
Rear Engine – Disc Brakes
First Place – Tony Simmons
Second Place – Roger Ealand
Third Place – John Dowson
The Formula 3 Trophy Race
First Place – Jeff Brown
Event 43 – The Penrite Oils Sports Racing Cars Events (M, O Q & R Sports cars)
The Repco Matich Trophy for Group M Sports Cars
First Place – Stewart Mahony
Second Place – Peter Maclaughlin
Third Place – Philip Venables
The Spencer Martin Trophy for Group O Sports Cars
First Place – Howard Blight
Second Place – David Jacobs
Third Place – Brad Morrin
The Bib Stillwell Trophy for Group Q Sports Cars
First Place – Duncan Mackellar
Second Place – Ian Ross
Third Place – Andrew Sefton
Trophy Race for Group R Sports Cars
First place – Jamie Larner
Second place – Mark Hales
Third Place – Kev Gray
Event 44 – Formula 5000 Racing Cars
The Kevin Bartlett Trophy for Formula 5000 Racing Cars.
First place – Andrew Robson
Second place – Paul Zazryn
Third Place – Chris Lambden
Event 45 – Formula Vee Racing Cars
The Bernie Haehnle Trophy for Formula V Racing Cars
First place – David Cutts
Second place – Daniel Bando
Third place – Leigh Hemmings
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!
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
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!
Photo Gallery: Matt Hart
Our latest gallery from the Tasman Revival, by Matt Hart, captures the feel and atmosphere of the event masterfully.
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.
Photo Gallery: Seth Reinhardt of the HSRCA
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photo Gallery: Roderick Mackenzie
For this gallery, from Roderick Mackenzie, we take to the dummy grid, pits and paddock in a little more depth.
Photo Gallery: Christopher Dobie of Southern Drive
This spectacular gallery of the track action at the Tasman Revival comes from Christopher Dobie.
Photo Gallery: Peter Schell
Our first photo gallery from the 2012 Tasman Revival comes from long time HSRCA photographer extraordinaire – Peter Schell.
The Winning Ultimate Goodwood Getaway Ticket
The winner of our Ultimate Goodwood Getaway competition was drawn during a busy afternoon of historic racing at the 2012 Tasman Revival.
The winning ticket was #3487. Congratulations, and enjoy your Ultimate Goodwood Getaway!