Historic Winton, one of Australia’s longest running and most popular historic race meets, is set to thrill crowds with both its races and carpark displays.
Spectators will file in with their chairs, sunscreen and umbrellas to see a spectacle of cars, motorcycles and sidecars, from the 1920s to 1980s, on the track at Winton.
Head organiser and Austin 7 club president Len Kerwood said the weekend would be as action-packed and exciting as those hosted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We seem to be back to ‘normal’ with spectators extremely keen to get their fix of historic motorsport,” Kerwood said.
“Online ticket sales are at a record high so we know that the weekend will be lively.
“It’s worth walking around the competition paddock to see the race vehicles and learn of their histories which are pretty impressive,” he said.
“The Regularity One event has a 1933 Singer car that won the 1934 Australian Grand Prix and Bob Rosenthal, the highly respected historic motorcycle champion, will be back racing a classic 1962 Norton ESA, to name a couple of examples.”
Out in the car parks, clubs and spectators bring their historic cars, trucks, utes, motorbikes, caravans, buses and all manner of vehicles to form one of Australia’s biggest show ’n’ shine displays.
Alongside the races, there will be official displays celebrating significant car and motorbike anniversaries and ones hosted by specialist groups like the Wartime Living History Association, the Military Brotherhood Military Motorcycle Club, emergency vehicles and postie bikes.
There is so much to do around the track that there is a complimentary bus to help visitors get from one side of the site to the other.
“As the only racetrack with camping alongside it, Winton Motor Raceway will host hundreds of campers, consisting of both motorsport fans and grey nomads,” Kerwood said.
He said other features of the Historic Winton weekend were the Benalla Historic Vehicle Tours on the day prior, May 26, that take in the sights and delights of Benalla and surrounds.
Historic Winton is also proud to partner with the Benalla Art Gallery for the Hot Lap exhibition by sculptor, Eamon O’Toole, who replicates winning race vehicles as sculptures.
Historic Winton organisers would like to remind those attending that no dogs are allowed, for safety reasons.
Discounted tickets are available at: ticketebo.com.au/historicwinton
Full priced tickets will be on sale at the gate.
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