Archives for May 2016

Book your tickets to the 2016 Australian Muscle Car Masters online and save on the gate price. The savings are significant, too. Sunday adult admission pre-purchased online is $40 (plus $3.95 service free), while the gate price is $55. This is a saving of $11.05 per ticket on the gate price.

Tickets to the 12th running of the retro racing carnival are now on sale. Concessions available. Children 12 and under free with a paying adult.

Tickets available here: 2016 Muscle Car Masters Tickets

Mark Trenoweth’s ex-John McCormack Jaguar XJS Sports Sedan is the first beast confirmed for the ‘Sports Racing Car Invitational’, a new demo session for 2016. The Big Cat will be piloted by its creator, McCormack, one of Australian motor racing’s living treasures. Mac will be on hand Sunday to chat to fans.Confirmed: John Mac and his Cat

This 6.0-litre Jaguar XJS is both pure-bred and feral. It’s a rare breed of Historic Sports Sedan in being prolifically raced for much of its life but surviving unmolested today. It’s profiled in depth in issue #88 of Australian Muscle Car magazine.

Invited cars for the ‘Sports Racing Car Invitational’ demo come from the ranks of historic Sports Sedans, GT cars, plus Can-Am, Le Mans-style and Big Banger sportscars. Watch this space for more announcements.

It’s 30 years since the VL Commodore Group A’s launch and the 2016 Masters will see a big continent of the red beasts on display.

The VL Group A is the car in which Peter Brock won his ninth Bathurst 1000, in 1987, and the machine that Allan Moffat and John Harvey drove to victory in the first ever World Touring Car Championship event.

The VL Group A model’s starring role in the Feature Muscle Marque display and parade will also mark the 10th anniversary of Peter Brock’s passing.

 

Cars from the Australian 5.0-litre Touring Car Association will hit the track for a series of ‘spirited demos’ at the 2016 Masters. These are the earliest ‘Supercars’ – original machines from the 1993 to 2002 pre-Project Blueprint era in period liveries. Such cars are starting to come out of the woodwork and joining their Commodore and Falcon brothers on-track at major Historic meetings. Heritage Hot Laps will be rested for 2016.