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Phillip Island Classic, Australia, March 5-8 2020

March 24, 2020 By pete

The 1973 Chevron B24/28 of Tom Tweedie.

Story and photos by Vince Johnson

Now into its fourth decade, the southern hemisphere’s largest historic race meeting was spread over four days in March, just before the cessation of sporting events.

Motor racing on Phillip Island, south of Melbourne, goes back further than a mere forty years though, to the first Australian Grand Prix, held on public roads here in 1928. While no cars from the 20’s were competing this year, if there were drivers, officials or spectators of this vintage present, they weren’t admitting it!

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Phillip Island Classic, Australia, 2018

March 27, 2018 By pete

Story and photos by Vince Johnson

Phillip Island Classic, Australia, 9-11 March 2018

Australia’s largest historic race meeting, organized by the Victorian Historic Racing Register, is held annually at the flowing Phillip Island circuit south of Melbourne. Decibels were in order all weekend, this year being the 50th anniversary of Formula 5000. Nine cars from New Zealand arrived to contest the International Challenge, reminiscent of the Tasman Series of the 60’s and 70’s where Grand Prix drivers from Europe enjoyed summer sun in the two countries during the northern winter’s off-season. [Read more…] about Phillip Island Classic, Australia, 2018

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