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Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival Part 1

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Tyrrell P34 Cosworth, Tony Quinn, Wakefield Street exit

Story and photos by Vince Johnson
8-9 March 2025

March is festival month in South Australia across the state with performing and visual arts, music, dance, magic, acrobatics and more in full swing. And at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in the parklands east of the city you would have seen and heard all of these, with wheels on.

Since 2014, a 1.6km section of the original circuit of the 1985-95 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix has joined in the festivities. On Friday afternoon many city workers stayed in town to watch the police-escorted ‘Peak Hour of Power’ as it left Victoria Park in the parklands east of the city. With the Formula 1 cars leading, they made their way through the central business district to Gouger Street’s cafe strip. Cars, drivers and teams filled the street display, the restaurants and cafes were overflowing and the public had their weekend appetite whetted with the close-up spectacle.

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Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival Part 2

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Lamborghini Revuelto, Peter Crombie-Brown, McLaren 750S, Chris Muelengraaf, Wakefield Street


Story and photos by Vince Johnson

Everything from Formula 1 to a Toyota minibus was on the street circuit for the Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival earlier this month. Le Mans racers, real (and not so real) Lamborghinis, Ferraris young and older, a Maserati and the second-built Brabham BT62 shared track time with heritage Alfas and Lolas.

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Targa Adelaide, South Australia

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Spectators enjoy the Gambino/Hugues 308GTB at Basket Range.

Targa Adelaide, South Australia, 21-25 August 2013

Story and Photos by Vince Johnson unless otherwise noted.

When Jason and John White’s Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera suffered differential problems on the second day of the Targa Adelaide, the chances of them repeating last year’s win were always going to be slim. Nissan driver Steve Glenney, with Bernie Webb navigating, put his knowledge of the South Australian hills roads to good use, taking the lead early and was never headed.

2011 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, also at Basket Range.

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Clipsal 500, Adelaide S. Australia, February 28-March 3

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Justin McMillan's Lamborghini LP60 GT3, Brenton Griguol's Ferrari 360 Challenge, race 2 turn 7.

Story by Vince Johnson
Photos by Vince Johnson unless otherwise noted.

The traditional Aussie V8 Supercar duel between Holden and Ford gets underway each season after the summer break around the streets of the South Australian capital. This year, however, there were two new makes on the grid intent on sharing the spoils. Nissan Motorsport fielded four Altimas powered by the same V8 that took victory in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship, while Erebus Motorsport had a pair of Mercedes-Benz E63AMGs ready to take on the home-grown favourites.
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Phillip Island Classic, Australia, 2011

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Story and photos by Vince Johnson

Australia 18-20 March 2011

Maserati 250Fs haven’t been thick on the ground at race meetings since the fifties, but there were three of them at the Phillip Island Classic in March. During Sunday’s lunchtime demonstration they ran together for several laps. Peter Giddings in 2501/2523, Tom Price in #2525 and Jeffrey O’Neill in #2527 were obviously enjoying the moment. They’d filled the podium in their first race on Saturday morning in that order, proving they weren’t there just to circulate, and the sound of these three Italian classics had grown men misty eyed.
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Australian Grand Prix, 2011

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The Start

By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media

Sebastian Vettel’s number one on the nose of his Red Bull led the way in the season opener as the German took the momentum of winning the championship and converted the first pole into the first win. The Red Bull is quick out of the box; the question will be how long can they hold their advantage over the rest of the field.
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