Another Classic Historic Winton

The 48th edition of Historic Winton took place on the old layout, the Winton Motor Raceway short track, and ran without a hitch on May 24-25.

Historic Winton is presented by the Austin 7 Club and contains a huge variety of race vehicles, from the 1920s through until the 1980s, and from open wheelers to sports sedans, American muscle to British Hatchbacks.

Off track there was even more to look at, from a Jaguar driven by Sir Stirling Moss to boats.

As always, the crowds flocked to attend Historic Winton, there were thousands upon thousands of people who attended on both days. We were pleased to see many familiar faces, as well as first time visitors of all ages.

Everyone was entertained throughout, there was as much to see and do off track as on it. With many vehicle displays and pop-up stores, selling car merchandise or food and drinks.

In total, there were 36 races across the weekend, from regular races, handicap races and regularity competitions.

All the action was streamed on Blend Line TV Premium, if you missed the action head to their website to catch up.

One of the feature races over the weekend was the Ted Brewster Trophy, a one-off race for Minis.

In total 23 old-school Minis took part and saw drivers from Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia all take part.

It was a South Aussie that reigned supreme in the six-lap race, Jason Armstrong in his 1964 Morris Cooper S took the win.

Tasmanian Jeremy Bennett crossed the line in second, however he was slapped with a 5s penalty post-race penalty demoting him to third. Well-known racer Adam Bressington inhered second as a result.

Another highly regarded race to win is the J/K & Lb Sports & Racing-Lou Molina & Coad Memorial Trophy Handicap.

Stirling Mackay in a 1933 Riley 9/14 took the victory by 7s over Grant Cowie and Stephen Denner.

Off-track there was even something for the two-wheel fanatics, as the Historic Motorcycle Club of Victoria showcased many rare and historic motorbikes.

On the four wheeled side of things, similarly the Shannons Car Park contained heritage vehicles from unusual cars and trucks, and even a couple no wheeled machines such as boats.

As always at Historic Winton anniversaries were celebrated, notably the Austin 7 Club itself was celebrating three-quarters of a century.

A lot of Ford Australia and Chrysler products were on show as these two iconic brands celebrate 100 years.

The event was also celebrating 50 years of the BMW 3 series, Holden Gemini, Jaguar XJS, Triumph TR7 AMC Pacer and Chevrolet Monza.