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The 2010 Phillip Island Classic
March 19th, 20th & 21st 2010
The Phillip Island Classic just gets bigger every year, attracting many overseas historic racing enthusiasts who bring some famous & exotic cars to race at this event. With more than 500 historic race cars from the 1920’ to 1985, the fields include F5000’s and 60’s touring cars for the devotees of the classic sounds of V8’s at full noise. You are free to walk around the cars in the pit garages, chat to the owners/drivers & check out the many trade stands. See the photos and report of our previous year’s cruises to wet your appetite!
We’ve had such great day’s cruisin’ to this event in 2006, 2007 and 2008, perfect weather, great cars and non stop racing.
In 2009, we still had great cars on the track, with cars to check out in the pits and on display inside the new Expo building, but the winter weather put a damper on the racing. |
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The 2010 Saturday Cruise
The race meeting is to be held over the weekend of March 20/21st and we’ll be working with the organizers and Shannons to host another cruise on Saturday.
You can get all the latest information about this event directly from the VHRR web site at www.vhrr.com/phillip_island.htm
So for now, put this date into your calendar while we sort out the arrangements for the cruise.
NOTE: If you are intending to stay in the area for the weekend secure your accomodation now as there is an RACV rally on the same weekend.
Cruise Captain - Graeme Hutson
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Cruise Assembly Point: Cruise starts from Tooradin.
Look for the Cruise signs as you enter Tooradin, park and collect your tickets at the LGC tent. Please have your registration receipt available.
Cruise Departure Time: Cruise leaves for the PI track at 9:00am. After collecting your tickets, grab a coffee or breakfast from one of the cafes/bakery and be ready to depart at 9:00.
Cruise route: Easy cruise down the Sth Gippsland Hwy, turning off to Phillip Island. Follow signs to the Grand Prix track. Cruise takes about 1 hour. Look for a LGC member at the main entry gate with directions into the race track & parking area. |
Entry Form and Costs
Entry Form [PDF]
Who to contact
Alan Newton
Let's Go Cruisin
LGC is VicRoads approved for red plate events ( all CR, H & SR vehicles)
About the Shannons Phillip Island Classic
 HISTORIC Racing is one of Australia's, if not the world's, best kept secrets. But only to the press, as those 'in the know' attend these historic race meetings in ever increasing droves. Historic racing is in fact the fastest growing form of motor sport in the world. Anyone who has been to The Phillip Island Classic, Tattersall's Sandown or Historic Winton will recognise the popularity of these events. Literally thousands of fans & enthusiasts take the opportunity to attend all these events, many more than almost any other form of circuit racing (except V8 Supercars & the AGP). Entry levels are always extremely high, with many 'Captains of Industry' among the competitors.
This internationally popular and highly prestigious race meeting draws competitors and their rare and unique cars from across Australasia, Europe and America.
There are classes for
Historic Touring cars, where you can see cars which competed against the like of Brock, Moffat and Harvey. Both large and smaller engined classes.
Sports racing cars. The colour, the sound and oh! - those bodies! No wheels wagging in the breeze for these lovelies. Always close racing in this class.
Formula Fords which surely give some of the closest racing seen in motor sport anywhere in the world, and where even today it is the stepping stone class for young drivers wishing to show their driving talents.
MG class cars from one of the proudest British marques. Date back to the earliest days of motor racing, not only in Australia but overseas as well.
Regularity trials. Where some of the most enchanting cars are exercised. Though not strictly a racing class, it is most surely one of the most important and interesting of classes. Cars date back to the vintage era and forward to the mid 1970’s. These are cars, which you would not normally get to see on the racetrack. Many cars of this type could only be seen in museums. This is probably one of the proudest classes of all, though it takes nothing away from any other historic racing class. Usually boasting the highest number of entrants, it is a rare sight where the enthusiasts can trace, in visual terms, the history of motor racing.
More Information
Driving Directions from TOORADIN to PHILLIP ISLAND
Town Map
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