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Cruise to the
Phillip Island ‘Classic’ Historic Race Meeting
Saturday March 20th 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 the largest grid of F5000’s ever assembled in Australia. Muscle car and fans of 60’s touring cars can relive the classic sounds of V8’s at full noise as these great cars race flat out. 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 reckon this is one of the best motorsport events held in Australia and it’s just a pleasant cruise down with us to the Island. Great cars racing, rare and historic cars on display in both the EXPO building and the pits as well as trade stands, good food vendors and facilities make this an outstanding event to attend. You can get all the latest information about this event directly from the VHRR web site at www.vhrr.com/phillip_island.htm
Check out our cruises to the Phillip Island Historic Race meeting in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and 2009.
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The 2010 Saturday Cruise
The race meeting is to be held over the weekend of March 20/21st and with the support of the organizers, the Victorian Historic Racing Register and Shannons; LGC is hosting a cruise the Classic on Saturday. We’re able to offer pre registered entrants, discounted entry tickets, reserved parking trackside adjacent the EXPO building and the access bridge to the pits.
How to register:
To reserve your place in the cruise, download then complete the entry form, mail it together with your cheque or money order to Let’s Go Cruisin’ PO Box 289 Mt Martha 3934. If you require a receipt, please include a stamped self addressed envelope.
Download an Entry Form [PDF]
Costs: We’re able to offer 2 adults cruisin’ with us tickets for $15 each.
Additional adults in the car are $20 each. Children of school age are FREE.
A complementary program [saving $5] is also included in the cruise.
Normal gate entry for an adult on Saturday is $25.
LGC CRUISERS You can enjoy a further benefit with Cruisers able to cruise for only $5 each. Details are on the Entry Form.
Cruise Captain - Graeme Hutson
Car '59 Cadillac |
Cruise Start Point: Registered entrants cruisin’ in our favourite cars collect their tickets from us at the service road in Tooradin on the South Gippsland Highway from 8am. Grab a coffee or some breakfast then be ready to depart at 9am. If you need to request alternate arrangements to collect your tickets please let us know on your entry form.
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. |
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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