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The article reports that Gary Poole, who runs a plumbing business in Derinallum in western Victoria, is making an exact replica of the racing automobile 48-series Holden which was run by three Australians in the 1953 Monte Carlo Rally. It was the first Australian-built car to compete in any European motorsport event. Drivers Lex Davison, Stan Jones and Tony Gaze finished at the 64th place at the event.

The article discusses the return of Australian open-wheel driver Alfredo Costanzo at the VHRR's mega-meeting at Phillip Island, Victoria on March 8-10, 2013.

The article focuses on the history of MG Special racing automobiles in automobile racing in Australia.

The article reports that the Group C Touring Car Association created a new organization, Heritage Touring Cars, to coordinate and promote racing for Group C and Group A cars in 2013.

The article offers information on Victorian series, which is following the New South Wales (NSW) by introducing a four-round pointscore series.

The article presents information on some new additions made to the 2013 historic calendar of automobile race events to be held in Australia, that include the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association's (HSRCA) meeting, and the Victorian Historic Racing Register's meeting.

The article offers information on the chances that four Sydney-built Lynx Formula Juniors will compete the race in Great Britain since Formula Junior racing is affluent, crowded, and prestigious in the northern hemisphere.

The article offers information on the final race of the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association's (HSRCA) Tasman Revival at the Eastern Creek circuit on November 24-25, 2012, which put through 45 racing events over the two days with hot weather conditions.

The article offers news briefs related to historic car racing in Australia including the standards for historic eligibility in Australia, and the annual general meeting of the Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland.

The article discusses the Australian all-historic race meetings, West Australian Sporting Car Club's first international historic weekend at the Baragallo Raceway in Australia.

The article reports that the Longford Revival auto racing has been put on hold for 2013.

The article offers news briefs related to automobile racing in Australia including the fourth annual dinner of the Friends of Oran Park on February 16, 2013 at Casula, the big meeting at Barbagallo Raceway in Western Australia, and the facility extension of the Victorian Historic Racing Register.

The article reports on the growth of Group N historic touring cars at Baskerville's Annual Historic Meeting.

The article reports that the Barbagallo meeting commemorates the 1962 Australian Grand Prix.

The article offers news briefs related to automobile racing in Australia including the exclusion of motorcycles from theTasman Revival program, the contributions of the Australian Racing Drivers Club to the Bathurst racing event and the reprinted version of a book on the history of Elfin cars.

The article offers information on Australian cars Norax which are Mazda rotary-powered Group A sportscars, built in the late 1980s.

The article offers information on two meetings related to automobile racing in Australia including one by the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association (HSRCA) and one by the Austin 7 Club of Victoria.

The article reports on the celebration of the 50 anniversary of the victory of Bruce McLaren in the 1962 Australian Grand Prix, offers a correction to an article on the 60th anniversary of the Collingrove Hillclimb and the purchase of a 1970s Elden Formula Ford by Andrew Miedecke.

The article announces the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC).

The article offers news briefs related to automobile racing in Australia as of September 2012 including the reactions on the extension of the Sydney Motorsport Park, the Vintage Collingrove at the Barossa Valley and the appearance of Jack Brabham's car at the Ballarat Festival of Motoring.

The article focuses on historic issues related to automobile racing in Australia including the Tasmanian Revival, to be run by the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association at Sydney Motorsport Park, the history of Ford Motor Co.'s involvement in racing events and the 60th anniversary of Vintage Collingrove.

The article reports that entries are coming from across the continents for Western Australia's meeting at Barbagallo in mid-November 2012, and for the Tasman Revival at Sydney Motorsport Park.

The article presents news briefs related to historic automobile racing including Winton's Long-Track meeting, information on ex-Penske 1969 T163 Lola for racer Aaron Lewis, and a one-page Drivers' Code of Conduct from the Victorian and New South Wales Group N Club.

The article offers information on the 2013 historic meeting at Phillip Island, Victoria, which will be held from March 7-10, 2013.

The article focuses on the topics related to historic automobile racing including selling of old sportscars and touring cars, and a new historic e-newsletter "Grunt."

The article offers historic news briefs related to sports cars in Australia including sports as great entertainers for more than 40 years, Lowood circuit west of Ipswich and the last lap of the 1960 Australian Grand Prix at Lowood.

The article presents information on various historic automobile racing championships in 2012 including Baskerville's historic meeting, Victorian Historic Racing Register's Winton meeting and Australian Hillclimb Championship.

The article reports on the appearance of the first historic column of the journal "Auto Action" which is an approximately monthly contribution written by collector and historian John Blanden.

The article reports that the Historic Commission has created three new pre-73 classes to allow historic touring cars, with actual race history from the pre-1973 era, to seek a Certificate of Description and run in their particular specification from the era, rather than conform to a template.

The article reports on the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association's (HSRCA) decision not to use the newly-built extension to the circuit formerly known as Eastern Creek for its race meeting this coming weekend.

The article presents information related to the Austin 7 Club historic meeting, held in Winton, Queensland.

The article offers information on the Austin 7 Club's annual Winton meeting, to be held from May 25-27, 2012, in Australia, which is unique in maintaining its original combined automobile and motorcycle program.

The article focuses on several new layouts and meetings for automobile racing including Eastern Creek's longer layout being renamed as Sydney Motorsport Park, Queensland's Historic Racing Car Club's meeting and Austin 7 Club's Winton meeting.

The article focuses on the history of 1950s two-litre Maserati berlinettas and the first bikes and automobile races held at Mount Panorama.

The article mentions the anniversary of Collingrove hillclimb track, which has been in business for 60 years.

The article reports on the plans to restore a Lotus 27 racing automobile owned by Don Ballingall in Victoria.

The article presents information related to the street circuits in Western Australia.

The article reports that according to the Historic Touring Car Association of Victoria's monthly newsletter, competitors should be allowed to ask race organizers to refuse entries from drivers considered to be repeat offenders to help in controlling the issue of driving standards.

The article reports that automobile racing competitors came from every state for the Easter Meeting of Mallala, South Australia, which illustrated variety of cars, including Amilcar, of Richard Creasy, and Group N Touring Cars had the largest entry.

The article focuses on the issue of driving standards in automobile racing.

The article reports that the new regulations of Australian Grand Prix has destroyed the difference between original and genuine racecars, and the replicas, and the emphasis is mainly on Touring Cars and Formula 5000s.

The article offers information on the annual three-day meeting of Phillip Islands, Victoria, which is a must attend for the historic racing calendar, and was attended by 550 competitors, and the award for the driver of the meeting was given to racer, Mark Samson.

The article offers news briefs on automobile racing, including racing driver, James Davison, won the Phillip Island racing event, and the automobile, Cooper Climax, the most appropriate for the racing event.

The article reports that the new motor racing circuit of Melbourne, Victoria, Sandown Park, held its first race 50-years ago in March 1962, which had a simple and fast 3.1 kilometer (km) layout.

The article reports that racer Lex Davison's Ferrari, which won two Australian Grands Prix in 1957 and 1958, is likely to appear at the Victorian Historic Racing Register's Phillip Island meeting held in March 2012.

The article presents information on 1971 McLaren M8E racing car which will be driven by Queenslander Duncan Mackellar for the first time at Phillip Island, Victoria in March 2012.

The article reports that race car driver Scotty Taylor is bringing his 1958 T45 1.5-litre Cooper-Climax from Great Britain for the Victorian Historic Racing Register's Phillip Island meeting in March 2012.

The article focuses on motorsports in Tasmania, the Austin 7 Club's Winton historic meeting to be held in May 2012 and presents a correction related to the car T60 Lola.

The article offers news briefs related to automobile racing, including increase in the number of Motor Racing Developments Ltd.'s cars like twin-cam BT29, 2012 hillclimbing competition to be held at Mt Panorama and death of automobile racer Gavin Sandford-Morgan.

The article offers information on the 1924 Alvis sports vehicles owned by automobile driver Phil Garlick.