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

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

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

The article offers information on several historic motorsports events which will be held in 2012 in Queensland.

The article reports that Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) has decided to increase the Certificates of Description fees in the 2012 season.

The article offers information on several meetings to be held from October 2011 to November 2011 in Australia including Eastern Creek meeting of Historic Sports and Racing Car Association, meeting of the MG Car Club Tasmania, and that of West Australian Sporting Car Club.

The article offers information on automobile racing. It includes the participation of Group A and Group C historic touring cars in the support program for Australian Grand Prix 2012 in Albert Park, Australia, the impact of incomplete construction in Eastern Creek Raceway and the glimpse of 50 years old Forty Bends hillclimb course from the Great Western Highway.

The article presents information on several events in the history of motorsports, including the publication of the periodical "Racing Car News" (RCN) in Australia fifty years ago, and the use of Peugeot engines in automobile racing in Australia during the 1950s and 1960s.

The article reports that tyres, advertising and money are important aspects of modern motor racing that were considered at the recent meeting of the Australian Historic Motor Sport Commission in Melbourne, Victoria.

The article offers information on historic automobile racing in Australia. It is stated that Maserati 250FS automobiles , mid-1950s classics, will be used at Phillip Island racing event in Victoria this weekend. Automobile racing driver Peter Strauss has bought the unique BT31 Tasman Repco Brabham automobile.

The article presents news briefs related to historic automobile racing including Tony Caldersmith's Order of Australia award, an auction of trophies with great historic importance in Melbourne, Victoria, and sale of the 1968 Brabham BT23C car by its owner Andrew Fellowes.

The article offers news briefs related to historic car racing including one on the Armstrong 500 car racing, another related to the release of a scrapbook by Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd. and one on a meeting of the Victorian Historic Racing Register sports club.

The article offers information on the history on Australian motorsports including the opening of the full-scalemotor race venue in Sydney, New South Wales, the announcement of a long-distance race for touring car production, and the works of racing novelist Jon Cleary.

The article offers updates related to automobile racing, including the death of Australian racer Norm Brice, the restoration of the supercharged 1.5 litre 1926 Talbot-Darracq, and the introduction of Formula Ford's Group Fc in 2011.

The article discusses a memorable engineering comeback in automobile racing, involving the Maybach team.

The article offers news briefs related to the history of motorsports in Australia including the opening of the historic race meeting which will be held at Wakefield Park on February 21-22, 2010, the public road course Mount Tarrengower hillclimb competition will happen on October 16-17, 2010, and the schedule of the Historic Formula Fords and Formula Juniors.

The article focuses on the issues related to historic automobile racing. The idea of racing historic or out-of-date cars started to develop in the 1960s and 1970s. Such events have become very popular in the last few decades. But the presence of large numbers of more recent Historic cars can sometimes make the owners of older cars feel unwelcome. Now, most of the historic race meetings are putting special efforts to encourage older cars and their owners to participate in non-racing regularity events.

The article offers news briefs related to the Historic automobile racing in Australia. The recommendation for a new 1984-1989 Historic Formula Ford group is expected to get approval from the CAMS Board in December 2009. When the new Formula Ford Group Fc class will be introduced in 2011, its cars will be more than 20 years old. Allan Puckett, a competitor from New South Wales in the 1960s era, died in Sydney, New South Wales.

The article presents updates on historic automobile racing. Twenty Holden cars are aiming to be at Tasmania's Baskerville circuit, for the all-historic meeting there on September 18-20, 2009. The Historic Sports & Racing Car Association is running at Wakefield Park, New South Wales, with John Cummins as the event's patron. Victorian Historic Racing Register will run its annual Heathcote sprint meeting on August 20, 2009.

The article presents information on a motorsport venue proposed for the New South Wales (NSW) Central Coast, for which the Wyong Regional Council formally invited expressions of interest from possible users and operators. The project is known as Wyong Automotive Racing Precinct (WARP). According to Deputy Mayor John McNamara, a positive response was received from driver-training organisations, and other groups who organize car shows, pop concerts, and other similar outdoor events.

The article presents information on the Historic Racing Club series upcoming Morgan Park event to be held at Warwick, Queensland from July 25-26, 2009. There are about 250 entries this time and most visitors are from New South Wales. Morgan Park has a strong touring car entry, with about a dozen Group C and Group A cars, and better than 60 Group Ns.

The article focuses on issues related to the feud in the Formula One (F1) circuit and its impact on the racing calendar in Australia. There was discussion that the breakaway F1 teams wanted to race in Adelaide, South Australia. There was an uncertainty about dates for Melbourne's F1 race and Adelaide's Clipsal 500. It was also uncertain that the Historic Phillip Island's Victorian Historic Racing Register date be March 12-14, 2009.

The article presents updates on historic automobile racing in Australia. The next meeting organized by Historic Sports & Racing Car Association (HSRCA) will include the John Dawson-Damer Trophy event for 1960s openwheelers. The first race of the Australian Touring Car Championship was held on February 1, 1960, at Gnoo Blas circuit near Orange in New South Wales (NSW).

The article offers information on various events related to motorsports in Australia. The Driver of the Meeting award was given to Ford A driver Kevin Shearer. Jeff Thompson arrived at Mallala's Easter meeting with his Hawke DL17. The rain that occurred during the Mallala's Easter meeting resulted to many incidents that disrupted the event.

The article offers news briefs related to automobile racing in Australia. Vintage Sports Car Club of Western Australia will be celebrating a special occassion in the end of March 2009 to commemorate 100 years of the first recorded four-wheel motor race in the West. "Boulder's Best," a booklet about 1909 automobile races has been written by historian Graeme Cocks. The Historic Commission/Confederation of Australian Motor Sport workshop was held in Sydney, New South Wales on March 9, 2009.