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The article offers news briefs related to racing, which include information on new president Peter Mohr of the historic Racing Car Club in Queensland, the annual car party at the GNOO BLAS road circuit in New South Wales and the reappearance of the car Mk2D Elfin Mono.

The article offers information on the final Victorian Historic Racing's meeting held at Sandown in Melbourne, Victoria and events related to automobile racing to be held in Australia including Ballarat Festival of Motoring, dinner and rehearsals for Australian Grand Prix (AGP).

The article reports that a supercharged Zephyr Special of Eldred Norman will take to the track at Mallala racing event in Australia on November 19-20, 2011.

The article presents news briefs related to automobile racing including 340 entries for Sandown event by the Victorian Historic Racing Register, the Formula Ford Hustler SC-2 sold as a restoration project, and Queensland Historic Racing Car Club's annual Noosa hillclimb on November 12-13, 2011.

The article offers information on the rear-engine Formula cars that participated in automobile racing.

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 presents information on the Historic Sports & Racing Car Association's meeting at Wakefield Park, New South Wales, held during September 24-25, 2011.

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 reports that the 1971 Rennmax Repco sports car, originally raced by Doug Macarthur, is now owned by mechanical engineer and Lola F5000 owner Jay Bondini.

The article offers news briefs related to car racing including the buying of the 1989 Van Diemen Formula Ford car by former racer Mark Larkham, comments on Muscle Car Masters (MCM), and the representation of Australian specials at the Historic Sports & Racing Car Association's upcoming meeting.

The article presents information on the second-hand cooper Victa-sponsored 2.0-litre 1959 T51.

The article offers news briefs related to automobile racing which includes the purchase of race cars BT24 Brabham Repco V8 and Brabham BT36 by a car designer Malcolm Oastler and Alan Telfer respectively and vintage Collingrove hillclimb event to be held on October 1-2, 2011.

Information about Winton meeting related to automobiles held from August 13-14, 2011 in Australia is presented.

The article offers information on the annual Eastern Creek celebration of Australian touring car racing history Muscle Car Masters to be held in September, 2011.

The article reports that the strict advertising guidelines for historic cars will get more relaxed in Australia after the April 2011 meeting of the Australian Historic Motor Sport Commission, and permission to carry the sponsor signage could be requested for cars competing in any historic race.

The article offers information on the Victorian Historic Racing Register's (VHRR's) major Formula 5000 and Group N touring car races to be held at Winton, Queensland from August 12- 14, 2011.

The article offers information on the changes in the Australian motor sports, including racing car, Sports 2000 (S2000) was restricted in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but the first S2000 to race was the 1984 Tiga, and then the number increased to 25 cars.

The article offers information on Historic Racing Car Club's second race meeting to be held on July 30-31, 2011 at Morgan Park, on the southern outskirts of Warwick.

The article presents news briefs related to historic car racing including death of Philip Bradley, member of South Australian Sporting Car Club; Bud coupe cars; and Historic Sports & Racing Car Association's second meeting in Jue 2011.

The article reports on the increasing popularity of historic racing in Australia and on Daryl McHugh, who has been disqualified from the state executive position of CAMS' Victorian State Council due to working at the Austin 7 Club historic meeting at Winton, Queensland.

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 offers information on the conspicuous absence of chairman Bob Cracknell from the Historic Commission of Australia's automobile racing industry and provides reasons for the same.

The article offers information on the Winton Historic Racing event organized by Austin 7 Club in June 2011.

The article offers information that Perth outer suburb has been named after motor racing legend and formula one world champion Sir Jack Brabham.

The article reports on the possible refining of code of conduct for Group C Touring Car Association drivers.

The article offers news briefs related to auto racing and racers including the upcoming rally of historic bikes and cars at Winton, Victoria, death of race car enthusiast and driver Don Biggar and Malcolm Preston's book "Maybach to Holden: Repco, the Cars, People and Engines" addresses the contribution of Repco Corp. Ltd. in Australian motorsport history.

The article offers information on some historic events related to automobile racing in Australia including Easter all-historic weekend of Sporting Car Club of South Australia at Mallala and Collingrove, the entry of Kentengined cars at Bathurst racing event 2011 and Historic Racing Car Club's loss of a substantial number of potential touring car entries.

The article reports on Queensland Historic Touring Car Group's six-round point score series sponsored by Black Truck Sales.

The article presents new briefs related to historic racing in Australia including information on a new book on historic racing from author John Medley, Oran Park Racetrack's second reunion in Sydney, New South Wales, and news on a special event, being organized by Gnoo Blas Classic Car Club in Orange, New South Wales to celebrate the history of the superfast triangular public-road circuit.

The article presents information on the newly proposed motorsport complex in Albany, Western Australia, for karting, motocross, drifting, drag-racing and circuit racing.

The article reports that Longford Revival Festival, a car and motorcycle revival, will be organized by Octagon Australia for the legendary 7km public road course south of Launceston, Tasmania, during April 1-3.

The article announces that Symmons Plains Raceway circuit in Tasmania celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 9, 2010.

The article presents an obituary for Kevin Shearer, former president of South Australian Sporting Car Club's Historic Register.

The article offers information on the one-day club-type race meeting under Australian Auto Sport Alliance (AASA) regulations to be held in Wakefield Park, New South Wales on May 21, 2010.

The article reports on the return of the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC), organized by Gnoo Blas Classic Car Club, in Orange, New South Wales.

An obituary for Gerald William Patterson, former Gold Star and Australian Hillclimb Champion, is presented.

The article focuses on historic racing.

The article presents an obituary for Peter Holinger, who built Holinger Engineering into a globally successful manufacturer of racing gearboxes.

The article offers information on the life of Bruce McPhee as an automobile racing driver. It states that McPhee came into motorsport via the Central Coast Car Club, and started racing in 1959. It mentions that he showed a series of impressive results in the Bathurst throughout the 1960s but is best remembered for his almost single-handed victory with a self-prepared Holden Monaro GTS 327 in the 1968. He also drove for the Ford team in 1970 at Bathurst, finishing second to Allan Moffat.

The article offers information on the rivalry between Bathurst and Orange automobile racing competitions in Australia. The contention between the two parties rekindled at the 2010 Bathurst 12-hour production car race held at Mount Panorama and the annual commemoration of the Gnoo Blas road circuit event on the southern edges of Orange. According to James O'Brien, organizer of the 12-hour, no one from the other party contacted them about the issue.

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 an obituary for Australian automobile racer Austin Miller, who also founded the company Western Aerial with his wife.

The article presents an obituary for automobile racer Philip Coghlan, who was also the president of the Ballarat Light Car Club.

The article presents information on the Trans-Tasman Utes Challenge off-season series to be started in July 2009. The four-round series will feature V8 Utes, Production Racing, Muscle Cars, Porsches, and Formula Libre including the F5000s. It will also feature a Trans-Tasman Challenge for the V8 Utes.

The article reports that Caine Lobb has won the Enzed V8 Utes championship, an automobile racing series. Lobb defeated Chris Pither in the final round of the series on March 22, 2009. Defending champion Matt Lockwood finished in the second position in the series. This was Lobb's first win in a national car racing series.

The article presents information about the Independent Race Series, an automobile racing series held during March 21-22, 2009. The quality of car racing drivers participating in the event exceeded the expectations of series officials Rod Dale and Garry Willmington. The drivers included Robert Free and John Biddlecombe.

The article offers news briefs related to automobile racing in Australia. The Australian Off Road Championship, a car racing competition, will be broadcast on television in 2009. The Victoria State Circuit Racing Championships will start on April 25, 2009. The Off Road racing club held its inaugural race meeting on March 22, 2009.

The article focuses on the Clipsal 500 Adelaide Rally, an automobile rally held in Australia during the year 2009. Car racing drivers Jeff Beaumont and Ross Runnalls drove a Mitsubishi EVO IX racing automobile during the rally. Other drivers who participated in the event include Michael Hills, Sam Sharman and Paul Jeffery.

Information about the Top Gear meeting of the Lakeside club, an event related to automobile racing that was held on March 22, 2009 is presented. The attraction of racing around the 2.4-kilometers long circuit resulted in spectators coming from far and wide. Steve Draheim won the first ever race on the revamped circuit.