2023

An entry nudging 80 JUST CARS Historic Touring Cars again showed the huge appeal of competing at the VHRR’s Phillip Island Classic. Two big fields of large and small classics saw the locals face Australia’s best – and interstate cars took home the major ti

Historic Touring Cars have always been a replica category, allowing ‘new old cars’ to be prepared for Motorsports Australia’s Historic 5th Category. Fifteen years after pre-65 Group Nb appeared in 1980 the pre-72 Group Nc category hit the tracks. New builds now appear regularly but some very special ‘originals’ have been around for almost 30 years. This is one of them.

The JUST CARS Historic Touring Cars opened their 2023 account  at Sandown on 18-19 February. After a heatwave Friday practice session, great weather favoured a weekend of excellent Historic Touring Car action. The famed power circuit was in its element with an entry dominated by V8s.