HSRCA

05/06/2026

https://motorsport.org.au/media/news/detail/2026/06/05/pollard-selected-for-historics-drive/

Mackenzie Pollard has been named as the driver of a Historic Formula Vee machine running at this week’s Historic Sports and Racing Car Association of NSW (HSRCA) Sydney Classic at Sydney Motorsport Park from 6-7 June, as part of new initiative formulated by the event’s organising body. The HSRC...

04/06/2026

🏁 Join us this weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park to witness Evan Farrall's Formula 5000 debut and enjoy a packed weekend of historic racing action!

With regular driver Rob Splatt a late withdrawal from the Sydney Classic, Evan has been handed the opportunity to race Rob's mighty March 73A Formula 5000.

Evan impressed in his first taste of the car at Phillip Island earlier this year, but a mechanical issue cruelly denied him a race start. Now he gets another shot, and this time it's in front of the Sydney Classic crowd.

A front-running competitor in Historic Formula Ford, Evan is no stranger to speed, but stepping into a 500-horsepower Formula 5000 is a whole new challenge. 🔥

We'll be watching with interest as one of historic motorsport's rising stars takes on one of its most spectacular categories.

Good luck Evan! 🏆👏

📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📅 June 6–7
🎟 Tickets available at the gate or online:
https://events.humanitix.com/2026-hsrca-sydney-classic
📸 Peter Ellenbogen flickr.com/photos/peterellenbogen/albums

04/06/2026

🇬🇧 MG Racing returns to Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend!

One of the headline categories of the HSRCA Sydney Classic, MG Racing brings together a wonderfully eclectic mix of classic British machinery. From iconic MGBs and Midgets to modern MGFs, TFs and ZTs, plus Triumphs, Austin Healeys and other invited British favourites, this grid delivers close, competitive racing and plenty of character.

Expect hard-fought battles, great sportsmanship and some of the most entertaining racing of the weekend.

📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📅 June 6-7
🎟 Tickets available at the gate or online:
https://events.humanitix.com/2026-hsrca-sydney-classic

Who's ready for a dose of British racing charm?

📸 Riccardo Benevuti .com.au with thanks!

03/06/2026

🏁 Matt Veal is set to race one of the rarest cars in Australian Formula 5000 history at the Sydney Classic this weekend… the one and only Mildren Chev.

Originally conceived in the UK during the late 1960s by Frank Gardner and Len Bailey, the car was brought to Australia by Alec Mildren and raced in period by Kevin Bartlett during the golden Tasman era. It competed in the 1970 Australian Grand Prix, qualifying an impressive fifth before retiring mid-race with electrical issues.

After later disappearing from the motorsport scene for decades, the car was painstakingly restored and returned to competition 🏆🏆

Matt’s own racing background spans production cars, Formula Vee, Super Vee, Formula 2 and historic Formula Ford, but Formula 5000 is his newest challenge after making his category debut earlier this year.

One car. One giant piece of Australian motorsport history🔥!

Come on down to Sydney Motorsport Park and experience it live this weekend 🏁 tix on the gate or here: events.humanitix.com/2026-hsrca-sydney-classic

📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📅 June 5–7
🏁 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic
📸 Peter Ellenbogen flickr.com/photos/peterellenbogen/albums

31/05/2026

31/05/2026

🏁 This Lola T330 was purchased new by future Formula 1 World Champion (1979) Jody Scheckter, who raced it to victory in the US L&M Formula 5000 series in 1973.

Geoff Walters will bring the spectacular Lola to compete in the Formula 5000 grid at the 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic next weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park. Geoff rebuilt the car to the exact same specification and livery raced by Scheckter.

A veteran of Formula Ford since the 1980s, Geoff has quickly become one of the front runners in historic F5000 competition, collecting multiple race wins and strong recent results.

This is shaping up to be a VERY loud weekend 🔥🏁 Come along and enjoy the noise!

🎟 Tickets available at the gate or online here:
https://events.humanitix.com/2026-hsrca-sydney-classic

📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📅 June 5–7
🏁 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic

📸 Peter Ellenbogen
flickr.com/photos/peterellenbogen/albums

30/05/2026

Our HSRCA Young Women in Motorsport Program kicked off this week with Mackenzie Pollard at One Raceway and she'll be racing NEXT WEEKEND at our 🏁 HSRCA Sydney Classic Sydney Motorsport Park 5-7 June, come down tix on the gate or online https://events.humanitix.com/2026-hsrca-sydney-classic

27/05/2026

Big day ahead tomorrow at One Raceway 🏁 as Mackenzie Pollard takes another exciting step in her motorsport journey. After being selected from a hugely impressive field of applicants earlier this year, she'll have her first on-track training experience in a Formula Vee under our Young Women in Motorsport Program 🏆

A big thanks to Racer Industries for sponsoring the program with a race suit for Mackenzie! We will post some pics 📸

A successful karter, Mechanical Engineering student and fresh from supporting an all-female class-winning team at the Bathurst 6 Hour, she’s already proven she has plenty of determination and passion for the sport. Tomorrow, she adds historic racing to the mix 🔥

We can’t wait to see Mackenzie officially begin this exciting journey with the HSRCA.

Good luck .pollard18 … and welcome to the wonderfully noisy world of historic motorsport 💫🏎️

📍 One Raceway

26/05/2026

🏁This Elfin MR8 with its iconic Ansett Australia livery is set to feature at the Sydney Classic raced by current owner Bill Hemming.

Bill owns and operates the Elfin Heritage Centre in Victoria and has spent years preserving the legacy of legendary Australian champion and race car constructor Garrie Cooper.

This particular MR8 was originally built for Vern Schuppan, who drove the car in three Formula 5000 races in 1977, claiming pole position and finishing 2nd outright at Sandown.

The car later competed in Can-Am racing in the USA before eventually returning to Australia, where it continues its life in historic competition.

A stunning piece of Australian motorsport history… with 5 litres of Chevrolet fury mounted behind the driver. 🏆🔥

📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📅 June 5–7
🏁 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic

📸 Peter Ellenbogen flickr.com/photos/peterellenbogen/albums

24/05/2026

🏁 Group N is bringing the thunder to the 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic at Sydney Motorsport Park over the King’s Birthday long weekend. Expect grids packed with the kind of touring cars that smell faintly of Castrol, hot brakes and Bathurst glory days. Falcons, Torana's, Monaro's and Mustangs will be out in force.

Not every hero in Group N has a V8 though. Watch out for the the pocket-rocket Minis, screaming Alfa Romeos and tough-as-teak Volvos taking the fight to the muscle cars.

It’s the golden era of touring car racing in one paddock, with every shape, size and engine note imaginable battling it out wheel-to-wheel. Big body roll. Tiny margins. Absolute crowd magnets.🏁🔥

Spectators can wander through the paddock, get up close to the cars and chat with the people who keep these historic machines alive and racing. It’s history at full noise, not hidden behind ropes.

📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📅 June 6–7, 2026
🎟️ Tickets https://events.humanitix.com/2026-hsrca-sydney-classic or on the gate.

23/05/2026

One of the younger stars of historic Formula 5000, Tim Berryman returns to the Sydney Classic in the ex-Theodore Racing Lola T332 🏁

Tim made an unforgettable F5000 debut at Phillip Island in 2016, taking a race win against some of the category’s most established names.

The car itself carries remarkable history, including connections to Theodore Racing and Alan Jones’ dramatic charge at the 1977 Australian Grand Prix at Oran Park.

This machine looks spectacular standing still. At full noise? Even better 🔥

🏁 Formula 5000 at the HSRCA Sydney Classic
📅 June 5–7
📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📸 Peter Ellenbogen flickr.com/photos/peterellenbogen/albums

20/05/2026

They shook the ground in period… and they still do today. 🔥🏁 Formula 5000 will feature with their own grid at the 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic at Sydney Motorsport Park, June 5–7.

These spectacular machines were built around massive V8 power, huge rear tyres and fearless drivers, creating one of the wildest eras of open wheel racing in Australia and around the world.

The Sydney Classic field will feature a field of iconic machinery from Lola, Chevron, Elfin, Mildren and more, with cars carrying history linked to names including Frank Gardiner, Vern Schuppan, Teddy Pilette, Max Stewart, Kevin Bartlett and Jody Scheckter.

If you’ve never experienced Formula 5000 in person, prepare for noise, flames, giant slicks and one of the greatest sensory overloads in historic motorsport 🔥

And if you can't make it catch it on Blend Line TV live 🏆

📍 Sydney Motorsport Park
📅 June 5–7
🏁 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic
📸 BLEND LINE TV

14/05/2026

On-time entries close soon… don’t be watching from the fence 🏁

Join us at Sydney Motorsport Park for the HSRCA Sydney Classic June 5–7. It will be a huge weekend of historic racing and speed events, with plenty of lap time planned—including practice or qualifying plus four races per group.

👉 Enter https://evententry.motorsport.org.au/events/5905

13/05/2026

Motorsport in Sydney Kings Birthday Long Weekend Sydney Motorsport Park! HSRCA Sydney Classic 2026, tix available NOW 🏁 https://events.humanitix.com/2026-hsrca-sydney-classic

13/05/2026

Formula 5000 at full thunder captured by BLEND LINE TV ... more to come on this exciting category as we celebrate these legendary machines at the 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic, June 5–7 at Sydney Motorsport Park ... stay tuned to the thunder⚡️🔥⚡️Formula 5000 Australia

13/05/2026

Loving the coverage of our events by BLEND LINE TV, here's the crew!

Awfully sorry!
Last weekend at Winton for the Victorian State Race Series we were so soaked on Sunday that posting the crew photo completely slipped (see what we did there?) our minds.
Despite the incredible weather it was a great weekend, with some of the largest viewership we’ve ever seen for a broadcast. Thank you to everyone who tuned in, and to the incredible officials who kept the show on the road on Sunday until the track was no longer possible to race on.
Cheers to the crew who again worked tirelessly to make the broadcast happen.
L-R ; Callum, Tom, Steph, Paul, Tim & Mark.
Thank you.

12/05/2026

Into the light… and onto the grid 🖤🏁 at Sydney Motorsport Park.

That quiet walk down pit lane where everything sharpens—focus, nerves, and one step closer to what’s about to come.

Our next event at SMSP is the HSRCA Sydney Classic 5-7 June 🏆

📸 capturing the calm before the storm, gorgeous pic with thanks 👍🏼

09/05/2026

Low, loud, and absolutely planted. 💚🏁

Daniel Nolan at the wheel of his 1977 Nola Chev, carving through Sydney Motorsport Park at our 2024 Sydney Classic—where commitment meets corner speed and there’s no room for hesitation.

📸 Brent Murray capturing it right on the limit

07/05/2026

All angles, no distractions. 🖤🏁

The nose of a 1986 RALT RT4—entered into our Sydney Classic two years back by Vivian King—caught in a quiet paddock moment between sessions.

One person, one machine, and a thousand tiny details waiting to matter at speed.

📸 Seth Reinhardt, as always finding the story in the stillness

05/05/2026

Our Event Manager Rod Wallace… plotting, pointing, or politely proving a point? 👀 What’s he showing his mate?

A lovely moment snapped by SethReinhardt 📸 who has a talent in capturing the stories between the laps at our race meetings 🏁

03/05/2026

The Sydney Classic is calling… 🏁 join us at Sydney Motorsport Park for our annual winter spectacular over the King’s Birthday long weekend, June 5–7

Entries are now open to competitors via https://motorsport.org.au/ and tickets for competitors will be released soon, so mark your calendar!

• Private Practice: Friday 5 June
• Racing: Sat-Sun 6-7 June

Spectators are warmly welcome on Saturday and Sunday — come and wander the paddock, get up close to the cars, and soak in a weekend of historic racing at its best.

Historic racing, winter sunshine and a paddock full of stories waiting to be told…
We’ll see you trackside.

02/05/2026

Bonnet up, heads down… a 1963 Elfin Mallala and three minds thinking faster than the stopwatch 🛠️⏱️

Owner Frank Arronis with David Kent and Frank's mate as pit crew at our 2024 Sydney Classic. What will you enter?

27/04/2026

Entries are now OPEN 👀 🏁 The countdown is on for the 2026 HSRCA Sydney Classic, returning to Sydney Motorsport Park over the King’s Birthday long weekend, June 5–7.

Enter via Motorsport Australia – Noel Bryen is preparing the grid for what’s shaping up to be a standout start to the season.

Expect a full program of crowd favourites and special features, including:
• A tribute to Jack Brabham marking his 100th birthday
• A thunderous grid of Formula 5000s
• MG Racing Australia

Dust off the car, rally the crew, and get ready… this one’s calling.

24/04/2026

Today we pause to honour the courage, sacrifice and spirit of the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, our country.

Lest we forget. 🌺

23/04/2026

🏆MEMORIES FROM THE PADDOCK🏆
Each year at the HSRCA Summer Festival at Sydney Motorsport Park, the Dawson-Damer Trophy brings a field of historic open-wheelers back to life — a fitting tribute to John ‘Bun’ Dawson-Damer, a much-loved competitor and central figure in the golden days of Oran Park.

To Sophia Young he was ‘Uncle Bun’. She remembers climbing into one of Bun’s Lotus race cars as a child, heading from Oran Park Manor down to the circuit — a short drive that must have felt like a grand prix to a 6 year old.

After racing, if the engine held together, they’d make the same journey home again, the car tucked back into the shed by the pool. But after Bun’s passing, everything changed.

The house grew quiet. The gatherings faded. The place that had once been full of life slowly lost its heartbeat. “He was the glue,” says Sophia.

Today, the Dawson-Damer Trophy carries that legacy forward — not just as a feature race, but as a reminder of a time, a place, and a person who meant so much to so many. Thanks to Sophia for the memory.

💬 We’d love to hear your memories of motorsport, from Oran Park or elsewhere to help keep a ‘living history’ of motorsport alive.

📸 First shot of JDD with his wife Ashley and Mario Andretti at Goodwood, most supplied thanks to Sophia from JDD's book, plus that great shot of Colin Bond and John Dawson-Damer in their Ford Es**rt RS1800 at the 1980 Castrol International Rally in Canberra.