MEDIA RELEASE/One Raceway - Images: supplied A massive assortment of classic racing cars will converge…
HISTORIC WINTON RACE AND DISPLAY LINE UP IS READY TO GO
MEDIA RELEASE/Austin 7 Club Inc – Photo: supplied – Andy Day
Big crowds are gearing up for 49th Historic Winton on 30 and 31 May with a free train and shuttle service provided for those traveling to Winton Motor Raceway from Melbourne and with locals anticipating one of North-Eastern Victoria’s largest sporting events.
Bumper, large fields of competitors are race-ready with the event experiencing its biggest list of entries since Covid.
“The J (pre-1931) and K (pre-war and WW2 era cars) will be a highlight that not all other historic events include on their programs,” Event Secretary, Peta Lee of the Austin 7 Club said.
She said more veteran and vintage marques will compete in Regularity One and Two events as well.
Trophy races happen throughout the weekend with J/K and LB Sports and Racing featuring the Lou Molina and Coad Memorial Trophies on Sunday, for example.
“The big crowd-pleaser, Group Ns, always provide neck-and-neck race action as Minis dual with their contemporaries like Cortinas, EH and FJ Holdens. They join in the Tin Top Regularity, introduced three years ago, too,” Peta said.
Other groups taking to the track are Formula Vee, Group S, M&O and Q&R Sports and Racing, and Formula Ford.
“Spectators will see every era racing from a rare 1927 Lancia Meadows to a 1971 Datsun Bluebird to our youngest car a 1983 Formula Ford T642,” Peta said.
“An exciting ‘must do’ element of Historic Winton is a visit to the competition paddock. Spectators can experience the noise, smell and bustle as teams ready their cars for racing. People love chatting with the drivers in their garages and seeing the magnificent cars up close.”
Historic Winton is Australia’s longest-running and most popular historic motorsport event that showcases a massive array of anniversary, club, heritage and special displays.
“The Shannons Car Park and surrounds will be brimming over with motoring treasures,” she said, “Some of the oldest anniversary marques include Lagonda (120 years) and Mercedes Benz, Ford, Riley 9, Willys Overland Whippet (100 years) and even more paddocks-full of showpiece vehicles. We’ve lined up so many cars to drool over.
To add to the fun, racing mowers, historic motorcycles, Flxible Clipper buses, cycle karts, and Observed Section Trial cars will be on show.
Winton Motor Raceway’s Huntley Street gates open at 7am each day. On Saturday the opening on the event is marked with a special vehicle parade at 9am followed by practice, then races start around 12 noon. On Sunday races commence at 8:45am.
The full schedule of events for the weekend can be found online here.
https://historicwinton.org/images/docs/HW_2026_Public_Schedule.pdf
Discounted online tickets and trackside camping bookings:
https://www.ticketebo.com.au/historic-winton/49th-historic-winton-2026
For those in other parts of Australia, 49th Historic Winton will be live streamed on Blend Line TV:
https://www.blendline.tv/live-races/
More information about Historic Winton:
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