Bitter Sweet The Magic Island Words Graham Slater. Pictures none! While Alistair Maclean had the sweet taste of success when he qualified on pole and set an all but short lived new outright lap record in his recently purchased ex-Steve Mason Camaro, some yet to be analysed internal engine problem was a bitter pill to [...]

Round 5 – Phillip Island Scott Slater swept to victory in all three races at the penultimate State Series round for this year. September 3-4 2005 Words Darren Knight. Pics courtesy James Smith Photography The relatively small entry was further depleted after Mark Barbour (ex Les Dole XU-1) spun a bearing in private practice on [...]

Round 4 – Sandown 2005 Mustang Mauls The Masses. Words Graham Slater. Pictures – BonnyArt www.racephotos.com.au After what could only be described as a red hot qualifying session it was clear to all comers that in spite of a break of several months Michael “The Muncher” Miceli and his fiery Red Boss 302 Mustang were [...]

Round Three, Phillip Island 11 – 12 June 2005 Words Graham Slater. Pics courtesy James Smith Photography The large crowd of spectators were treated to what ended up being a classic return to the memorable giant killing days of the seventies when the V8 might of Ford was challenged by the cheeky 6 cylinder Torana [...]

Round Two, Sandown 16 – 17 April Words Darren Knight. Pics courtesy BonnyArt www.racephotos.com.au Magic sunny conditions prevailed over a weekend that saw Ford power dominate all three races. The newly re-liveried XY GTHO of Wayne Purdon beat Darren Hill (`64 Nc Mustang) by the barest of margins to win the opening ten lapper after [...]

Charger man Robert Braune again showed why he is probably the fastest non V8 mounted Historic Tourer racer in the country at the moment, lowering the lap record and taking both scratch race victories for the faster group, the 52 entrants having been split after qualifying. Tasmanians dominated the slower group, Warren Slater (ex Darren [...]