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SYDNEY – May 10, 2012: Touring Car Devotees of the Brock,Moffat, Bond and Geoghegan eras will be able to journey back intime to see tin-top racing as it used to be in the third annual‘Festival of Speed' staged at Winton Raceway'slong circuit. All the famous marques from this era will feature at the meeting– from the early Falcon GTs and Monaros, to Mustangs,Camaros, nimble Toranas and thundering A9Xs, to the turbo cars ofthe eighties. Touring Car legend, Murray Carter will be the event's Patron. Held over the August 11-12 weekend, the ‘Festival ofSpeed' promises to be the biggest and most spectacular‘Festival' yet, with an expected entry of 250 historicracing and display cars worth many millions of dollars. Organised by the Victorian Historic Racing register (VHRR) andagain supported by Shannons, one of the highlights for the weekendwill be the ‘Rose City Touring Car Trophy' race forhistoric tourers from the 1950s to 1972. It will also feature a ‘Top Ten shoot-out' for gridpositions, followed by a 25-lap race with a mandatory pit stop. The other touring car feature race is a planned Group C & A‘Trophy Race' for touring cars from early ‘70s tothe early ‘90s. Entry in this event will be restricted togenuine Australian touring cars with authenticated racingpedigrees. Some of these historic warhorses are valued up to half amillion dollars apiece. The Festival's Race Committee Chairman, Ian Ross, said thecontinuing competitor growth and spectator interest in historicracing was being mirrored by Winton's Festival. "Research has shown that people from all Victoria and NewSouth Wales came to the last Festival and, as the event is becominglarger and better known, spectator numbers are expected toincrease," said Ross. The meeting will also feature the very popular Group S sports andGT cars, including the fast and spectacular Corvettes, Shelbys andPantera V8s that again will be challenged by a posse of Porsches. "With the first two ‘Festivals' attracting gridsof up to 220 cars, the expectation is that this year's eventwill see a larger field approaching 250 entrants. So far competitorinterest has been very encouraging," said Ross." As well as the full race program, the ever-popular Division One andTwo Regularity is on the event's agenda, plus events for MGs,sports cars, Formula Fords and other open wheeler racers, includingFormula Atlantic and Formula 2. Once again the Festival will form part of the VHRR's annualchampionship, which includes the famous Phillip Island classic andSandown Historic events. Categories for the 2012 Festival will be: Division One regularity and invited cars. Division Two regularity and invited cars (including race cars withno log books). Group SA, SB. Group SC. Group N over 3 litres and invited cars. Group N under 3 litres. Group M, O Sports and racing plus Formula Vs. Group J. K. Lb. MGs. Formula Ford Fa, Fb, & Fc. Group C & A. Entries for the Festival will officially open in May. I am an expert from tattooinkmachine.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Tattoo Removal Laser Machines Manufacturer , Tattoo Foot Switch, Temporary Tattoo Kits,and more.
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