by Brian Caldersmith I always admired Colin Chapman and his designs, especially from an engineering point of view. Breakthrough after breakthrough, advancement upon advancement, was routine in the development of his cars. Few people caused a law change because of their designs, and I know of no other whose cars were banned because they were […]
Celebrating the ARDC’s 70th Anniversary
The Australian Racing Drivers Club has just celebrated seventy years of life and love of motorsport. Fittingly it hosted a superb ‘birthday’ race meeting at Sydney Motorsport Park on the Fathers’ Day weekend (3-4 September). In the paddock and the pits classics merged with some of today’s most innovative and competitive machinery. As a Strategic […]
CMC Shannons Sydney Classic
The annual Council of Motor Clubs’ Shannons Sydney Classic is back this August 14th! Over 1800 Veteran and Classic vehicles will be there, from classic motors to bikes and military vehicles, don’t miss one of Australia’s largest motoring celebrations! ARDC Members and Guests get in free. Click here for more info.
The ARDC Super 70
The ARDC Super 70 takes place on Fathers’ Day weekend and we could not be more excited to celebrate with our Members! We’ve got some very special plans for a huge party commemorating 70 platinum years of the ARDC, and will release this very soon. In the meantime, follow this link to see what is […]
A Chat About Alfas
Good evening and thank you for inviting me to this Alfa Romeo Club gathering. Perhaps now is the moment when I should confess that I’ve never owned an Alfa Romeo…. Despite this obvious failing, I still consider myself an authentic Alfisti. Let me explain: I’m still not sure which comes first: do great drives make […]
My First Repco Brabham Adventure
The following is a first-hand account of the (hurried) restoration of Jack Brabham’s 1966 World Championship winning Brabham BT19. The article, by Bill Freame, first appeared in the April 2020 edition of Valve Bounce, the magazine of the Gippsland Car Club. Forty years ago, in the 1970s, I was an employee of the vast Repco […]
Peter Robinson
Motoring Interests & Career A 54-year career as a full-time motoring journalist included 16 years as Editor of Wheels magazine, plus 16 years spent living in Italy working as European editor of the UK’s weekly Autocar and Wheels, while also writing for America’s Car & Driver magazine and Japan’s Car Graphic. Returned to Australia in […]
Shannons Auto Caffeine
Saturday 30th July | 8am – 12pm
FORMULA ONE The Australian and New Zealand Story – by John Smailes
In recent year, John Smailes has become Australia’s most prolific author of motor sport books. His first, in 2018, was Climbing the Mountain, Allan Moffat’s autobiography. Then came Race Across the World: the story of the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon; Mount Panorama, our greatest race circuit; and Speed Kings, Australians and New Zealanders at the Indy […]
