Pre
War Vintage cars - The Golden Era of Grand Prix racing
Most
of us younger Australians would class Pre-War cars as slow and unreliable,
but in reality these cars provide the great est
spectacle to watch, and listen to.
The
sounds and smells of alcohol fuelled straight exhaust cars the slither
and twitch their way through corners gives all goose bumps and shivers
up spines.
These
cars are a handful in more ways then one. There owners are not conventional.
Eccentricity is a pre-requisite to owning and racing a Pre War Grand
Prix car.
Grid
sizes are regularly in the 25 to 30 range and we see some truly fine
examples of true automobiles – artistic design and craftsmanship.
A car that regularly competes (with a lot of elbow grease) is a 1927
Bugatti Type 35C. This car is owned and driven by George Hetrel, who
kindly allowed Charles Rogers to be his passenger in the parade laps
of the 2004 Phillip Island Classic.
These
cars are Pre-1931 and compete in Group J under the CAMS regulations.
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