Overseas Action

2010 New Zealand Festival of Motor Sport - 22-31 January

This is the latest feature on historicracing.com.au

It comes as many Australians each year choose to travel to historic racing events around the world. Many of them compete in their cars (shipped, air freighted or based overseas), and others travel to spectators.

Charles Rogers recently fell into the spectator category when he travelled to New Zealand to see the inaugural NZ Festival of Motor Racing.

NZ Festival of Motor Racing – Celebrating Bruce McLaren

NZ’s Jim Barclay has proved that you do not need travel to Europe or the USA to find the worlds most rare and desirable racing cars – a quick trip across the Tasman Sea was all that was needed in January 2010 to capture this.

Full range of articles and photos from the two events at Hampton Downs and Pukekohe can be found on this web site.

2004 Goodwood Revival Race meeting & Tour

Back in 2004 Charles Rogers travelled overseas as part of the Goodwood Revival Tour. The tour, en-route to the Revival visited numerous car destinations in Europe, including the Ferrari, Maserati, Ducati, Fiat, BMW and Mercedes-Benz factories and museums, and once in the United Kingdom visited the Aston Martin and Morgan factories, McLaren Formula One Technology centre and the Donnington Grand Prix Collection.

We spent three fabulous summer days at Goodwood that year. Please take the time to view the photo galleries from the event & the rare in-sight into uncharted territory for most historic motor racing enthusiasts with the various factory and museum visits now online too.

2004 Goodwood Revival Photo Galleries, by Charles Rogers

Friday trackside action

Saturday action and paddock area

The Commentary Box - and the view

Sunday action and paddock area

2004 Goodwood Revival Tour - Factory & Museum visits

Galleria Ferrari - click here
Maserati factory - click here
Ducati factory & museum - click here
Fiat Museum - click here
BMW Factory & Museum - click here

Mercedes-Benz Factory - click here
Mercedes-Benz Museum - click here
Mercedes-Benz Classic Centre - click here
Mercedes-Benz Hidden Collection - click here

Porsche Museum- click here
Hockenheim & Nurburgring Museum & track - click here
Heritage Motor Centre (UK) - click here
Aston Martin Factory - click here
McLaren Technology Centre - click here
Morgan Factory - click here
Donnington Grand Prix Collection - click here

Healeys Retrun to Bonneville - 2009

A duo of local Donald Healey enthusiasts, headed up by Stephen Pike have commenced their assault on the Salt Lake's in Utah, USA with the recreation of the famous Streamliner & Endurance cars. The Salt Speed Week concludes with two days on the salt flats on 17-18 September. Please feel free to download any of the below newsletters from Bruno Verstraete.

Newsletter 6

Newsletter 7

Newsletter 8

Newsletter 9

Newsletter 10

Newsletter 11

 

Should you be travelling overseas, or have recently returned I would like to have your contributions, whether they be photos and/or stories, please email or post to:

Charles Rogers
P.O. Box 537
Burwood, Vic 3125

Email: hysterical@historicracing,com.au

 

 

 

Updated: 10 July, 2010

 

© Charles Rogers 2006-10