Wakefield Park hosted the Festival of Sporting Cars (FoSC) last weekend. Wet track conditions on Saturday morning made racing interesting for the first 2019 rounds. The event featured a variety one day of NSW MRA club classes. Walking around the pit area at Wakefiled Park, particularly at meetings like the FoSC spectators can meet and talk with drivers and pit crews about their machines, many of which are privately owned and have some special connection to their owners or have a racing pedigree from years gone by. In general the drivers are a friendly bunch and often help each other out with tools and spares to help keep their competitor’s vehicles on the track. They are also keen to share tips with fellow motorsport participants to help make their enjoyment of the sport a complete package. On Saturday there were drivers running cars which people could expect to see in museums as well as relatively low budget tin tops, ideal for young drivers starting out with limited budgets and wanting to learn race-craft skills, in a very competitive class, before committing themselves to more powerful machines. Club motor racing is a sport for all ages, and participants do not need to be racing drivers, some become dedicated track personnel, flag marshalls, race controllers, fire marshalls, vehicle recoverers, pit crew for friends cars or bikes or other volunteers around the tracks. People involved in the sport can be from 16 years of age, with parents permission, to octogenarians and beyond. The FoSC series is conducted this year between Sydney Motorsport Park and Wakefield Park with eight rounds, wrapping up on October 5, at Sydney Motorsport Park’s North or Druitt circuit. The CAMS NSW Motor Race Championships Round 1 is being hosted by Wakefield Park on February 22-24 with a test and tune day on the Friday. Did you know the Goulburn Post is now offering breaking news alerts and a weekly email newsletter? Keep up-to-date with all the local news: sign up here.
Wakefield Park hosted the Festival of Sporting Cars (FoSC) last weekend. Wet track conditions on Saturday morning made racing interesting for the first 2019 rounds. The event featured a variety one day of NSW MRA club classes.
Walking around the pit area at Wakefiled Park, particularly at meetings like the FoSC spectators can meet and talk with drivers and pit crews about their machines, many of which are privately owned and have some special connection to their owners or have a racing pedigree from years gone by.
In general the drivers are a friendly bunch and often help each other out with tools and spares to help keep their competitor’s vehicles on the track.
They are also keen to share tips with fellow motorsport participants to help make their enjoyment of the sport a complete package.
On Saturday there were drivers running cars which people could expect to see in museums as well as relatively low budget tin tops, ideal for young drivers starting out with limited budgets and wanting to learn race-craft skills, in a very competitive class, before committing themselves to more powerful machines. Club motor racing is a sport for all ages, and participants do not need to be racing drivers, some become dedicated track personnel, flag marshalls, race controllers, fire marshalls, vehicle recoverers, pit crew for friends cars or bikes or other volunteers around the tracks. People involved in the sport can be from 16 years of age, with parents permission, to octogenarians and beyond.
The FoSC series is conducted this year between Sydney Motorsport Park and Wakefield Park with eight rounds, wrapping up on October 5, at Sydney Motorsport Park’s North or Druitt circuit.
The CAMS NSW Motor Race Championships Round 1 is being hosted by Wakefield Park on February 22-24 with a test and tune day on the Friday.
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