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Historic Sandown on the Horizon

always popular – Formula 5000's will feature at the Historic Sandown event. Image Chris Carter

By Bruce Williams

Date posted: 23 September 2024

It’s been a fantastic year so far the Victorian Historic Racing Register’s (VHRR) meetings in Victoria, with the Phillip Island Island Classic and the Winton Festival of Speed both providing great crowds, incredible machinery, and some entertaining racing with the horsepower of yesteryear.

And now, entries for the 32nd Equity-One Historic Sandown event, conducted by the VHRR, have officially opened.

This year’s event will be conducted on the Sandown International Raceway’s 3.1km National Circuit over three days, between Friday November 8 and Sunday November 10.

The very popular Tribute Touring Cars will be part of the action at the Historic Sandown.

The very popular Tribute Touring Cars will be part of the action at the 2024 edition of the VHRR’s Historic Sandown. Image Chris Carter.

Invited categories include the ground shaking Formula 5000s, Historic Touring Cars, 5 Litre Touring Cars, HQ Holdens, Historic Formula Fords, as well as a wide range of historic Brabham, Elfin, Lotus, Chevron and Lola sports and racing cars, battling it out in typical open wheel tradition just half and hour from Melbourne’s CBD.

For tin-top fans, highlights will include separate Super sprint events featuring 5 Litre Touring Cars, including historic HRT and DJR Holdens and Fords, Jaguars, Minis, Nissans and Chryslers, as well as an expected packed grid of the popular Tribute touring cars.

For more information on entries please contact the VHRR’s Event Secretary David Floyd on 0402 257 541.

It wouldn’t be an historic VHRR event with some superb off-track viewings, which this year includes celebrations acknowledging Ford Mustang’s 60th and Ford Capris 55th anniversary, with a vast range of Mustang and Capri models on display.

Mustang owners will also have a chance to lap the famous Sandown race track when time is available between the racing action.

All levels of Historic racing action will feature at the 2024 Historic Sandown event. Including the 'Big Banger' open wheelers and sports cars of yesteryear.

All levels of Historic racing action will feature at the 2024 Historic Sandown event. Including the ‘Big Banger’ open wheelers and sports cars of yesteryear. Image Chris Carter.

In addition to the Ford displays, the VHRR encourages historic race car owners who are not competing – and proud classic car enthusiasts – to display their cars trackside and at Red Hill, at the Dandenong Road end of the circuit.

For more information regarding display cars please contact Steve Anderson on 0413 583 718.

Visitors to the Equity-One Historic Sandown event have the opportunity to watch all the action from the track’s covered grandstand, and wander through the pit garages and chat to the drivers and crew attending the weekend’s racing, and, to shop from the wide selection of food and great motorsport merchandise available for sale. So if anything, score yourself a cool vintage “Hey Charger” pin, a great Torana poster, or perhaps a classic book for your motorsport collection…and get a hotdog while you’re at it!

The ever popular hard core HQ racers will battle it out at the 2024 VHRR Historic Sandown event.

The ever popular hard core HQ racers will battle it out at the 2024 VHRR Historic Sandown event. Image Chris Carter.

MAIN IMAGE: The always popular, the loud and fast – Formula 5000’s will feature at the Historic Sandown event, this is Paul Zazryn’s Lola T332 … Image Chris Carter

Event tickets are now available through the VHRR online ticket site.

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