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My two brothers race historic cars but I have rarely seen them in action. This year I made the effort to watch them compete in the Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport. I carried a Nikon N75 with Sigma 24-105mm and Nikkor 70-300mm lenses, shooting on Portra 800 at EI 400.
Cars for the day were chosen from an extensive collection from a bygone era of Australian and international motor racing. On this weekend Philip drove a Johnny Walker Formula 5000 Matich A50.
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Aaron bought his Gurney Eagle T2G Indianapolis car. Sadly the Eagle expired at the start of the first race with mechanical problems. The look on Aaron's face says it all. After hours of preparation and a 1,200km drive he is undoubtedly thinking "Golly, what a shame." or words to that effect.
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On the track the Matich started well up in the field but was outclassed by some faster machines. I was apprehensive the whole time he was on the track and relieved when he finished “not last and not dead”.
Many of these shots have been cropped to a quarter of the negative size since 300mm was my longest lens. I am pleased that the Portra 800 stood up so well. Next time I will have a longer lens so I can use the full resolution of the film.
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Former race cars of all categories thundered past throughout the day. Everything from amateur sporting club entries to exotic sports cars and open wheeled classics.
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Even without the racing it is worth the trip just to walk around the car park. Every major manufacturer was represented by immaculately prepared show cars. Bliss!
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I had driven to the event with my son in my father's 1967 E-Type, a car he raced often at historic circuits around the country and in many Targa Tasmania events. I was taken by surprise when I saw his other E-Type on the circuit, a fire-breathing V12 now owned by another Jaguar enthusiast. I only have one fuzzy shot :-(. I will do better next time!
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