A Porsche 962 that won Le Mans, as well as the outrageous 911-based 'Moby Dick' sports car, have been freed from the Porsche museum in Germany for hot laps at Australia's biggest historic race meeting. On the Formula 5000 front, a huge international field with drivers from Europe, the USA, New Zealand and Australia will compete at a track where the single seaters are able to stretch their legs to more than 280km/h. More than 500 cars are entered at Phillip Island in a range of races for everything from pre-war classics through to relatively modern sports and sedan cars.
There are capacity grids for both the historic touring cars and production sports cars. Off the track, there a special displays to celebrate a range of anniversaries - the 60th year of Porsche in Australia, the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-Type, and the 40th anniversary of the Falcon XY GT and the 1971 Bathurst 500 victory by the famous GTHO.
The best racing is likely to be in the Formula 5000 contests and the races for big-banger sports cars, where four Le Mans Porsches, six V8- powered Lolas, a Ford GT4 and a Sauber-Mercedes C9 will be battling for first place. Practice and qualifying at Phillip Island starts today (SUBS: Friday) with races tomorrow and Sunday.
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