By DANE LILLINGSTONE
MORE than 200 drivers competed in the 38th annual Historic Queensland Race Meeting on the weekend.
The event at Morgan Park Raceway gave the community a firsthand glance of what the cars on our roads used to look like with a wide range of road cars.
Pre-60s cars, touring cars, open wheel racing cars, sports racing cars and production sports cars were all on show on the 3km track.
Spectators were even invited into the pit lane.
Brisbane driver Simon Phillips won the Jack Lacey Trophy for group and touring cars in his ToranaGTR Xu1 while Ian Ross took out the Queensland Tourist Trophy.
The event is organised by the Historic Racing Club (QLD) which will be happy with nine grids covering 21 classes of historic racing cars.
Racing legends Don Holland and Barry Seton were among those in attendance. They have raced against each other since 1961. Barry Seton, father of Glenn, won Bathurst in 1965.
Morgan Park Raceway won’t have to wait long until its next event with the Queensland Super Sprint Series A scheduled for 18 and 19 July.
On Saturday night, the NAIDOC Week celebrations hit the Warwick Town Hall with a church service.
Among those in attendance included representatives of the Waringh Waringh group, Warwick Victory Centre and visitors from as far as Casino. Those assembled partook in fellowship, music, dancing and of course food.
Warwick Victory Centre pastor Trevor Springate and the Indigenous Minister from Casino Craig Fraser headed the service.
Organiser Mandy Bahr from the community group Waringh Waringh stressed the group’s importance in this week’s celebrations.
“(Waringh Waringh) consists of traditional owners and people who have lived here for a long time and recognise the traditional owners,” she said.
NAIDOC celebrations continue this week and conclude on Sunday with an Elders luncheon and concert at O’Mahony’s Hotel from 12.30pm. Tickets are $10 per person and Elders are free.
