Following a refreshing summer break, the red lights went out on Heritage Touring Cars’ 2026 season at the Phillip Island Penrite 100 Classic over March 14 and 15. We brought two strong grids out for the weekend, unleashing more than 40 historic Australian touring cars on the iconic seaside circuit.
Let’s begin our recap with a look back at the HTC race grid, featuring Groups C & A and the newly recognised Group 3A and 3B.
Heritage Touring Cars is pleased to announce the dates of the 2026 Heritage Touring Cars Race Calendar and the 2026 HTC 5L SuperSprint Calendar.
After 51 years in motor racing, including 15 driving with Heritage Touring Cars, Carey McMahon announced his retirement from the sport at the event. So, we wanted to take this opportunity to mark this significant occasion with a chat with Carey about his motorsport career.
Photos kindly provided by Will Tandy of Chicane Flicks The 2025 Heritage Touring Cars season kicked off at the Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport over March 6 – 9, bringing close to 50 historic Australian touring cars to the iconic Victorian circuit across race and sprint categories. Jonathon Webb in the 1992 Caltex Sierra …
Heritage Touring Cars is set to open our 2025 historic touring car series with a landmark meeting at the VHRR Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport March 7 – 9 2025. The series has seen a significant expansion this year, as we strive to embrace and promote every era of Australian touring car racing, and this weekend will see close to 50 historic Australian touring cars compete across both race and sprint grids in collaboration with the 5L Touring Car Association.
Heritage Touring Cars is thrilled to announce an unprecedented gathering of historic Australian touring cars at the Phillip Island Classic, scheduled for 7–9 March 2025. With close to 50 meticulously preserved vehicles expected to compete in both race and sprint formats, this event promises to be a landmark celebration of Australia’s motorsport legacy. This year’s …
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The 34th Phillip Island Classic historic race meeting hosted the opening round of our 2023 season in great style over the 10th to the 12th of March, 2023.
34 Group C & A cars will head to the Phillip Island Classic over March 9-12 to open our 2023 season with two Bathurst champions headlining the pack.
The weekend of the 11th to the 13th of March, 2022, saw Heritage Touring Cars kick off its 2022 season at a massive edition of the VHRR’s Phillip Island Classic.
After all-too-little motor sport in 2020, we’re thrilled to announce a full season of Heritage Touring Cars racing for 2021.