02-12-2020, 06:34 AM
In 1978, the Victorian branch of the Vintage Sports Car Club of Australia organised a race meeting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1928 AGP held at Phillip Island. It was a two day event with Saturday devoted to driving cars around closed public roads that formed the original circuit. Split into three classes. The first, cars than competed in the original races from 1928 to 1935. The second group consisted of similar cars but without the race history and the third group were cars that the spectators would have used to get there.
Thanks to my good friend Ken Cooke, (750 Motor Club) I have a program signed by Colonial Waite that is shown below. Although I was on the organising committee driving my Ulster on the Saturday and racing my S/C Austin on the closed circuit where the World Championship motor cycle races are now seen on television. I was out numbered by the Bugatti owners and that is why there is no image of Waite and the Austin on the cover.
Bill Sheehan contributed to the program with this story on the domination of the Austins in early AGP's.
Tony Johns
Thanks to my good friend Ken Cooke, (750 Motor Club) I have a program signed by Colonial Waite that is shown below. Although I was on the organising committee driving my Ulster on the Saturday and racing my S/C Austin on the closed circuit where the World Championship motor cycle races are now seen on television. I was out numbered by the Bugatti owners and that is why there is no image of Waite and the Austin on the cover.
Bill Sheehan contributed to the program with this story on the domination of the Austins in early AGP's.
Tony Johns