MG Car Club of South Australia
PHILLIP ISLAND HISTORICS
From ...Terry Wright
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his year’s event was held on the
8th, 9th and tenth of March, and a
party of six club members drove from
Adelaide, departing on the 7th.
All were members of the ‘T’ Register at
the time of their departure, but their cur-
rent membership status is under a cloud
due to some vague dispute with the
Boss of the Register who alleges their
involvement in a conspiracy to disrupt
the proceedings of his Register Meeting
held on 7 th March at Murray Bridge.
The Boss’ version of the dispute is men-
tioned briefly in his report found else-
where in this journal, but all allegations
are denied by the touring party which
was dining at the Isola de Capri in
Cowes at the time. (Some tourists have
conceded privately that they may have
operated their mobile phones during the
course of a very pleasant meal.)
The group travelled under the auspices
of the Schapelli Racing team, although
Bob Schapel did not enter as a competi-
tor this year.
A base was established in the pit area,
with gazebo, chairs and table, to provide
a rest and meeting point during the
event, and to allow for a quiet drink and
chat with nearby competitors after the
close of racing each day.
Members Wayne and Geraldine Hough
also visited the island and dined with the
group on a couple of occasions.
A feature of the Phillip Island Classic is
the ability of all people attending to ac-
cess the pits and enjoy the atmosphere
as well as close-up inspection of the
entered cars.
As always, there was an outstanding
range of cars (some from overseas)
competing, as well as club displays in
the outer area. Overseas cars included
an AC Cobra, light-weight ‘E’ Type Jag-
uar and a Cooper Monaco. The racing
was well-organised and vigorous, and
conducted in fine weather conditions.
A sizable number of MGs was racing,
including TCs, MGBs and Midgets, al-
though there were none from South
Australia.
The next event on the historic racing
calendar is at Mallala in April, followed
by Winton (Benalla, Victoria) in May.
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