The latest episode of Motoring Weekly has been published with an interview with the Gerringong Lions Club. The Club hosts their annual Motor Fest every February.
This year the event will be held on the 15th, a Saturday, on the Michael Cronin Oval in town.
I speak with Keith Watson from the Lions Club about the preparation for the event.
Whilst at the HSRCA Summer Festival, I interviewed Dr Michael Henderson, a motor sport safety pioneer.
Dr Henderson was interested in motor sport while at university. He met many people who significantly influenced motor sport as we know it today. He can be included in that group as he invented the six-point racing harness that has saved countless lives.
Dr Henderson also worked with other engineers, Pininfarina and Ferrari to develop the Sigma safety concept racing car. Many of the design features have found themselves in race cars over time.
The interview was held with historic racing in the background so sometimes the cars take centre stage!
The Historic Sports and Racing Car Association of NSW held their Summer Festival at Sydney Motorsports Park. It took place over the weekend of the 30th November.
I attended the first day to see how the event was run. The last time I attended a Summer Festival was back in 2020. At that time, we were under COVID rules and the attendance was low. This happened despite the circuit being able to cater for large crowds. This time though, the crowds enjoyed a great day of racing.
I used this event to test microphones and to do an important interview. However, I did record some sounds of the day. This podcast is about the Association and its importance to Australian historic racing.
