It’s a simple fact that the most popular form of motor racing in Australia today is sedan racing. Of course, this is much to the chagrin of the purist who would walk over hot coals to watch open-wheelers or sports racing cars. It was quite the opposite during the 1960s when the cream of the Northern Hemisphere’s drivers would travel south to escape the northern winter for the Tasman Series. Spectators in the thousands would flock to circuits to watch such names as Clark, Hill, Brabham and McLaren behind the wheel of almost new Grand Prix cars from the likes of Ferrari, Brabham, Cooper and BRM.
However, 1960 brought the start of an event that has grown substantially over the years and would come to dominate Australian motor racing through to the present day.
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