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Australia

Italians at the Clipsal 500, Adelaide, March 11-14

March 31, 2010

Story and Photos by Vince Johnson
It was left to Lamborghini to salvage some Italian pride in the Australian GT Championship races held in Adelaide recently. The 3.2 kilometre circuit around the streets of the South Australian capital comes alive each year in the early autumn with two enduro events for five litre Holden and Ford [...]

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Carnevale Adelaide 2010

March 2, 2010

Story and photos by Vince Johnson
February means Carnevale to Italians the world over and in South Australia it’s no different. Held indoors once again at the Adelaide Showgrounds, the summer sun couldn’t daunt the annual festival of Italian culture held February 6th-7th. Style on wheels never fails to attract attention and Italian machinery is always [...]

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Classic Adelaide Rally 2009

December 2, 2009

Story and Photos by Vince Johnson
November 18-22 2009
South Australia’s Classic Adelaide Rally celebrated its 13th anniversary with the tried and true formula of four days of loops into the hills and surrounding country on closed public roads. Home base was once again the Hilton Hotel in the center of the city.

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Delages Rally at Vintage Hillclimb

November 11, 2009

1936 Delage LeMans, Bruce Thomas
Story and Photos by Vince Johnson
South Australia, 5 October 2009
The Vintage Collingrove Hill Climb was conceived by the Sporting Car Club of South Australia as an event for cars built between 1919 and 1939. This year, on October 5th, the venue was honored with the presence of a dozen Delages–a particular [...]

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Lobethal Grand Carnival 2009

October 20, 2009

Kent Patrick’s Type 37A GP rounds Mill Corner

The only Alfa G1 left.
Lobethal Grand Carnival, South Australia, 3-4 October 2009
Story and Photos by Vince Johnson
Seventy years ago the 1939 Australian Grand Prix was held on the Lobethal circuit in the Adelaide hills. According to the excellent book, “The Official History 50 race of the Australian [...]

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Phillip Island Classic Festival, Australia

April 22, 2009

Extremely rare Talbot-Darracq of Stuart Anderson. Nuvolari drove one to a second place at the 1929 Monza GP.

Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport,
March 13 through 15 2009
Story and race photos by Vince Johnson

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Lambos, Ferraris Duke it out Down Under

April 15, 2009

Quarterback Shirts Lamborghini Gallardo Mark Eddy mixes it up with the domineering Porsches.

Australian GT Series, Round 1, Adelaide, 19 – 22 March 2009
Storya and Photos by Vince Johnson
South Australia’s Adelaide street circuit hosted the first three races in Round 1 of the 2009 Australian GT Series during the Clipsal 500 weekend in [...]

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South Australia’s Carnevale Festival

February 25, 2009

This Topolino is an Italian-built 1948 A series side-valve engined car which was restored around 10 years ago by Ray Gallagher of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

By Vince Johnson
La Dolce Vita, South Oz style
South Australia’s Italian community enjoyed the centuries-old tradition of a final celebration before Ash Wednesday and the 40 days of Lent with [...]

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