MOTORSPORT: Everything old is back in vogue - Motoring

As the Father’s Day weekend roars up ahead there’s something old and something old that’s new again – for motorsport fans in Sydney and Brisbane at least, or those who can get there. A perfect Father’s Day present for a dad in Sydney, or within easy reach of it, will be a day – or both days of the weekend – at the 11th Muscle Car Masters at Sydney Motorsport Park. Brisbane is hosting the rebirth in Australia of rallycross, which was popular in the 1970s and is enjoying a new boom overseas, with the first round of the Extreme Rallycross Championship at Lakeside Park, where venue operator John Tetley has... Alister McRae, the Australian-based member of the great Scottish rally family, will race the sole Ford Fiesta Super Lite among the 4WD turbos and has endorsed Ridden’s claim that Extreme Rallycross will be “not just a motorsport event, but an... Six more rounds are scheduled in the first season – at Melbourne’s Calder Park, Sydney Motorsport Park, Adelaide’s Wayville Showground and another at Lakeside – with Ridden hopeful more Super Lites will arrive. Source: www.motoring.com.au