Leyburn revving up for biggest weekend of the year - Warwick Daily News
The weekend program has received another boost with a rare race car built and raced by Sir Jack Brabham confirmed as a last-minute attraction. A near-record total of 230 historic, classic and performance cars spanning 90 years has been entered for the Sprints, which celebrate the running of the 1949 Australian Grand Prix on an ex-wartime airfield outside the town. The Brabham demonstration runs will be a tribute to Sir Jack, who competed and won at the airfield track in 1953, before he moved to England to become a famous driver and the world's largest racing car builder. Sprints Race Director Mike Collins said he was delighted the event had secured the appearance of such a significant car as the Brabham, which has resided recently at the National Motor Racing Museum at Bathurst. "This is a great piece of Australian racing history and we're grateful to the car's custodians for bringing it to Leyburn," Collins said. We'll also see demonstration runs by the famous Mildren-Waggott 'Yellow Submarine' racer and 78-year-old Bo Seton in his ex-Bathurst Ford Capri, plus a diverse range of competing cars from a 1925 Austin. Source: www.warwickdailynews.com.au
