Category: Repco Heritage

Special Vehicle Options or SVO for short provided hotted up performance models for Ford in the US, but the name carried over to Australia in a separate organisation during the 1990s

Elfin built some fast open-wheelers, but the MS7 injected some of the methodologies from Formula 5000 into the pursuit of the Australian Sports Car Championship

Ford’s B-Series Falcon proved a spectacular success in the showroom and on the race track, with FPV launching with the model range to add a rival to HSV and a forgotten model from the era is the Force variant

The area of Tasmania where Symmons Plains is located holds a special place in Australian motorsport history as located 22km to the north is Longford

Tasmania punches above its weight in terms of motorsport success across many categories and the Repco Garage highlights this ahead of the Supercars Championship’s annual trip to Symmons Plains

Symmons Plains is one of the longest serving hosts of the Australian Touring Car Championship or now known as the Repco Supercars Championship being both the closer and opening round during its early stint

At the turn of the 1980s was a new era for the Australian motoring industry with Ford building a new Falcon, Holden introducing the Commodore and Chrysler being purchased by the Japanese as the Blue Oval triumphed in the sales race

Porsche is an unlikely brand to challenge for the Australian Touring Car Championship due to mainly being a premium, sports car marque, but it in fact did

The new-look One Raceway has been labelled “unreal” by Matt Stone Racing Supercars driver Cameron Hill after he recently sampled the circuit