Selwyn Times: January 23, 2019

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MOTORCARE PROFESSIONALS
Looking for a great
fun family day out?
2019 Skope Classic - Car Racing like no other!
Come along to the 28th edition of the
Canterbury Car Club’s Skope Classic at
the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna
on February 1-3, where the action-packed
calendar includes Mainland Muscle Cars,
vintage racing, and sports cars, along with
classic single seaters and saloon cars.
One of the most iconic racing events
in New Zealand, suitable for all ages, the
event will once again headline the popular
Formula 5000 single seater revival, along
with a strengthening Historic Touring car
category.
Guy Stewart’s iconic Porsche.
On the Sunday there will be specific
activities just for kids, including a bouncy
castle, face painting and, as always, you can
walk through the pits, meet the drivers,
teams and get to the all of the cars up close
and personal!
The ground shaking muscle cars will be
raring to go, along with the ever impressive
Formula 5000’s, a class with serious
excitement.
The Muscle Cars, which highlight a
field choked with Chev Camaro’s and
Ford Mustangs, have grown from the
formation of the Central Muscle Cars
in the North Island and the Australian
Masters Touring Car category.
A spectator survey at the last
Australian Supercar meeting held on
the Hamilton street circuit, resulted in
the Central Muscle Cars outranking
all other classes by four to one on the
Saturday, and two to one on Sunday.
Drivers in the Historic Touring cars
will include four-time Bathurst winner
Greg Murphy who will drive a BMW,
along with multiple New Zealand
champion Trevor Crowe who will be
reunited with the BMW 635, a vehicle
he drove in the 1980s.
An exciting lunchtime show is
likely to be provided by the locally
built Formula One style “Rodin
Fzed”. Murphy will take charge of
the car, which has been built by
Australian billionaire David Dicker
at his amazing facility located on
the Waiau to Kaikoura inland road.
The project began back in 1999.
In 2005, Mr Dicker found the
ideal site away from the public eye
to build a 2.8 kilometre test track
with accompanying facilities. The
latest model, the fifth evolution, is
powered by a 3.8 litre Cosworth V8
engine, which is reputed to achieve
0 to 100kph in 2.9 seconds with a
maximum speed of 300kph.
The 28th Skope Classic will be held
from 1st to 3rd February.
It will be a
fun day for
the whole
family.
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