Whilst at the HSRCA Summer Festival, I had the chance to interview Dr Michael Henderson, a motor sport safety pioneer. Dr Henderson developed a number of technologies now widely used on the track and for road use - the six-point racing harness was one example and he worked on the concept of the child safety capsule for road cars. He also worked on an F1 concept car … [Read more...]
Ep 126 The 2024 HSRCA Summer Festival
Over the weekend of the 30th November and 1st December, the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association of NSW held their Summer Festival at Sydney Motorsports Park. I went along to day one to watch the action and to get a feel of the event. I last went in 2020 during the COVID period when attendance was discouraged by the State Government, so it was great to see the crowds … [Read more...]
Ep 125 Motors and Masterpieces Review
A few weeks ago, in episode 122, I interviewed ICJAG Concours Judge, Todd Gilmour, on what to expect at this Melbourne event. In this episode we review the event and discuss who won the ten categories of the show. There were some amazing cars on display but only ten could pick up the silverware - listen in to find out what cars won the day. Listen to all the podcasts … [Read more...]
Ep 123 The Australian Motor Heritage Foundation
I recently visited the team at the Heritage Foundation to talk about their work. As the Chair, Hugh King, was about to head overseas, he lent me a disc with interviews from 2021 that covered the topics I wanted to discuss. I have permission to share some of the audio here. This episode describes the raison d'être of the organisation which is to preserve important documents … [Read more...]
The Motoring Weekly Podcast is back!
After 14 years, we have brought back the podcast - in 2008 when Motoring Weekly started, it was a podcast - when podcasts weren't that popular! After two years - and 115 episodes - a change of tack lead us to write long-form articles that can still be found on this site. Over 600 were written along with Instagram videos and other content whilst our editor worked full-time on … [Read more...]