In January, four of Australia’s most exciting, highest quality motorsport championships will be racing in Tasmania.

A passionate motorsport state that has given Australia the legendary Longford circuit, Symmons Plains, John Bowe, Marcos Ambrose and ‘Targa’ deserves a festival of motorsport.

It’s coming in 2021 to not one, but two Tasmanian cities.

GET READY FOR:

▪ Australia’s first national circuit racing events of 2021

▪ The return of top-level open wheel racing and multi-manufacturer touring car racing to Tasmania

▪ The return of national motorsport to Tasmania for the first time since April 2019

▪ The first ever Tasmanian races for TCR Australia, S5000 and Trans Am

▪ The debut of State of Origin motorsport with Trans Am

▪ A unique motorsport event supported by the state of Tasmania and expected to capture legions of motorsport fans

SYMMONS PLAINS

TCR Australia Series - 2021 Season Opener

S5000 - 2021 Gold Star Season Opener

Trans Am - 2021 Season Opener

TCM - 2021 Season Opener

Tasmanian State Categories

Bathurst 24 Hour Monaro Laps

BASKERVILLE

TCR Tasmanian Challenge

Trans Am – Tasmanian Ten Thousand

Trans Am State of Origin – Tassie vs The Mainland

S5000 - Demonstration Laps

Tasmanian State Categories

Bathurst 24 Hour Monaro Laps

▪ Touring car racing for 2.0-litre, turbocharged ‘hot

hatches’, in which a broad range of automotive brands

compete on a level playing field

▪ Brands which have rarely – if ever – raced in national level

motorsport in Tasmania including Alfa Romeo, Audi,

Honda, Hyundai, Peugeot, Renault and Volkswagen

▪ An on-track product that is fast-paced and competitive -

3 x 20-minute sprint format featuring a mix of Australia’s

promising young talents and champion drivers such as

Garth Tander, James Moffat and Michael Caruso

▪ The domestic variant of the hugely successful Touring Car Racing

formula adopted in more than 30 regions worldwide, including

the FIA WTCR World Touring Car Cup

▪ The most market relevant motorsport category in Australia

featuring racing versions of the high selling ‘C Hatch’ segment -

TCR cars are modern, recognisable and share substantial

connection to their road-going counterparts

▪ Entering its second season in 2020 after a successful debut in

2019 which saw nine different drivers win 21 races

▪ A new, top level, international standard ‘open wheel’ series

contested on Australian racing circuits

▪ The series that contests the Australian Drivers’ Championship

and Gold Star award – one of the most prestigious honours in

Australian motorsport

▪ The fastest racing cars in Australia – over eight seconds quicker

than the Supercars lap record at The Bend Motorsport Park

▪ The ‘5000’ in S5000 is a reference to the cars’ 5-litre (5000cc) V8

engines which produce a thunderous noise and are capable of

300kph; S5000 is also a modern successor to the legendary

Formula 5000 category of the 1970s

▪ An awe-inspiring spectacle of speed, sound and high-

speed racing – S5000 is a main attraction in Australian

motorsport

▪ A national competition for the style of high-powered

formula cars Australia had previously only experienced at

the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne or the now

defunct Indy event at Surfers Paradise

▪ The cars most likely to beat the decades-old Symmons

Plains lap record, set in 1980 by Alfredo Costanzo in the

‘original 5000’ - a Lola-Chevrolet Formula 5000

▪ The style of motorsport that Australian racing fans love

- loud, fast and V8-powered cars that share similarities to

the hugely popular NASCAR formula and feature Ford

and General Motors (Chevrolet)

▪ A fast-growing, popular and competitive series – the

cars in Trans Am feature simple, durable components that

are controlled in specification and cost, yet produce high

levels of performance and entertaining racing

▪ Racing with international relevance - Trans Am racing in

Australia features the same cars and regulations as its

USA equivalent

▪ Originating in the USA, Trans Am is the current evolution of

America’s legendary Trans Am Series which started in the 1960s

▪ The cars raced in Trans Am are modern, V8-powered, rear wheel

drive muscle cars featuring the body shapes of Ford Mustangs,

Chevrolet Camaros and Dodge Challengers

▪ A celebration of iconic Australian and American

muscle cars that fans of all ages can relate to and enjoy

▪ A connection to the golden era of Australian touring

car racing – the cars in TCM and their shapes, stance and

sounds evoke memories of similar examples raced by

legends such as Brock, Johnson, Moffat and Jane

▪ A rare opportunity for fans to see Tasmanian motorsport

legend John Bowe racing on his home circuits, including

Symmons Plains Raceway where the main straight is

named in his honour

▪ Australia’s top series for cars from the classic period of

muscle car competition between 1964 and 1981

▪ The cars raced in TCM are more 'retro' than 'historic’ -

chassis are genuine, period-built examples but feature

modern performance and safety enhancements

▪ A thundering mix of Australian muscle cars (Falcon,

Commodore, Torana, GTS) and American classics

(Mustang, Camaro, Pontiac)

A historic Baskerville trophy is firing back up in the 21st century.

The teams and drivers of the National Trans Am Series will race for the reborn Tasmanian Ten Thousand at Baskerville Raceway.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the Tasmanian Ten Thousand was the premier Baskerville race event contested by the iconic Sports Sedan category and legendary drivers such as Allan Moffat, Bob Jane, Jim Richards, John McCormack and Garry Rogers.

The modern-day Tasmanian Ten Thousand will fill Baskerville Raceway with the rumble of V8-powered Mustangs, Camaros and Dodge Challengers, as a national field of Trans Am racers fight for a $30,000 prize pool including $10,000 for the feature race winner.

Despite being Australia’s longest continuously running circuit, Hobart’s Baskerville Raceway is a track that few current drivers from the mainland will have seen before, much less raced on.

Australia’s southernmost racing circuit is a classic, character-filled gem. Situated in a natural amphitheatre, it’s compact, fast and undulating. Tasmanian racing legend John Bowe even likens parts of Baskerville to a ‘mini Bathurst’.

The Hobart leg of Race Tasmania will witness a new concept – the inaugural Motorsport State of Origin featuring a unique series of 1-v-1 races with Trans Am machines.

Two cars, five laps and pride on the line between Tassie and the mainland.

A separate group of cars and drivers to the regular Trans Am field will contest the Tasmania v Mainland races.

▪ Enjoy expansive track views in an informal, comfortable space with unreserved seating▪ Gourmet Tasmanian fare including premium, chef-prepared beef or salmon on a BBQ grille,

complemented by fresh salads and beverages (soft drink, beer, wine)▪ Visit and insights into the day’s racing from a professional driver competing in Race Tasmania▪ Pit Lane Walk and viewing of teams in operation▪ Saturday and Sunday tickets in a 2-Day package can be allocated to different guests▪ No minimum or maximum number of ticket purchases apply

E-mail hospitality@racetasmania.com.au to secure your hospitality packages

mailto:hospitality@racetasmania.com.au

THANK YOU.

We look forward to seeing you trackside.