PRESS RELEASE
Post Classic Racing Association of NSW promoting
The Barry Sheene Festival of Speed, 2012
‘
THE KIWI’S ARE BACK’
The 7th annual BARRY SHEENE FESTIVAL of
SPEED will be held at Eastern Creek Raceway from 23rd to 25th March 2012. This meeting will incorporate the 2nd
‘TRANS -TASMAN CHALLENGE’ with the Kiwis increasing their numbers and looking
at retaining the trophy that they won by 1 point in 2011.
The 2012 event will be a 3 day meeting with
practice and qualifying on Friday followed by 2 full days of racing. This meeting will see the historic bikes race
for the first time on the new extended 4.5km track…..with all new lap records
up for grabs we should see some fierce competition.
Sidecars will once again be competing in
the 1st round of the Formula 1 and F2 cup Australian Sidecar
Championships.
To honour the memory of the late Ken
Wootton 2 extra P4 Unlimited races will be incorporated into the programme with
Karen “Nurse” Wootton attending and presenting the trophies at the end of the
weekend racing.
The “HART Honda Spectator Parade Laps”,
Trade Stands, Bike and Car displays and the Show & Shine will all add to a
great weekend for participants and spectators alike.