National Motor Racing Museum

The National Motor Racing Museum (NMRM) is located in the regional New South Wales city of Bathurst, approximately 200 km west of Sydney. The museum is situated adjacent to the Mount Panorama motor racing circuit at the end of Conrod Straight, close to the city.^[1]

The museums purpose is to display and preserve material relevant to Australia's motor racing history.^[2] It exhibits some of Australia's famous modern racing cars, motorcycles and other memorabilia.^[1]

Memorial

In the front of the museum is a memorial, unveiled 8 October 2008, to Peter Brock who won the Mount Panorama race nine times, he died in the Targa West rally event in September 2006. Sculptor Julie Squires created the memorial which depicts Brock standing atop a 1984 VK Commodore, the car he drove at the Bathurst 1000 motor race in 1984.^[3][4][5]

Exhibits

Vehicles in the permanent collection include:

• The Ford XC Falcon driven to victory in the 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 by Allan Moffat and Jacky Ickx
• The Holden VK Commodore driven to victory in the 1984 James Hardie 1000 by Peter Brock and Larry Perkins
• The Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 drivento victory in the 1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 by Bob Morris and John Fitzpatrick
• The Ford Cortina GT500 driven to victory in the 1965 Armstrong 500 by Barry Seton and Midge Bosworth
• The Ford XR Falcon GT driven to victory in the 1967 Gallaher 500 by Harry Firth and Fred Gibson.^[6]

See also

• Bathurst 1000
• Mount Panorama Circuit
• Bathurst, New South Wales
• List of Mount Panorama Races

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:National_Motor_Racing_Museum National Motor Racing Museum] at Wikimedia Commons

• National Motor Racing Museum
• Australian Motor Museums

References