Southern Festival of Speed

The Southern Festival of Speed was a classic and historic race series that was started since the late 1980s with the revival of the 1950s Dunedin Street Circuit. It comprised rounds at three established South Island permanent circuits and one temporary Dunedin's circuit. It was organised with assistance from various local car clubs that included the Otago Sports Car Club.

The Events

The 2008 Southern Festival of Speed was New Zealand's Classic Series for classic and historic cars. It was a four venues - seven racing days.

From Saturday 2nd February through to Saturday 23rd February 2009, the Southern Festival of Speed NZ will be organised at Ruapuna, Teretonga, Dunedin, and Levels raceway near Timaru.

The Series is designed for a wide range of classic and historic vehicles, including, motorcycles. It consists of three circuit meetings include a hill climb, various supporting events and functions. It also visits four principal cities in the South Island that includes Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill. The following figures indicate the distances coverage and the average time quoted by AA New Zealand. The accompanying map shows the location of each event. Christchurch to Dunedin 395km/6.25hrs, Christchurch to Timaru is 163km/1.55hrs, Invercargill to Dunedin 217km/3.10hrs, and finally Dunedin return to Christchurch via Omarama and Mt Cook 662km/8.80hrs.

Bruce Pigeon Memorial

Date: Saturday 9th February to Sunday 10th February 2008.

Location: Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru

The circuit's owner, South Canterbury Car Club, ran the event.

kope Motor Racing Classic

Date: Saturday 2nd February to Sunday 3rd February 2008.

Location: Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch

The event was ran by Mainland Classic Committee and the two day event included practicing and racing on Saturday and racing in classes on Sunday. Prizes were given at the track on Saturday and entries were limited to 200.

Leitch Motorsport/Southland Times Speed Fest

Date: Saturday 16th February to Sunday 17th February 2008.

Location: Teretonga Park, Invercargill.

External links

* [http://www.otago-tourism.co.nz/sfos/ DCC SFOS page]
* [http://www.grandprix.org.nz Historic Racing Club page]