National Motor Racing Museum

National Motor Racing Museum

Coordinates: 33°26′24″S 149°33′43″E / 33.439978°S 149.562061°E / -33.439978; 149.562061

National Motor Racing Museum
Location Mount Panorama, Bathurst
Type Motor racing museum
Website http://www.nmrm.com.au
National Motor Racing Museum, Bathurst

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]

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Memorial

Peter Brock memorial, Bathurst

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 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Mount Panorama race winning car number 1, of the historic 1-2 form finish driven by Allan Moffat and Colin Bond, Peter Brock's 1984 winning VK Commodore, the 1976 Bob Morris / John Fitzpatrick L34 Torana, Barry Seton / Midge Bosworth 1965 Cortina, 1967 Harry Firth / Fred Gibson Ford Falcon XRGT, .[6]

See also

External links

Media related to National Motor Racing Museum at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b "National Motor Racing Museum". Website. NSW Government - Visit NSW. http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Bathurst/National_Motor_Racing_Museum/info.aspx. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Museum". Website. NMRM. http://www.nmrm.com.au/museum. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  3. ^ Gareth Trickey (25 April 2008). "Sculpture of racing legend Peter Brock". Website. Herald Sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/anger-on-brock-memorial-fag-ad/story-e6frf7l6-1111116161637. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  4. ^ "Peter Brock Memorial". mount-panorama.com website. Bathurst City Council. http://www.mount-panorama.com/memorials/14-brock-memorial. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  5. ^ "Racing legend brocks statue unveiled". Website. Sydney Morning Herald. 9 October 2008. http://news.smh.com.au/sport/racing-legend-brocks-statue-unveiled-20081009-4x7q.html. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 
  6. ^ "V8 Supercars Australia". Website. GC Mag. 12/10/2010. http://www.gcmag.com.au/article/v84.html. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 

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