{"id":489650,"date":"2007-08-01T03:09:23","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T10:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=62582"},"modified":"2023-12-31T14:56:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T14:56:37","slug":"bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathurst to Host Historic Race Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia\u2019s home of motor sport, Mount Panorama (Bathurst), will once again come alive with the roar of engines at Easter\u2014this time for a new event\u2014with confirmation that the Festival of Sporting Cars (FoSC) will be held at the Mount over the 2008 Easter long weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organizers of the highly successful Shannon\u2019s Festival of Sporting Cars series have announced that with support from Mercedes Benz, they will hold the first in a series of annual multi-club meetings at Mount Panorama, a circuit known as the Mecca of Australian motor racing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FoSC President Geoff Pike said in securing the world famous venue, festival organizers had achieved a tremendous breakthrough for grass roots motorsport. \u201cThis is a landmark for club level motor sport in NSW and will help Bathurst Regional Council reaffirm its stated aim to confirm Bathurst as the home and center of motorsport,\u201d Mr Pike said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The three-day event would see a variety of action both on and off track. The Friday will be dedicated to private practice and driver training, with racing on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to the on-track program, FoSC\u2019s plans include a broad range of attractions and activities covering all forms of two and four-wheeled transport. \u201cGiven the time of year, and the size of the venue, we will be making this a family friendly event,\u201d Mr Pike said. For more information visit www.fosc.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s home of motor sport, Mount Panorama (Bathurst), will once again come alive with the roar of engines at Easter\u2014this time for a new event\u2014with confirmation that the Festival of Sporting Cars (FoSC) will be held at the Mount over the 2008 Easter long weekend. The organizers of the highly successful Shannon\u2019s Festival of Sporting Cars series have announced that with support from Mercedes Benz, they will hold the first in a series of annual multi-club meetings at Mount Panorama, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":621731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234],"class_list":["post-489650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bathurst to Host Historic Race Meeting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bathurst to Host Historic Race Meeting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bathurst to Host Historic Race Meeting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bathurst to Host Historic Race Meeting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-08-01T10:09:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-31T14:56:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/n9-200708-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"922\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Bathurst to Host Historic Race Meeting\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-01T10:09:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-31T14:56:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting\/\"},\"wordCount\":242,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bathurst-to-host-historic-race-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/n9-200708-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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