{"id":489789,"date":"2007-12-01T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2007-12-01T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=59832"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","slug":"penrite-to-kitome-winton-raceway-aus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/penrite-to-kitome-winton-raceway-aus\/","title":{"rendered":"Penrite-to-Kitome, Winton Raceway, AUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked to describe one of my favorite sections of racetracks in Australia, very quickly I thought of Winton Motor Raceway, a 1.86-mile circuit just outside of Wangaratta, northeast of Melbourne. It holds club, vintage and professional racing events every year, including the awesome Aussie V-8 touring cars and the Australian Historic Motor Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My first trips around the track were in a Holden-Reynard formula car. One complex that continued to challenge the car, my skill, and more importantly, my bravery, was a tight, connected series of three banked hairpins, Penrite (Turn 7), Turn 8 and Kitome (Turn 9). 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