The race automotive by which Australia’s most up-to-date Method 1 world champion and Australian Corridor of Famer Alan Jones made his one centesimal world championship begin might be a star attraction on the 2026 Canberra Pageant of Pace subsequent weekend.
The 1985 Lola-Hart THL1 might be one of many main drawcards at this 12 months’s occasion, alongside the Holden Commodore by which Larry Perkins received the 1997 Bathurst 1000.
The 2 iconic racers might be amongst greater than 200 entries at this 12 months’s Canberra Pageant of Pace, now in its third 12 months, which can happen at Thoroughbred Park on the weekend of January 31 and February 1.
“The 2025 occasion noticed greater than 16,000 attendees stroll by way of the gates to see greater than $100 million value of a few of the rarest and most unique automobiles on the planet,” stated occasion director Peter Bakavgas in an announcement.
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“Forty-nine per cent of our attendees had been from outdoors of the ACT, that means we’re a big tourism driver for the ACT.”
The Lola-Hart THL1 was pushed by Mr Jones on the inaugural Adelaide Grand Prix in 1985, the place he made his one centesimal world championship begin, ceremoniously changing into the primary F1 driver to lap the monitor.
Frustratingly, he stays Australia’s final F1 world champion, having taken the driving force’s title in 1980 – and with Melbournian Oscar Piastri having his lead within the 2025 title chase whittled away by rivals.
Bathurst followers will be capable to see the Holden Commodore VS by which Larry Perkins and co-driver Russell Ingall received the 1997 Bathurst 1000, marking the sixth win for Mr Perkins and the ultimate win at The Mountain for each drivers.
The 1997 Bathurst 1000 drew big publicity as the ultimate race for the retiring Peter Brock, who began from pole place earlier than his Commodore suffered engine failure with co-driver Mark Skaife on the wheel.
Mr Brock made a return to The Nice Race in 2002 and 2004 earlier than his demise in 2006.
Mr Perkins, who received three Bathurst 1000s in a row driving with Mr Brock between 1982-1984, additionally took wins within the 1993 occasion with the late Gregg Hansford and in 1995 with Mr Ingall – all in Holden Commodores.
Having made the swap to V8 Supercars after F1, Alan Jones additionally raced at Mount Panorama in 1997, ending eleventh after co-driving a Ford Falcon EL with Jason Vivid and former IndyCar driver Scott Pruett.
Amongst a crop of V8 Supercars on the pageant might be two-times Bathurst winner John Bowe’s 2001 Ford Falcon AU, which he drove within the Canberra 400 race, full in its Caterpillar color scheme.
Mr Bowe – a two-times Australian Touring Automobile Championship winner – can be the Canberra Pageant of Pace’s official ambassador.
The Caterpillar Ford might be joined by one other AU Falcon, the OzEmail racer of Brad Jones Racing, which Mr Jones famously rolled on the Adelaide Supercars occasion in 2000.
The pair will function amongst a raft of historic Australian touring automobiles – and a variety of equipment from different corners of the motorsport world.
Tickets for the 2026 Canberra Pageant of Pace will be bought by way of the occasion web site.
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