The Adelaide Motorsport Festival will return to the South Australian capital for another huge year as a host of cars and motorbike take part in the annual festival. 

With more than 800 cars expected to form an impressive display across a variety of different parades and races, motor sport fans of all ages are encouraged to attend the three-day event.

The festival kicks off on Friday, 30 November with the Peak Hour of Power, a parade travelling from the Festival’s Victoria Park base to a free street party in the Gouger Street restaurant precinct, whilst driving through the Adelaide CBD during rush hour traffic. 

Some of the notable cars taking part in the Peak Hour of Power include the new Brabham BT62 supercar piloted by David Brabham, the HT Monaro driven in Peter Brock’s first ever podium finish and the Possum Bourne driven 1993 555 Impreza.

Joining the iconic vehicles will be two current Porsche 962 Le Mans cars, a Lamborghini Super Trofeo Evo and a variety of classic Formula One cars including the Brabham BT58 and 1989 Scuderia Italia Dallara.

A crowd of thousands is expected to attend the Gouger Street Party where the cars and drivers will be on display accompanying a range of free entertainment available for the public. 

Saturday morning will see the festival roar into life at the Victoria Park Sprint circuit as a diverse list of categories tackle the shortened version of the original Adelaide Formula One. 

Some of the racing categories fans can look forward to seeing are Formula One, Heritage Touring Cars, Modified Production Cars, V8 Sedans, Historic and Classic Open Wheelers and Sports Cars, as well as some demonstration laps from Classic Bikes and a selection of vehicles honouring the heritage of the Brabham marque.

Spectators will also get to witness the unmissable Lap of the Gods session which will see racing legends John Bowe, Jim Richards and Craig Lowndes compete against each other in the McLaren P1, Porsche 918 and LaFerrari.

Fans have the chance to join Lowndes in the LaFerrari through a raffle to take place in the weekend, with proceeds going to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

Click here for more information on the raffle.

The Lap of the Gods won’t be the only time Bowe takes centre stage throughout the weekend, with the two-time Bathurst 1000 winner also taking part in the three-way American Muscle Showdown dubbed Civil War.

Behind the wheel of a modified Ford Mustang, Bowe will up against Supercars regular and 2017 Super2 Series winner Todd Hazelwood and 2018 Supercars title contender Shane van Gisbergen.

With Hazelwood armed with a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and van Gisbergen piloting a Camaro ZL1, it will be a traditional best-of-three race of full throttle down the straight. 

While the ‘Civil War’ showdown will create a lot of entertainment, fans can also witness special drift sessions to take place with drifting stalwarts Jake ‘Driftsquid’ Jones, Daniel Prior, Darren Gunn and Dean Newcomb going up against each other in a drift battle royale. 

Outside of the on-track action across the festival, the entertainment off-track doesn’t stop there with a host of displays occurring throughout the weekend.

Iconic manufactures Audi, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes Benz and Alfa Romeo will all be displaying their latest models, while the Trackfest display will be exhibiting their collection of highly modified street cars.

The festival will have non-stop entertainment and will provide plenty of catering options, roving entertainers and kids’ activities making it a family-friendly event.  

The Adelaide Motorsport Festival takes place on 30 November to 2 December at Victoria Park in the Adelaide CBD. 

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