SPOTTED: THE TRANSPORTERS THAT MADE HISTORIC WINTON HAPPEN

The Victorian High Country showed historic racing in its best light, as well as the transporters that made the show happen

The APEX Racing transporter in fading light

We motored up the Hume from Melbourne last Saturday to check out the 44th Historic Winton race meeting at Winton Motor Raceway near Benalla.

The incredible selection of over 400 historic race cars and bikes was a mouth-watering prospect, but as you might have guessed, we weren’t going to turn our backs on the race transporters that got them there.

Like the diverse range of categories that entered the Winton short circuit throughout the weekend, the transporters came in all shapes, sizes and configurations. From regular road cars towing open trailers to 500 horsepower prime movers pulling enclosed race car trailers to retro vans converted into race car carriers, the different solutions to a similar task captured the essence of motorsport.

Here are a few of our favourite race transporter photos taken during the event.

The biggest rigs in the paddock parked side by side

Team Maysdale taking historic racing to a new level

The APEX Racing transporter behind the main pit complex

Scania power for the Irving Vincent outfit

The Paul Morris Motorsport (left) and Anderson Motorsport (right) rigs

Hino power for the Garry Hills Racing transporter with a Mitsubishi rig in behind

An old Isuzu at the southern end of the pit paddock

A wide variety of tyres for an even wider variety of race cars

We’re back at Winton this weekend to check out the fifth round of the Repco Supercars Championship, and capture the transporters powering the Dunlop Super2 Series, Haltech SuperUte Series and Toyota 86 Racing Series. Stay tuned!