2017 Adelaide Motorsport Festival – Victoria Park Sprints – Saturday

Photos from the Saturday of the 2017 Adelaide Motorsport Festival held on part of the Clipsal/Adelaide 500 track in Victoria Park. Drivers compete in sprint events grouped into similar types or classes of cars (brackets). Each bracket runs once in the morning and once in the afternoon on Saturday and then two sessions on Sunday. In 2017 there were 17 brackets. Each bracket of cars has about 10mins out on the track in a session. During this session the drivers attempt to get their fastest lap. Some categories such as the 5 Litre Touring Cars have 15mins. Interspersed between competitive brackets are demonstrations, such as Historic Motorcycles, signature drivers such as Troy Bayliss, special show Ferraris and drifting by Jake ‘Squid’ Jones.

The event is renown for showcasing many signature cars including Formula 1 cars that once raced in Adelaide as well as rare and special show or museum cars such as the Ferrari F40 and FXX for the 2017 event. The signature cars first make an appearance on Friday driven down Wakefield Street and Grote Street in the CBD of Adelaide in front of spectators lining the streets in special road closed conditions before being parked in Gouger Street. Gouger Street is the site of the traditional street party held in conjunction with the entrants of the Adelaide Rally (Classic Adelaide Rally in previous years) that allows the public to get up, close and personal with the cars and their drivers.

Below are some of the brackets from Saturday’s action with the fastest 3 (occasionally 4) drivers times shown and a variety of photos from the session

FRIDAY – Parade down Wakefield and Grote Streets and Gouger Street party