Upper Middle Petrol Head:

Regular readers of Upper Middle Petrol Head will know that I'm a huge fan of the Baskerville Historics, held annually in September within 30 minutes' drive of Tasmania's capital city of Hobart.  It is, quite simply, as good an exhibition of classic motorsport as you could hope for, combining all the colour, noise and atmosphere of door handle to door handle racing on an intimate circuit that lets you see all the action, and a pit area that's open to the public.  Add friendly competitors happy to chat about their cars, a few racing celebs - this year, Jim Richards and Kevin Bartlett - and first-rate catering and you simply can't go wrong! This will be the first of two UMPH post for the 2019 installment of the Historics and will showcase some of the excellent racing machinery on view within the pit area, as well as a number of equally beautiful spectators' vehicles parked in the paddock that surrounds the track.  The second post - hopefully ready wi...