The event is a celebration of the history of motor racing in Western Australia. It’s an opportunity for the public to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of motorsport as it was from the 1920s through to the early 1980s.
Before the development of dedicated motor racing circuits, car and motorbike competition was conducted around the streets of country towns. The main streets of towns like Northam, Narrogin, Goomalling and Albany were closed off and used to form a racing circuit. The buildings were often protected by hay bales and driver safety was a secondary consideration. These events were held for several years until the Caversham circuit was built