Winton set for a thriller this weekend

Round 4 of the Victorian Motor Racing Championship (VMRC) takes place this weekend July 25-27 at Winton Motor Raceway, with stacked entries amongst all the categories.

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The event will host a huge variety of categories, from national truck racing to local single seater and tin top championships.

The headline act is the Australian Super Trucks, the big rigs have raced at Winton a lot in recent years, however this time around there is a twist. The trucks will be racing on the full 3.0km layout at Winton.

As always, the trucks will have six races across the weekend, four races for the regular drivers and two for the co-drivers.

There are several regular VMRC categories in action, but notably a couple of additions for this round, the Victorian Saloon Car Series and Formula Vee of Victoria.

Both the saloons and the Vees produce some of the best racing not only in the state, but the country.

Saloon Cars are going through a purple patch, with some real quality drivers competing at the front of the field. The wheel-to-wheel racing is fierce, yet fair, 22 cars have already entered.

The list sees former state and national champions competing including Kane Baxter-Smith, Adam Lowndes, Daniel Johnson and Super2 Series driver Brad Vaughan.

The same can be said for the Victorian Formula Vees, the close natured racing of the open-wheel series is scintillating. They may not be the fastest cars in the world, but they make up for that with the action on track, regularly going three or even four wide.

The three traditional VMRC categories are Vic Super Tin Tops, Sports Compact by 2LSS and Hyundai Excels.

Sports Compact continues its resurgence in 2025, over 20 cars are listed to enter including many of the regular names such as reigning champion Steve Howard.

This category inspires variety, from old-school Toyota Corollas, Ford Escorts, JCW Minis, BMWs, Nissan Bluebirds and so much more.

Super TT also has a nice variety of machines from Falcons and Commodores to MX5s and Silvias.

Excels will hit the track also, with not one but two grids, one for the young up and comers in the Trophy category, and the other for the elder statesmen and women, in Masters.

The ‘Nation’s Action Track’ is located two hours north-east of Melbourne, near the little country town of Benalla.

Friday is a practice day, with qualifying and racing on Saturday, and a day full of racing on Sunday.

Aside from the trucks, all the remaining categories will have four races across the weekend, the full schedule can be found here.

For fans, Friday entry is free, a Saturday ticket costs $15 and $20 for Sunday. A two-day weekend pass costs just $30, with kids under the age of 16 able to enter for free.

Costs give you access to the pit and paddock areas also.

Tickets can be purchased here.