Tickets On Sale For Classic SpeedFest At Teretonga Park

The tickets are on sale as a flock of Ford’s, a hoard of Holden’s, a bevy of BMW’s and a pack of Porsches – plus plenty more exciting machinery - head south for the 2026 Ascot Park Hotel Classic SpeedFest over the weekend of 21/22 February.

Classes at the event include HVRA where cars such as Mosgiel driver Leon Hallett’s Ford Galaxie, Aucklander Paul Burnet’s Ford Mustang and Mark McGuinness of Wellington’s Ford Falcon stand out. There are plenty of other real treasures in the field too with local driver Stacy Lines beautifully built PDL replica Austin Mini and a wide variety of cars such as Datsun 1200’s and a selection of other Fords including a Cortina, Capri, Escort and Anglia’s.

The Classic Saloon class will feature Steve Ross of Dunedin in his PDL Mustang along with a number of Porsche models plus BMW’s, a Mercedes Benz and a Daimler XJ6 among others.

This year’s SpeedFest is part of the Formula Junior Platinum Jubilee World Tour to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Formula Junior. The formula was a stepping stone to Formula 1 in the period from 1958 to 1963 and were driven by many of the world’s best drivers at that time. The cars that will form the grid bring back memories of a wonderful era with marques such as Lola, Lotus, Brabham and Cooper among others adorning the grid. A fantastic field of in excess of twenty cars has been entered with entries from the UK, Italy, Australia and Great Britain.

The Formula Libre class has also attracted some international competitors with entries from Great Britain and Australia while Mark Johnstone, grandson of Jack Johnstone, the President of the Southland Sports Car Club when construction of the Teretonga Park circuit was first mooted in 1952, returns to his old hometown from Bahrain to compete again after doing so last year.

Other classes on the programme include Vintage Racing Cars, Mini 7 South and Mazda MX5’s, plus the Noel McIntyre Drainage Club Saloons.

Presale tickets are on sale from E Hayes & Sons, Dee Street, Invercargill and Harrisons Supplies, Mersey Street in Gore at just $40 for a weekend pass plus any applicable charges while at the gate they are $50. Day passes at the gate for either Saturday or Sunday are $30 per day. Children 14 & under are free throughout the event as long as they are accompanied by an adult.