When Alan Jones fronted at Winton in 1982 to race a factory Porsche 935 Turbo, the recently-retired former F1 world champion made the (inaccurate, though humorous) observation that it was the first time in the history of motor racing that one of the competing cars was worth more than the track…
Winton sometimes finds itself the butt of jokes such as this, and certainly there is not any obvious single thing that makes the track special: the layout is tight, not particularly fast and, drivers say, not especially challenging, and it’s a good two hours out of Melbourne.
It had been in operation for almost a quarter of a century before it hosted its first Australian Touring Car Championship round. Yet right from the start Winton was the perfect place for sedan racing.
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