VACC is to sponsor the 80th anniversary of the 1928 Australian race, as part of the Phillip Island Classic (7th-9th March, 2008) - the largest historic motor racing meeting ever staged in Australia.

Coincidentally, this year, 2008, is the 90th anniversary of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) which began just ten years earlier, in 1918.

The 80th anniversary of the 100 Miles Road Race is on 8th March, 2008. In the VACC anniversary celebration of this milestone, 80 pre-war cars will leave the Phillip Island race track before heading to Cowes.

En route, the cars and drivers will wind back the clock, when they follow the course of the original public street circuit, which has since been tarred.

Featuring in the cavalcade will be an Austin 7 which has the engine and gearbox from Captain Arthur Waite’s original car that won the 1928 race, known then, as the ‘100 Miles Road Race’.

When the cavalcade reaches the main street in Cowes, on display will be sports and racing cars from around the world. The line-up will provide an unique (and free) opportunity for enthusiasts and the public, to take a trip down memory lane.