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DVD Video

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We are currently putting together a DVD of the 2008 Lobethal Grand Carnival which will be available soon. It will feature new footage of the Lobethal Grand Carnival as well as Original footage from 1938-48. please check back soon for more updates on when it will be available.

The Advertiser Saturday September 27th 2008

Mt Barker Courier Wednesday September 24th 2008

Click on the image below to view the 15 second TV commercial for the Lobethal Grand Carnival

***Merchandise*** is now available from the shop page.

Items can now be purchased through the downloadable order form from the online shop page. The interactive version of the shop will be available very soon.

*Video of Collingrove available from Associated Events page

FEATURED MARQUES - Lobethal 2008

Recognising the origins of Australian road racing from the inaugural AGP in 1928, the marque that first made its mark was the humble AUSTIN 7 when Captain Arthur Waite
took a modified 7 to victory at Phillip Island.
Thereafter, Austin 7s featured in each AGP until the War with names such as Dickason, Warren, May and McKinney among the best known drivers. In 1936 at Victor Harbour,
South Australia's own Ron Uffindell scored an outstanding 7th place while George Smith appeared from NZ with a works version. Ufindell worked his magic again at Bathurst
where in 1938 he drove to the meeting, took eight place and drove home again! This he backed up with an outstanding win at the AGP meeting in 1939 when he won the
9-lap South Australian Junior Grand Prix.
The Uffindell car survives to this day in the hands of long-time South Australian enthusiast, Ral Rainsford and will be one of a handful of original Lobethal cars entered for the 2008 Grand Carnival.
As the featured marque, organisers expect a strong muster of the mighty 750cc Austin 7 racers - which conveniently leads to the second featured marque, South Australia's
very own ELFIN whose creator, Garrie Cooper cut his teeth on extracting more performance out of Austin 7s.
Elfin will be represented by a selection of the first production series "Streamliners" including the cars of octogenarians, John Jarrett who raced his car when it was new, and Ian Brock who still punts his ex-Russ Court car, his racing number upgraded each year to advise his age!

Allan Tomlinson revisits his racing past.

Some 68 years after his last appearance at Lobethal in 1940, at which time he was injured in a major accident, Allan Tomlinson, the only surviving pre-war AGP winner (Lobethal 1939, MGTA) returned to SA over Easter to help promote the Lobethal Grand Carnival.

A highlight for Allan was laps around Mallala during the Sporting Car Club's Historic Race Meeting, riding with Philip Bradey in the MGK3, which was raced at Lobethal in 1938-40 by the late Colin Dunne.

Dunne retired the car after practice in 1939 and joined the Tomlinson team. For Allan, his visit was a sentimental journey down quite a long memory lane. He spoke at the Sporting Car Club of his racing days and amazed his audience with his recall of past Lobethal experiences.

Thanks to JOHN KEMP for this excellent photograph.

Display at Birdwood

From March 30th, the National Motor Museum at Birdwood will host a dedicated exhibition to herald the proposed Lobethal Grand Carnival.

Among the exhibits will be the famous MGK3 which raced to success in the first major event at Lobethal in 1938. Once owned by the legendary Prince Bira of Siam, the car has a glorious Australian history including 3rd place in the 1953 Australian Grand Prix driven by Andy Brown of Adelaide. In 1949, in the hands of John Barraclough, the supercharged 6-cylinder K3 won the Australian Hillclimb Championship. It is owned by
Philip Bradey and has been in his family for fifty years.

"Black Bess", the car made famous by Doug Whiteford when it won the 1950 AGP at Nuriootpa also triumphed at Lobethal in 1948, when it won the "Lobethal 50" at an
average of 88.5 mph. It held the lap record at Woodside in 1949, and after Whiteford achieved 29 wins and 10 places from just 40 starts, the car passed to SA driver, Granton Harrison. It is now with Frank Moore of Queensland.

Racing motorcycles and other racing memorabilia will enhance the six-month long display, which follows the highly successful Elfin exhibition.

The National Motor Museum is a proud supporter of the Lobethal Grand Carnival and encourages all visitors, especially Hills residents to make the journey to Birdwood to reacquaint with Lobethal's special motor racing heritage!