Vic Park Pit Stop - 21/09/2025
“A cold, wet, Sunday morning, with a number of other events on? Apparently that doesn’t persuade a number of Porsche owners to hit the snooze button.”
On a day where many may have stayed in bed a lot longer than they were meant to, a number of motoring enthusiasts braved the cold, chilly conditions to take their cars out on a Sunday drive.
Never mind the fact that Adelaide’s own ‘City to Bay’ running event was, well…. running. Or even the SANFL Grand Final featuring my much beloved Glenelg Tigers, none of that really mattered for a number of Porsche owners, and all round car enthusiasts.
For those of you that don’t know, ‘Vic Park Pit Stop’ is held at, as you probably guessed, Victoria Park Racecourse. A racetrack that, the G.O.A.T, Ayrton Senna won two Grand Prix’s at, and also where Michael Schumacher secured his very first world title (in infamous fashion).
I had been meaning to come to a monthly meet of ‘Vic Park Pit Stop’ for a number of months, however, as many of you would know - life just happens to find a way to spring something on you. However, when I heard that there would be a dedicated section to one of my favourite car manufacturers, Porsche, I knew I HAD to be there.
Living close to the city, and subsequently Vic Park, meant that I was only a two and a half kilometre bike ride away from the action. In theory, it doesn’t sound far at all, but when you’re ill-prepared for the conditions like I was, that two and a half kilometre ride may as well have been twenty. Admittedly, it was my own stupidity that led me down the dirt paths of the Adelaide Park Lands (seriously fun on a gravel bike might I add), however, when I got to the track, my legs and camera bag where soaked in mud and dirt. To be completely honest though - I didn’t care one bit as I had a smile on my face the entire ride. Anyway - back to the cars.
Rolling into the track, I locked up my bike and started making my way down the straight along the grandstand. As you can see above, the grandstand straight was the designated Porsche parking area, making it quite the background for some very photogenic cars.
Strolling through the car lined track, it was easy to see that the people running this event knew what they were doing. There were a number of marshals and volunteers with hi-vis vests on directing cars that had yet to park-up, and anyone that had to leave early. I don’t know the exact number of events that the “Vic Park Pit Stop” crew have run, but I do know that they experience running other events such as ‘Coffee and Chrome”. The locations of the cars was great - especially given how water soaked the grass would of been, it was great to see none of the turf was damaged when returning to the site a week after the event had occurred. There was a coffee van or two about the meet and everyone played their role in ensuring the location was as neat and tidy when they left.
The Porsche’s themselves
I don’t know about you, but when I see a race car rocking up to a car event under its own power (yes, they literally drove this Pink liveried machine to the meet), I get damn giddy inside.
I have to self-confess at this point and say that the Porsche Carrera Cup is one of my favourite categories of racing here in Australia, and around the world. Every time I go to a V8 Supercars event here in South Australia, it is the first category I look up to see when they feature on track. These cars are, in my opinion, one of the last breeds of the sport that are not yet impacted (or at least to my knowledge) by the “silencing” that has invaded various categories of the sport. The sound, and mini vibrations you feel when these things downshift a mere 10 or so metres away from you on the Adelaide street circuit just puts a smile on my face, lap after lap, after lap.
Okay by this point, you can obviously tell I love this thing, so let’s move on.
The sheer amount of Porsche’s was actually wild to see, yes you’ll likely see a number of Porsche’s as you drive around Adelaide on any given day, however the calibre of these higher end models is something that is often seldom seen. None of my pictures do these cars justice, and they are quickly becoming the “top spec car” I am buying WHEN I eventually win the lotto.
Japanese Icons
I think it’s fair to say that NO car meet is complete without some tastefully modified Japanese vehicles, and ‘Vic Park Pit Stop’ had an abundance of them.
I’ll be the fist to admit that I am not the biggest fan of the JDM vehicles. My roots very much align with my fathers in that I love anything with a V8, and that goes fast in a straight line. However, unlike my father, I can very much appreciate the history and pedigree that comes with said JDM vehicles. After coming back from my first overseas trip to Japan earlier this year - my love and appreciation for Japanese engineering is at an all time high (seriously, go to Japan - I promise you won’t be disappointed).
An absolute standout of those JDM vehicles at the meet was a very nostalgic Subaru GC8 WRX STI that was kitted out in what looked to be an Adelaide Rally livery. I say nostalgic because a very similar vehicle was the constant selection of one of my favourite racing games as a kid, Colin McRae Rally. Seeing this car in the flesh definitely brought back some vivid flashbacks of the co-driver narration from that masterpiece of a game.
It was absolutely awesome to see a vast number of R35 GTR’s amongst the field as well - I’ll be honest, I never realised how many R35’s we had rolling around Adelaide. What makes that sight even cooler is when you remember that they were once the fastest production car around the infamous Nürburgring nearly two decades ago (wow, that makes me feel old).
On a final note
A big thank you to the organisers of the event. I only know them by Instagram handle and will update the page once I get their permission to share that information. A big thanks to all those that brought their cars out despite the miserable weather, and finally, to you for having a read of the very post on the website.
Hopefully all gas and no brakes from here on out.
- Marco.
