THE RARE CHANCE to drive a V8-powered racing car at speed around Mount Panorama is set to offer fans an opportunity of a lifetime at the Bathurst Motor Festival this Easter.

The Event has teamed with the V8 Race Experience to offer fans the opportunity to drive themselves around the 6.213km circuit, in controlled conditions and with no speed limits or traffic, on the Monday following the three-day Motor Festival this Easter long weekend.

PERHAPS THE MOST EXCITING RACING to feature on Australian circuits, the Aussie Racing Cars will return to Mount Panorama this Easter as a key component to the Bathurst Motor Festival on April 22-24.

Featuring half-scale, motorcycle powered racing cars with body shapes based on Holden Commodores, Ford Falcons and Toyota Aurions, the Aussie Racing Car category has been a success story for many years providing an affordable way into the sport but also some of the most intense and exciting race ever likely to be witnessed.

THEY MAY BE FIGHTING for supremacy in the age-old Holden versus Ford battle, but the Saloon Cars racing at the 2011 Bathurst Motor Festival this Easter will now have something higher to aim for.

Saloon Car organisers have inaugurated the Ashley Cooper 2011 Bathurst Saloon Car Challenge, to honour the life of the former Saloon Car, Commodore Cup and V8 Supercar racer across the April 22-24 long weekend.

ENTRY TO THE BATHURST MOTOR FESTIVAL precinct on April 22-24 will be by bank note donation, as the Event strives to support the important work undertaken by the Cancer Council of New South Wales.

Already one of the best-value weekends in Australian Motorsport, the three-day Event will be even more accessible and affordable for spectators whilst also supporting an important charitable cause like the Cancer Council and it’s Relay for Life program.

VOLUNTEER OFFICIALS have the chance to mix a weekend away with a Motorsport fix at the Bathurst Motor Festival this year.

To be held over the April 22-24 long weekend, Event officials will have the chance to get the closest possible look at the cars, drivers and circuit whilst enjoying a relaxing long weekend away in one of Australia’s most scenic inland cities.

The Event has today put out a call for volunteers to participate in the Event’s management and operations, with two types of officials being sought.