Pre65 Racing South Island

The Pre-65’s are a longstanding motorsport category in which all vehicles must have been produced prior to 31st December 1965.

There is no ‘standard’ type of car racing with them, the variety is vast – Falcons, Mustangs, Vauxhalls, Holden’s, Anglia’s, from V8 to 4 Cylinder.

The club was formed by Rex Dunn a Timaru based driver who wanted to race an affordable car that was a lot of fun. The first Pre 65 race was held at Levels Raceway, Timaru during Labour Weekend in 1979 with the official series starting in February 1980.

Calendar

• R1 - 18th Oct 2025 - Levels

• Non Points - 14/16 Nov 2025 - Manfeild

• R2 - 6/7 Dec 2025 - Teretonga

• R3 - 14/15 Mar 2026 - Teretonga

Event Format

• Practice

• Qualifying - no points

• Race 1 (6-8 laps)

• Race 2 (6-8 laps) Reverse Grid

• Race 3 (6-8 laps)

• Race 4 (6-8 laps) Reverse Grid, Handicap Start

Classes

Class A

All v8’s or any vehicles with a corrected engine capacity of 4201cc and over

Class B

All 6 cylinder or any vehicles with a corrected engine capacity of 2801 - 4200cc.

Class C

All 4 cylinder and a corrected engine capacity of 1401 - 2000cc

Class D

All 3-4 cylinders and a corrected engine capacity of 0 - 1400cc

Note: The equivalence factor applied to two-stroke engines shall be 1.8

Rules & Regs

C1 grade Competition License or higher required.