When is the next Rally Retro Festival?
Saturday 17 February, 2024
The Shannons Rally Retro Festival is planned for Saturday 17 February, 2024. Watch this site for more information and updates as plans come together.
What is Shannons Rally Retro Festival?
The Shannons Rally Retro Festival is an event designed to get historically significant rally cars “out of the shed and onto the track” so we can re-live just a bit of the magic that these cars brought to the forest.
They might be high quality replicas, restored ex-works prepared cars, as rallied time-capsule pieces or rally prepared examples of iconic rally cars of the past.
It’s a chance for us all to have a look at these special cars, which are often hidden away in sheds and see and hear many of them in action, on a short, sealed rally course.
When and where?
Saturday 17 February, 2024. From 07:00 for entrants and from 10:00 am for spectators.
Shannons Rally Retro Festival is held at METEC, in Bayswater North. METEC offers grassy display areas and a great little track for the demonstration runs. It’s conveniently located in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne. See the details and a bit of a map in the footer.
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See the Rally Retro Festival video page and our YouTube channel for more!

Rally Retro Festival
Rally Retro Festival #5 on Saturday February 17th, 2024. A gathering of Historic Classic Rally cars
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Rally Retro Festival #4 Renault R12 Gordini
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We were fortunate to have John Sanders stunning R12G on display. It was second in the judging for the motorsport category at 2022 Motorclassica. Amazingly, w...4 months ago
Rally Retro Festival #4 Colin Clark gets a tour of an Australian rally Ford Escort
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David Bond's works Ford Escort.7 months ago
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