Phillip Island Classic Commemorative Book

You can order the book here: www.motorsportbooks.com.au

A few images from the weekend - check back for more soon

Updated: 9 March 2009 - No book this year, but look out for us next year 2010.

We will not be creating a book for this years Phillip Island Classic, however we will be doing one for the QLD HRCC's National Historic Meeting at Morgan Park 25/26 July 2009.  We anticipate coming back to Phillip Island for the 2010 Classic.

Updated: 31 January 2009 - 3rd and last Print Run NOW CLOSED.

The final print run for the Phillip Island Classic book has now closed, thanks to all who ordered copies of our book.  We have a few spare copies left if anyone is after one, these can be ordered on our Motorsport Books web site. www.motorsportbooks.com.au

Updated: 5 January 2009 - 3rd and last Print Run

Print run 2 which closed late December 08 have now arrived and we are in the process of sending these out this week, don't forget the 3rd and final print run closes at the end of this month.

Updated: 10 December 2008 - 3rd and last Print Run

A few people have asked why we are having 3 print runs, its pretty simple really the books are what we term short order, in that we only print what has been ordered, so in essence they are limited edition, this means we don't have to sit on great quantities of stock, nor outlay many thousands of dollars for printing.  So with this in mind the 3rd and final print run for the Phillip Island Book will close on the 31st of January 2009 with a view of posting at the end of Feb 09.

The 2nd print run which closed 2 days ago have now been ordered and are expected to arrive here in Australia the first week of Jan 09.  Keep an eye here for more details.  Thanks again to everyone who has ordered our books.

Updated: 19 November 2008 - Books have been posted

The last of the books were posted today, that is the pre-ordered books, we have another print run closing early December 08, they can be ordered here: www.motorsportbooks.com.au. If you haven't seen your book turn up in the next week or so please contact us here.

Updated: 9 November 2008 - BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!!

At long last the books have arrived, and this week we are posting them off, so you should have them on the door step any day now, again thanks for your patience.  We are getting more orders coming through which is fantastic as the proofs do the rounds, so there is another print run happening early December so if you know of anyone who missed out they can order from our web site www.motorsportbooks.com.au anytime.

Updated: 20 October 2008 - Update

The proofs arrived and we checked them, a few small changes were made and we were poised to hit the print button, then the whole world financials tipped on their head, the Aussie dollar crashed against the USD, the market crash has been felt world wide and little ole us have had the pinch too, when we priced the books the dollar was strong at around .92, two weeks ago when I went to order them the dollar had crashed to .67-9 holey moley, we were considering giving you your money back and leaving it at that, but after getting the proofs the damn thing looks so good. 

So the last week or two we have been watching the Aussie dollar and decided yesterday to just bite the bullet (AUD was about .69!!) so the books are now ordered and we are now at the mercy of the Swiss post as the books are printed somewhere in Europe, The Netherlands I believe.

It's been a topsy turvey ride doing the book and again I'd like to thank all our customers for their patience during the production of the book.  I know some of you have been somewhat stressed by the delays and I can understand this, but thanks once again.

The book can still be ordered (at a new revised price) at www.motorsportbooks.com.au Also the proofs are doing the rounds with the VHRR and will be at Historic Sandown, plus other clubs and events.

Regards Darin, check out the timeline below.

Updated: 01 October 2008 - Update

The proofs have arrived and they are great, a few small changes and we are poised to hit the print button, with a view to posting mid this month, yeah ha!

Updated: Wednesday 17 September 2008 - Update

Have been advised by the printers that the book proofs have been printed and are on there way here!  Should arrive late this week on early next week.

Updated: Tuesday 9 September 2008 - Update

Work on the book has finally reach the stage where we have been able to upload the book to the USA servers, its taken a while and this is because we have finally got through all 12000 images and selected the best for the book, and there's actually well over 700 images in the book, a new record for us.  We cannot wait to see the proofs which should be back next week, once all is approved and put to bed we will hit the print button for all the books.  We anticipate having them back here in Australia by the end of this month, once received they will be posted out straight away.

Sorry the book has taken so long to produce, we've had a few curve balls thrown at us over the past few months!  And I thank you for your patience in waiting for the finished result.

We'll post here again soon with the next milestone.  See the time line below.

Updated: Tuesday 22 July 2008 - Quick Update

Work on the book as you may have guessed is a bit behind, I did hope to have the proofs back in for checking but I'm still wading through the 12,000 plus images, plus we have had few extra motorsport events up here recently.  At this stage I'm looking at having the proofs early August with the books being sent at the end of August beginning September.  We also have a few orders from whom we cannot match to a car, we are in the process of contacting these people.

I do apologise for the delays, and thank you for your patience.  The book is looking really good, below here are a just a couple of screen shoots from the book.  Please feel free to contact us if you need further information.

Thanks again.

Updated: Sunday 1 June 2008 - Progressing well

Work on the book is still progressing well, although we are running a little behind schedule due to our overseas trip and a few other motorsport events up our neck of the woods.  Word of the book is getting around too, we have had orders from motorsport enthusiasts both locally and overseas. 

You can still order the book on our book web site (www.motorsportbooks.com.au) its just we can no longer guarantee that your car will be included, although we are endeavoring to include most competitors.

Soon we'll paste a link to some of the galleries that contain images that will be in the book.

Feel free to contact us for further information.

Updated: Monday 14 April 2008 - Small Break & Pre-orders NOW closed - See the Cavalcade Images Here

Work on the book is progressing well, there will be a slight break in the production as we head to the V8 Supercar Round in Hamilton New Zealand this Wednesday, and will be away for 2 weeks on holiday! 

We are getting square eyes going through the 12,000 images!  The last pre-order was received today, what this means is all the orders to date we guarantee your car will be included within the book.  We are still accepting orders for the book and will for a long time, but no guarantee you are in it (although as we said before we are endeavoring to include most cars).  Thanks for keeping an eye on this web page, any questions please feel free to contact us.

Click here to view the images of the cavalcade that will be included in the book.

Don't forget you can order the book at www.motorsportbooks.com.au

Updated: Tuesday 20 Oct 2008 - Time Line

Books now ordered and being printed!

Updated: Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Pre-Orders Extended 1 last time

Orders for our book have been coming through nicely, thank you to those that have supported us and the VHRR, we have some time up our sleeve before the proof is ordered, plus we have space to feature more of the great machinery from the weekend so we have extend the pre-orders (and this will have to be our last extension on it) to Friday 11 April - you can order online here www.motorsportbooks.com.au or still use the glossy flyer sent in the Supp Regs or that were available at the circuit over the race weekend.

The book is progressing nicely and we will have the timeline up on this page in a few days, plus a some new image galleries.

Updated: Thursday 20th March 2008 - The "Whoops Files"

The first of our galleries to display some of the imagery in the book is the aptly named "Whoops Files". These images are what we call camera raw, they have had no post processing applied as yet, most of these will appear in a special chapter in the book.  There are two galleries with 290 images in total.

Gallery One   Gallery Two

More galleries will be posted soon, we have some absolutely amazing images for this special book, pre-orders close soon, you will be able to order after this date but there's no guarantee that you'll be in the book, but we'll try to include most cars.  Check back for more soon.

Updated: Monday 10th March 2008

Well the weekend has come and gone, with the most amazing historic racing event I have ever been to, a real credit to the VHRR and all those involved, there was an incredible array of motorsport history on display and racing.  Great to see the overseas entrants and congratulations to not just the event winners but all drivers and teams.

We shot in excess of 12000 images over the 4 days we were there!  Now we have to whittle that down to fit the 160 pages of the book, that'll be reasonably easy as those that have pre-ordered will definitely be in the book, so are you going to be in it - pre orders NOW close Tuesday 25th March that's been extended just over a week for those who need to travel home overseas etc before they can order.  Haven't ordered yet - you can here: www.motorsportbooks.com.au

So what & who is going to be in it?  The following chapters will be included:

So what happens now?

Well we start processing our digital images, we sort them according to the above categories, we then pick the "whoops" files out, and all those that have pre-ordered we find the best images of you for inclusion, then the tough stuff starts and we begin to put the book together.  We are endeavoring to include every entrant in the book but there's no guarantee unless you have pre-ordered as above.

Soon we will create a timeline so you can track the books progress on line.  We will also start a few image galleries of photos that will be included in the book.

Additional Updates will be posted here, so don't forget to bookmark this web page.  Also you'll be able to order our images as digital images or printed photo's, we'll post more info soon.

Updated 1 March 2008

The VHRR have commissioned Digital Realism Motorsport Photographers to produce a very unique keepsake of this years Phillip Island Classic Race Meeting.  Last year we produced a fantastic limited edition book for the QLD Historic Racing Car Clubs 30^th Annual Historic meeting at Morgan Park Raceway.  We also produced our own end of year glossy hard cover book from the many race meetings we attended during the year.

The Phillip Island book will be a huge 160 page 8"x10" full colour hardcover book that will capture the special moments of this years event.  We will guarantee your car will be included in the book for anyone who pre-orders & pays.  You can order the book here, right now! 

For those that don’t have internet, an order form will be included with the events Supplementary Regulations due out soon, plus orders will be taken at the VHRR marquee at the event.

Go to our on-line order site by clicking below

Click here to go to our sister site www.motorsportbooks.com.au to Order