National Motor Racing Museum
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| Location | Mount Panorama, Bathurst |
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| Coordinates | 33°26′24″S 149°33′43″E / 33.439978°S 149.562061°E |
| Type | Motor racing museum |
| Website | http://www.nmrm.com.au |
The National Motor Racing Museum (NMRM) is located in the regional New South Wales city of Bathurst, approximately 200 km west of Sydney. The museum is situated adjacent to the Mount Panorama motor racing circuit at the end of Conrod Straight, close to the city.
The museums purpose is to display and preserve material relevant to Australia's motor racing history. It exhibits some of Australia's famous modern racing cars, motorcycles and other memorabilia.
In the front of the museum is a memorial, unveiled 8 October 2008, to Peter Brock who won the Mount Panorama race nine times, he died in the Targa West rally event in September 2006. Sculptor Julie Squires created the memorial which depicts Brock standing atop a 1984 VK Commodore, the car he drove at the Bathurst 1000 motor race in 1984.
Vehicles in the permanent collection include:
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