Two Supercar drivers marked a significant milestone in the sport's Tasmanian history by viewing one of the state's most iconic vehicles.
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As the sport prepares to celebrate 50 years of racing at Symmons Plains, Ford driver Cam Waters (Monster Energy Racing) and Holden's James Golding (Boost Mobile Racing) visited the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania in Launceston.
And they came face to face with a piece of Tasmanian motoring history in the form of the Holden Monaro HQ GTS that was famously left dangling halfway to disaster by the Tasman Bridge collapse on January 5, 1975.
Both Victorians born 20 years after the infamous event, they were fascinated to learn the story and looking forward to a far less terrifying encounter with Tasmanian tarmac.
"I'm absolutely pumped to come back to Tasmania, it's a pretty cool place," said Waters, 24, of Mildura.
"I've come here six or seven times over the years with Formula Ford and the Supercars and the Mustang's been going really well so I'm really excited to see what it can do around this track.
Waters won multiple national and state go kart championships before graduating to Formula Vee and Formula Ford, becoming the youngest-ever driver to contest the Bathurst 1000 in 2011.
He sits ninth in the Supercar championship with an erratic campaign including three podiums and two DNFs.
"Racing at Symmons is always really tight with lots of slipstreaming and I've had a lot of fun here. It's a lot different coming from the Grand Prix with 16 corners and fast-flowing to just seven corners including the tightest we go to so you ask the car to be really fast and slippery but then ask it to turn really tight so it has to do a few different things.
"We go to every state which is cool and we get a massive turnout here with a lot of revheads so it's always fun to come here and the crowd is always really good. Being the 50th year we're expecting a lot of people out there."
Golding, 23, of Warragul, is in his second full-time Supercars season after nine years in go karts followed by Formula Ford and the Supercars development series.
"I did not go that well here last year so feel I have unfinished business with Symmons Plains," he said.
"It's a tricky track with the tightest corner we face all year. You've got to have everything go your way at Symmons - a good run, strategy and car speed. Just a couple of spots in qualifying can make a big difference."
Tasmania SuperSprint is the state's biggest annual sporting event and will feature four support categories. Last year, it attracted 55,392 fans across three days.