Joondalup Festival of Motoring 2025 – Motorsport Authority Update
Message to Competitors |
Dear Competitors, Joondalup Festival of Motoring 2025 – Motorsport Authority Update We would like to advise you of a change to the sanctioning body for JFOM 2025. The event will now be held under the authority of AASA (Australian Auto-Sport Alliance), rather than Motorsport Australia. We understand this update comes later than ideal, and we want to assure you that this decision was not taken lightly. After careful consideration, we are confident this change will have no material impact on your competitor experience. What’s not changing:
The Supplementary Regulations and Entry Form will be reissued to reflect the new sanctioning body. However, the content and structure of the event remain unchanged. The event will now run under the AASA Regulations – aasa.com.au/event-information. Competition Licences
Car Club Memberships While we always encourage active participation in car clubs, it is not a requirement for entry. Vehicle Categories – Some Important Updates
If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to get in touch directly. We’ll be working over Easter and are happy to assist. Thank you for your continued support – we look forward to welcoming you to another great event in Joondalup! Kind regards,
JUSTIN HUNT Director E justin@jhm.com.au |
Race Against Time: Tyrepower Joondalup City Sprint Entries Now Open
The moment has arrived – entries for the 2025 Joondalup City Sprint, the headline event of the Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring, are now open for previous participants. Exclusive entry access for previous competitors runs until Monday, 31 March, when general entries will open.
The Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring will again transform the Joondalup City Centre into a motoring paradise from 2-4 May. On Sunday, 4 May, select roads will close to come alive with the exhilarating Joondalup City Sprint, where competitors will unleash their vehicles’ full potential – masterfully balancing horsepower with handling precision as they battle across four heart-pounding runs for the fastest overall time.
This year’s Sprint course features refinements, that create a thrilling, technical, and perfectly legal blast through Joondalup’s streets. Now measuring 1.8 km, the course has been strategically shortened by approximately 300 metres, eliminating the previously unpopular hairpin section while introducing a reimagined, more dynamic roundabout section near ECU. These carefully considered adjustments also enhance both safety and resident access.
Sprint entries will close Thursday, 17 April, but competitors should act swiftly – the entry field has been strictly capped at just 120 this year. Entry forms, supplementary regulations and comprehensive event information can be accessed via our Competitors page. All Sprint competitors must hold a Motorsport Australia Speed level license or higher.
Beyond the Sprint, the Festival of Motoring promises a spectacular automotive celebration featuring over a thousand gleaming display vehicles throughout Joondalup’s Central Park, Civic Centre car park and surrounding streets. Visitors will discover impressive collections from Perth’s premier car clubs, including Northern Steel, Rexpo, Classic Cars and Coffee featuring JDM and Hyundai N Club. The festival experience extends beyond motorsport with live music, entertainment, an automotive swap meet and delicious food and beverage options for all ages.
Please note that road closures will be in effect around the Joondalup City Centre on 4 May, with access maps to be published on the website closer to event.
Joondalup City Sprint Important Dates
24 March – Entries Open for Previous Competitors
31 March – General Entries Open
17 April – Entries Close
27 April – Documentation and Scrutineering for Competitors (Kewdale)
2 May – Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring Begins
4 May – Joondalup City Sprint
Let’s GO: 2025 Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring Launch
Let’s GO: 2025 Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring Launch
The Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring has kicked off its 2025 event countdown. The occasion was marked with an epic trophy relay featuring a larger-than-life first-place trophy on a stylish grand tour from Perth’s CBD to Joondalup.
The journey north featured uniquely Perth backdrops such as the Bell Tower, WA coastline and Central Park in Joondalup. Each perfectly executed pit stop showcased glimpses of the classic sports cars transporting the trophy and created buzz as curious onlookers witnessed this unique relay of horsepower and hardware.
The grand finale saw the trophy make its triumphant entry into Joondalup, where Mayor Albert Jacob was waiting at Central Park to claim temporary custody of the supersized symbol of motorsport glory. With a grin that would make any race winner proud, the Mayor assured everyone he’d keep it safe until the Festival roars back to life this May – though we suspect he might be practising his podium poses in the meantime.
Mark your calendars for May 2-4, 2025, when the Joondalup City Centre will transform into a motoring and motorsport haven. With the Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring set to host more than 1,000 vehicles of all eras and styles across the three days, as well as the return of the Joondalup City Sprint on Sunday, the Festival promises to provide more excitement than gaining a lightning bolt power-up on the final lap. Game on, Perth – start your engines!
Watch the trophies journey here.
2025! Save The Date
Fire up your engines – the Tyrepower Festival of Motoring will return to the streets of Joondalup from 2 to 4 May 2025.
The date announcement follows an incredibly successful 2024 festival, where over 20,000 festivalgoers descended on the Joondalup City Centre to enjoy food, beverages, entertainment, activations and, of course, motorcars of every style and era!
After running a compacted program for the postponed event, organisers are pleased to announce that the three-day festival format will be restored in 2025, subject to Council approval.
The program highlight, the Joondalup City Sprint, will be again held on Sunday. The Sprint will showcase the raw power of the motorcar as competitors put their cars through their paces on the 2.2 km of closed city streets.
Due to the event’s growing reputation as the leading motoring festival in Perth and the number of enquiries from this year’s participants requesting a 2025 date to plan for, organisers wanted to give the WA motoring community plenty of notice to put the festival in their calendars.
You can stay up to date on all the latest Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring information on www.jfom.com.au (website), facebook.com/joondalupfom (Facebook) and @joondalupfom (Instagram).
Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring // Fast and Furious style battle unfolds on track in Joondalup
The Tyrepower Joondalup City Sprint featured an on-track battle that would have made a Fast and Furious scriptwriter proud when the drivers of two favourites of Japanese car culture, a Toyota Supra and Nissan GTR, were posting times so close that the winner wasn’t clear until the last run.
The Joondalup City Sprint is part of the Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring, a two day free to attend motoring feast that combines motorsport, car displays, activations, entertainment and food outlets.
The Sprint was Sunday’s program highlight for the thousands of eventgoers who turned out to watch 140 competitors try and set the fastest time on the 2.2 km closed city street course. In a test of horsepower and driving skill, the participants had four runs of the course, with the cumulative time of their fastest three determining the final result.
The GWM Toyota Supra had a successful weekend on the results sheets, being driven by both first-placegetter Bryce Moore and third-placegetter Mark Cirillo.
Simon Richards splits the two Supra drivers and continues the tradition of a Nissan R32GTR taking second place at the Joondalup City Sprint, with the Godzilla of Matt James-Wallace clinching second in 2022.
Moore secured the victory with the narrowest of margins. He beat Richards by only fractions of a second across all three counting runs, ending up with a cumulative time of 4:55.55 compared to Richards’ final time of 4:55.79.
Moore credits the team at GMW for building a vehicle that withstood the mechanical stress test of its double competition duty.
“This is only the Supra’s second outing,” said Moore. “A huge thanks to the boys at GMW for putting the car together. We are so happy to bring this fantastic result home for the team.
“Simon has a very different car from ours. It is slippery out there, and the Supra is rear-wheel drive, so it is harder to get the power down.
“We knew we didn’t have the horsepower compared to Simon, so we had to make the most of the corners and keep the speed up.”
Simon Richards’ was happy to finally experience the Joondalup City Sprint in his 650hp Nissan R32 GTR after missing the inaugural event.
“I haven’t used the car for a while,” said Richards, “So I thought it would be good to get back out there with it.
“People said the last event was really good fun, and I felt a little like I missed out. I was lucky to be back in Perth in time for this event and to race.
“The course is quite tight for my car, but I got speed up in some sections, and my driving improved over the course of the day.”
After being a couple of seconds off the Top 5 pace in Run 1, third-place Mark Cirillo quickly got to grips with the Supra, and as his time fell, his place up the order rose. He finished with a final time of 4:57.42.
Cirillo was also very grateful to GMW for the work they had put into the Toyota Supra.
“They’ve (GMW) been a big, big sponsor for us and have put a heap of time into building the whole thing,” said Cirillo. “So, a huge thanks to the team at GMW and all the other sponsors as well.”
“The crowds this weekend have been unbelievable. It was great to see kids getting out and wanting photos of the cars and to see them being given a rev. A lot of people came out to the event, and we enjoyed the support.”
While the cars on the track may have been a blur to spectators, motoring groups provided nearly 1,000 static display vehicles, including some rare exotics from curated private collections for people to get a closer look at.
Event Director Justin Hunt appreciated seeing the automotive community out in force supporting the event.
“We have some wonderful car groups in WA who enthusiastically commit to and promote events such as ours, and we really couldn’t do it without them,” said Hunt.
“Northern Steel Car Club brought 220 member cars on Saturday night, Cars and Coffee have told us they had an attendance of over 600 cars in their section on Sunday, and the Hyundai N group had over 60 vehicles. We’ve already had many clubs ask us for a bigger display area next year.
“The Joondalup city centre was buzzing, and we thank the local businesses and residents for their understanding.
“While our event brings free family entertainment and puts Joondalup on show, we acknowledge that this event can interrupt daily life for some locals due to the road closures and increased traffic to the area. The event team would like to thank them for their patience and understanding.
“We’d also like to thank the event volunteers, sponsors, competitors and the City of Joondalup.
“We hope to build upon the success of the past two events and bring a whole heap of colour and horsepower back to Joondalup next year.”
For a complete listing of overall and class results for the Tyrepower Joondalup City Sprint, please see www.mstalr.com.
For the latest Festival news and information, please visit www.jfom.com.au (website), facebook.com/joondalupfom (Facebook) and @joondalupfom (Instagram).
Contribute to the community spirit and be the driving force behind JFOM
Organisers of the Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring are looking for volunteer motorsport officials to be the driving force behind the motorsport element, the Joondalup City Sprint, and contribute to the community spirit of the free, family-friendly festival.
In return for their valuable time, all registered officials will receive a uniform, lunch AND one entry to the Tyrepower prize draw, seeing one lucky event volunteer win a set of tyres from generous event sponsor Tyrepower (up to $2k value). Both seasoned and newcomer officials are welcome to register for the event, with just a passion for safety and the ability to clearly relay information over the radio required.
The Joondalup City Sprint takes place on Sunday, 5 May. JFOM trackside volunteer officials will have a front row seat to the high octane motorsport time trial on a challenging 2.2km closed road course.
If trackside is not your vibe, there are a variety of other positions available such as event administration personnel, spectator marshals and service paddock marshals.
Important prize draw information:
- The prize is not redeemable for cash
- The prize is for up to $2k towards one set of tyres. No change or refunds given.
- The prize must be selected in-store at a Tyrepower Store as advised by Tyrepower WA.
- Prize drawn on Sunday, 5 May 2024
To register as an official, complete the online registration form on www.jfom.com.au or email info@jfom.com.au for inquiries.
The Tyrepower Joondalup Festival of Motoring is a free, family-friendly event that takes over the Joondalup CBD from 4 – 5 May. The festival showcases the automobile’s design, function, and culture in a way that you don’t have to be a lifelong car enthusiast to appreciate by blending the thrill of motorsport with entertainment, activations and gourmet delights.
Note that road closures around the Joondalup CBD will occur on 5 May. Access maps will be made available on www.jfom.com.au closer to the event.
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