Cars, Life + Style, Drivers, EventsHeleana Genausdriving, track day club, ferrari, maserati, porsche, abarthComment

The Europeans at Track Day Club

Cars, Life + Style, Drivers, EventsHeleana Genausdriving, track day club, ferrari, maserati, porsche, abarthComment
The Europeans at Track Day Club

PHOTOS | HELEANA GENAUS

As an Australian, seeing this many hi-performance European luxury cars in one place is a rare experience. The only other time I witnessed ferraris, maseratis and porsches in the one place was outside the Monte Carlo Casino whilst on holiday.

Needless to say, I was a little star struck (and jealous) as the drivers had the biggest smiles racing these cars at Track Day Club. On Sydney roads, safety (and speed limits) restrict the ability to open these engines up and race, Track Day Club offers that outlet for drivers.

Heleana is a force of nature. The founder of In Venus Veritas and The Petrolette, and a co-founder of Rising Sun Workshop. Heleana shares her love of vintage cars, riding motorcycles, and (not-so-secretly) dreams of flying planes and piloting a riva aquariva (a la Sophia Loren) very fast through the canals of Venice. Supportive and connected, community is her lifeblood, and she is as real as they come.

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YVETTE: Lead Foot and Warm Heart

I believe women have the ability to be powerful whilst also nurturing in a way that offers a unique way to lead. Yvette embodies this in a way that is infectious. As the co-founder of Track Day Club, Yvette has created a club that is like her, warm and inviting whilst offering the need to drive very fast... like really fast!

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YVETTE: Lead Foot and Warm Heart
Cars, Community, Petrolettes, Life + Style, HistoryHeleana GenausMercedes-Benz, 190SL, restorationComment

Seeing Stars

Every time I visit John the Mercedes Man (that's how he answers the phone) he has something from the M-B past in different states of restoration. Seeing this 190SL sitting on the lift waiting its full restoration... I kinda nearly fell over.  As he tells me what other models are arriving for him to bring back to life for a collector, it made me consider leaving my life behind and trying on the trophy-wife-strategy on whoever this rich collector was (male/female... who cares?).

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Seeing Stars
Cars, Life + StyleHeleana Genausbuilds, barn finds, projects, dodge, restoration1 Comment

1952 Dodge Pickup Truck

This Dodge pickup belonged to my husband's late grandfather and sat abandoned in a paddock on their property in the Southern Tablelands of NSW for decades. Having been out there many times for cracker nights and bonfires, in 2008 I finally decided to buy the dodge from the family to get it back on the road. 

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1952 Dodge Pickup Truck
Life + Style, Custom, MotorcyclesHeleana Genausrb racing, builds, custom motorcycles, Yamaha1 Comment

Custom Yamaha XJR1300 by RB Racing

When Harley Borkowski from RB Racing asked me to photograph his custom Yamaha XJR1300…  I couldn’t say no. Harley is a well-respected builder, racer and mechanic in Sydney. He is one of the few professionals I know who sits comfortably in between the custom culture scene and the hi-performance sports bike scene and his take on the XJR is performance based, aesthetically purposeful and discreet.

Life + Style, Custom, MotorcyclesHeleana Genausrb racing, builds, custom motorcycles, Yamaha1 Comment
Custom Yamaha XJR1300 by RB Racing
Cars, Community, Groups, Petrolettes, Life + Style, DriversHeleana GenausWakefield Park Racewaytrack day club, cars, V8, holden, wakefieldComment

TRACK DAY CLUB: Wakefield Park, Sydney

Founded in 2012, Track Day Club offers the chance for any drivers to test their wheels, set personal bests and let out their need for speed in what is a family friendly, safe and super fun event. IVV got the chance to participate last winter at Wakefield park and was blown away literally (as it was seriously windy) and figuratively by the approachable, well organized family run event.

Cars, Community, Groups, Petrolettes, Life + Style, DriversHeleana GenausWakefield Park Racewaytrack day club, cars, V8, holden, wakefieldComment
TRACK DAY CLUB: Wakefield Park, Sydney