Austin 7 and Bugatti Type 40 tourer - the first Australian Grand Prix (Phillip Island, Victoria, 1928)
The first Australian Grand Prix was held at Cowes, Phillip Island in 1928 as the 100-Mile Road Race. It was won by one of the smallest cars in the race, a 747cc supercharged Austin 7 (a Brooklands prototype) driven by Arthur Waite. Arthur Terdich came fourth in a Bugatti Type 40 tourer, also shown on the stamp.

Bob Jane's Jaguar Mark II - Australian Touring Car Championship (Mallala, South Australia, 1963)
Bob Jane's distinctive, modified white Jaguar Mark II won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1962 and 1963. The stamp shows the Jaguar Mark II at the Australian Touring Car Championships at Mallala, South Australia, in 1963.

Jack Brabham's Repco-Brabham - Tasman Series
(Sandown, Victoria, 1966)
Sir Jack Brabham was without doubt our greatest international racing car driver, winning three World Drivers' Championships in 1959, 1960 and 1966. In 1963 he won the AGP at Warwick Farm NSW, in a Brabham BT4 Climax, driving a car of his own design and construction. He also won the 1964 AGP in a Brabham BT7 Climax. Brabham's winning car at the 1966 World Formula One Driver's Championship was a Repco-Brabham. Repco developed the engine in Australia, helping Brabham become the first person to win the Championship driving a car built in his own factory.

The stamp shows Brabham racing the Repco-Brabham in the Tasman Series at Sandown, Victoria, in 1966, the year he won the world title in the same car.

Peter Brock's Holden Torana XU1
and John French's Ford Falcon XY GTHO - Hardie-Ferodo 500
(Bathurst, New South Wales, 1972)
Since its beginning in 1960, the annual 500 mile (and later 1000 kilometre) race has mostly been held on the first Sunday of October at the Mount Panorama track at Bathurst, NSW. Peter Brock is Bathurst's greatest driver; he won there nine times from 1972 to 1987. Other very successful drivers at Bathurst include Larry Perkins, Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson and Bob Jane. The stamp shows the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500, won by Peter Brock in a Holden Torana XU1. John French, who came second that year, is following in a Ford Falcon XY GTHO. For much of its history, the Bathurst event has been regarded as a Ford versus Holden competition.

Alan Jones' Williams FW07 Ford - Australian Grand Prix
(Calder, Victoria, 1980)
Alan Jones won the 1980 Australian Grand Prix in the Williams FW07 Ford in which he had already won the World Drivers' Championship. He was the second Australian, after Brabham, to win the World Championship.

The Benetton-Renault - Australian Grand Prix
(Albert Park, Victoria, 2001)
Australian Mark Webber is currently the highest profile Australian in international formula racing and was official reserve and test driver for the Renault-owned Benetton team in 2001. In 2001, as lead driver for Super Nova Racing, Mark won three races on his way to claiming second place in the F3000 International Championship. Mark Webber has since secured a position as a lead driver for the Minardi Formula 1 team for 2002, making him Australia's first Formula 1 driver in 6 years. The Formula One World Drivers' Championship begins each year with the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Victoria. The stamp shows the Benetton-Renault at the Australian Grand Prix in 2001.