Invited Cars

There are a number of categories and individually constructed vehicles in contemporary times that are very similar to or are compatible with Sports Sedans. So that people are able to race their vehicles in a local competiton without allways needing to travel, in Queensland there is the Sports Sedans & Invited Cars Championship. As the name implies, this championship is for Sports Sedans plus all of those other compatible vehicles.

The Invitation is extended by the event promoter, and once on the grid the Invited Cars score championship points along with and against their Sports Sedans counterparts.

In order to achieve consistency throughout the year, we source a Standing Invitation from the promoters at the start of the season. These are the current Standing Invitations:

- Morgan Park Raceway - Standing Invitation (2026)

- Queensland Raceway - Standing Invitation (2026)

Thank you to Morgan Park Raceway and Queensland Raceway.

If a vehicle doesn't fit the Group 3D Sports Sedans regulations, and isn't a 5th Category Historic Sports Sedan or Heritage Touring Car prepared to the contemporary safety standards, and it also doesn't fit one of the following "Standing Invitation" descriptions, it may still be specially invited case-by-case.

Standing Invitations in detail

Note that each circuit has applied lap time and other considerations to the following, so be sure to review the full Standing Invitation from each circuit via the links provided above.

Group 3E Production Cars vehicles

Group 3J Improved Production Cars vehicles

Group 3TA Trans Am, prepared to Trico Trans Am Series specification

Group 3TA Trans Am, prepared to TA2 Muscle Car Series specification

Vehicles prepared to TCR Australia specification

Vehicles prepared to Touring Car Masters specification

Vehicles prepared to Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia specification

At Morgan Park Raceway only ~ Unmodified vehicles of low-volume production from MARC Cars or IRC (spec-racing vehicles, refer to manufacturer) please note this does not impact vehicles from this manufacturer that are in full compliance with Group 3D, which will be treated as Sports Sedans.

Vehicles prepared to Motorsport Australia New South Wales SuperTT specifications (refer to MRA series of events)

Vehicles prepared to Motorsport Australia Victoria VicV8s specifications (refer to VicV8s car club)

Vehicles prepared to Group 3D Sports Sedans regulations but fitted with an engine greater than
6000cc, provided the engine block is a non-competition block from the Chevrolet LS engine
architecture and is naturally aspirated

Any de-registered Supercar prepared to a mechanical specification from in-period Supercars use (i.e. was used in ATCC/Supercars competition, but is no longer registered with Supercars for their competitions)

Any NASCAR or AUSCAR vehicle, prepared to a mechanical specification from in-period use

5th Category Group N vehicles, prepared to contemporary general requirements, no use of 5th Category racing preparation exemptions allowed

Custom Invitation

While the Standing Invitations make life streamlined for most people, it doesn't remove the core regulations that allow for any Invited Car to be considered. If you have a vehicle that needs to be invited in, but doesn't fit any of the above Standing Invitation descriptions, then for that things fall back to the default of sourcing an invitation from each event promoter round-by-round. Feel free to contact the QRDA to discuss the technical specification of your vehicle if you have concerns about eligibility.