THE Annual Racing event at Cootamundra Airport

Several vintage cars parked outdoors, with a prominent bright blue classic Chevrolet Corvette in the foreground. The background features more classic cars, trees, and buildings under a clear sky.

Coota 400

Two vintage cars racing on a track during a motorsport event, with spectators watching in the background and a Northern California landscape with hills.

COOTA 400 is the only true Pre 90's street muscle car cruise/drag event which is held annually at the COOTA Airstrip (Cootamundra Airport).

It is a two-day drag event, or three days if you enter the street driven class and drive to Coota from Sydney.

DAy 1

Drive to Coota Airport, check in for a safety check and start racing your car with your mates!

Day 2

Mates vs Mates and Street Driven Shootout

Day 3

Mates vs Mates and a State of Origin NSW vs VIC

This event is not about who has the fastest car, it's about people who share a passion for cars, who like to get away together for a couple of days with BBQ's, friends and their Cars in a safe environment down the 400-meter strip.

This is not a serious race event, but we aim to keep it fair.

Statewide Transport
Raine & Horne Bexley
Berlina Body Works
Nitto Engineering
Dominator Engines
Go Logistics
ITF Hire
Inline Aluminium
ASV
Gear Exchange
RC Fabrications
Shannons
Dentwerx
SR Performance
Castrol
Tempe Tyres
GT Revolution
Agents + Co Maroubra
Central Hotel

Our sponsors

An orange vintage muscle car performing a burnout on a racetrack with smoke billowing from the tires, set against a rural background with trees and houses.

Coota 400

COOTA 400 is the only true Pre 90's street muscle car cruise/drag event which is held annually at the COOTA Airstrip (Cootamundra Airport).

It is a two-day drag event, or three days if you enter the street driven class and drive to Coota from Sydney.

Collection of vintage cars parked outdoors on a sunny day, including a prominent blue Corvette in the foreground with red and white classic cars in the background, and trees and buildings in the distance.

Drive to Coota Airport, check in for a safety check and start racing your car with your mates!

DAy 1

Day 2

Mates vs Mates and Street Driven Shootout

Day 3

Mates vs Mates and a State of Origin NSW vs VIC

Two vintage muscle cars racing on a track with spectators watching in the background. The car in front is red with black racing stripes, and the second car is brown with black accents.
An orange vintage car with a spoiler and hood scoop driving on a crosswalk.

This event is not about who has the fastest car, it's about people who share a passion for cars, who like to get away together for a couple of days with BBQ's, friends and their Cars in a safe environment down the 400-meter strip.

This is not a serious race event, but we aim to keep it fair.

An orange vintage muscle car performing a burnout on an open road, with smoke billowing from the rear tires and a small engine supercharger visible on the hood.
Statewide Transport
Raine & Horne Bexley
Berlina Body Works
Nitto Engineering
Dominator Engines
Go Logistics
ITF Hire
Inline Aluminium
ASV
Gear Exchange
RC Fabrications
Shannons
Dentwerx
SR Performance
Castrol
Tempe Tyres
GT Revolution
Agents + Co Maroubra
Central Hotel

Our Sponsors

Event info

We will be making more of a movie this year and not a shootout video as we have in the past. It was time for a change in layout of the event and the video. The video will be around 45 mins long.

The COOTA 400 Champion Car Award goes to the Quickest Street Driven Car.

The Overall Toughest Street Registered Car Award will go to Saturdays Finalists.

All Cars must be at least 30 years old to enter this event. We may allow younger cars (by a few years) depending on the owner & car.

A vintage blue and white SUV driving on an empty road during sunset with a blurred landscape background.
Group of people standing behind a barrier at a race track, under a black canopy with the logo 'SMC500 Battle'. There are banners for Hitech, Speedy Differentials, and PMG, and a scenic landscape with cloudy skies in the background.

The categories are:

  • Street Driven Forced Induction

  • Naturally Aspirated

  • Trailer N/A and F/I.

All Cars must be street registered to be eligible for the final shootout.

If you own a street muscle car and have always wanted to race against your mate and others, this is the event for you.

Please view the rules and event details via the buttons below.

Event info

We will be making more of a movie this year and not a shootout video as we have in the past. It was time for a change in layout of the event and the video. The video will be around 45 mins long.

The COOTA 400 Champion Car Award goes to the Quickest Street Driven Car.

The Overall Toughest Street Registered Car Award will go to Saturdays Finalists.

All Cars must be at least 30 years old to enter this event. We may allow younger cars (by a few years) depending on the owner & car.

A vintage blue and white SUV driving on a paved road through a rural landscape during daytime
Crowd of people standing behind a barrier at an outdoor racing event, under a black canopy tent with 'SMC500 BATTLE' written on it, on a cloudy day with hills in the background.

The categories are:

  • Street Driven Forced Induction

  • Naturally Aspirated

  • Trailer N/A and F/I.

All Cars must be street registered to be eligible for the final shootout.

If you own a street muscle car and have always wanted to race against your mate and others, this is the event for you.

Please view the rules and event details via the buttons below.

A classic blue muscle car drifting on a paved track, with smoke coming from the rear tires and orange cones in the background.

COOTA400 History

Many years ago, I had a dream of an event where mates with muscle cars & BBQs spend a weekend in a beautiful country town of Cootamundra on a runway drag racing their cars.

This became a reality in 2017, where SMC 500 was born. It was a fantastic weekend with everyone enjoying everyone’s company.

It was about cruising or towing down the highway with mates for 380km & having fun in your car and racing whoever you want on a runway.

This event is about making safe memories with mates with fast cars & BBQs, which is filmed for all to enjoy. This year, we have a new movie company with a different format on how we film the event. A Cinema screening will be hosted shortly after the event concludes.

Yellow vintage coupe car with a custom license plate 'SCOPV-8' on a drag strip with a multicolored burnout light tree in the background.
Two vintage cars, a blue station wagon and a white coupe, parked side by side on a rural road with a traffic cone in front, trees, houses, and a clear sky in the background.
Green and black vintage race car with a supercharger on the hood, parked on a racetrack with a person in the driver seat and a person in a yellow vest standing nearby. There is a blue race car and a white building in the background, with trees and a hill beyond.
Three vintage orange cars with black racing stripes parked outdoors at a car show. One on a trailer, two on the ground, with trees and buildings in the background.

This year, hence the name COOTA 400 & for many other reasons, we decided to make it a 400-meter battle. This is not to say we shall never do a 500-meter event again.
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Saturday (Apr 29th) is more Grudge Racing with whoever you want. Will split everyone into two groups again so everyone can have a few rounds of racing. Saturday afternoon will be the start of COOTA 400 overall Street Car Shootout. Everyone is invited to enter shootout. There will be two classes, Forced Induction & Naturally Aspirated. The finalist of each class will be invited to have a shootout for COOTA 400 Toughest Street Car Trophy.

Hope you all can make it to this wonderful muscle car event. This is a true Old School Street Muscle Car Event. Where else in the world can you watch two classic muscle cars have it out continually foe 3 Days on a Runway. GO COOTA400.

- Chris Ioannidis

COOTA400 History

Many years ago, I had a dream of an event where mates with muscle cars & BBQs spend a weekend in a beautiful country town of Cootamundra on a runway drag racing their cars.

This became a reality in 2017, where SMC 500 was born. It was a fantastic weekend with everyone enjoying everyone’s company.

It was about cruising or towing down the highway with mates for 380km & having fun in your car and racing whoever you want on a runway.

This event is about making safe memories with mates with fast cars & BBQs, which is filmed for all to enjoy. This year, we have a new movie company with a different format on how we film the event. A Cinema screening will be hosted shortly after the event concludes.

Yellow vintage muscle car on drag racing strip with signaling lights in the background.
Red vintage car on a drag strip being tested or timed by a man with equipment, under a clear sky with open fields in the background.

This year, hence the name COOTA 400 & for many other reasons, we decided to make it a 400-meter battle. This is not to say we shall never do a 500-meter event again.
‍
Saturday (Apr 29th) is more Grudge Racing with whoever you want. Will split everyone into two groups again so everyone can have a few rounds of racing. Saturday afternoon will be the start of COOTA 400 overall Street Car Shootout. Everyone is invited to enter shootout. There will be two classes, Forced Induction & Naturally Aspirated. The finalist of each class will be invited to have a shootout for COOTA 400 Toughest Street Car Trophy.

Hope you all can make it to this wonderful muscle car event. This is a true Old School Street Muscle Car Event. Where else in the world can you watch two classic muscle cars have it out continually foe 3 Days on a Runway. GO COOTA400.

- Chris Ioannidis

Green race car with a supercharged engine on the front, parked on a track with a man in a yellow vest and black cap standing nearby, and a blue car in the background.
Two vintage muscle cars, a blue one and a white one, parked on the side of a rural road with a traffic cone in front of them, some trees, and a house with solar panels in the background.

Contact us

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