Australia’s leading Air Race World Championship pilot Matt Hall will headline entertainment at the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge on November 19-21.

Fans heading to the penultimate V8 Supercar event will be treated with aerobatic displays and Air Race World Championship simulation flown only metres above the Sandown infield area.

Hall became the first Australian ever to compete in the Air Race World Championships last year and as a motorsport fan, admires the skill that is required to drive a V8 Supercar at top speeds.

“As an avid fan of all forms of motor racing and having been to the Sydney Telstra 500 last year, I was humbled to be given the opportunity to fly a display at the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge,” Hall said.

“I have long admired the skill and precision that V8 Supercar drivers possess every time they get on the track.

“I hope I can show people the skills I have developed over a lifetime of flying all sorts of aircraft when I fly in the MXS race plane that I used in the Air Race World Championship this year.

“I know a lot of Air Race fans are V8 Supercar fans and I am looking forward to meeting as many of them as possible at Sandown.”

Spectators attending the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge will be given the opportunity to get up close to their V8 Supercar heroes.

Grandstand ticket holders will receive a free Pit Lane Walk before the day’s racing begins on both Saturday and Sunday of the event weekend.

Grandstand and Corporate ticket holders will also have free access to the indoor Advantage Bar and Restaurant that boasts great track viewing, TV screens, food and beverage outlets as well as exclusive driver appearances.

For more information visit v8supercars.com.au

Matt has been a regular guest on Australia’s number one aviation podcast, Plane Crazy Downunder, for the last few years.

Here is a link to the last interview he did.

Matt was also interviewed about the retiring F-111.

Number 95 has been undergoing some development in Temora and Matt was there for a few test flights during the NSW Aerobatic Championships.

Here are a few images and some video from the weekend.

Flying in formation is Matt Hll (MXS-R), Grant Piper (Massel Giles) and Joel Haski (Red Bull).

Many thanks to Grant Booth for his images and video.

In a last minute boon to aviation fans heading to the Temora Aviation Museum’s Korean Aircraft Showcase this Saturday, October 16, Matt Hall will display for those on hand in the race plane he flew in this year’s Red Bull Air Race.

It will be the first time the MXS-R aircraft has been used in an aerobatic display in Australia and just the second time Hall’s #95 has been in action here following the plane’s Australian debut at the Perth round of the Air Race in April.

Hall has spent the last week in Temora rebuilding the aircraft with the Museum’s Chief Engineer Peter Pring-Shambler and jumped at the chance to fly on Saturday’s program that will also feature a Mustang, Meteor and Sabre.

“I have always had amazing support from the people of Temora and the Temora Aviation Museum and I am looking forward to showing off my aircraft on Saturday,” Hall said.

“Peter Pring-Shambler is one of the best engineers that I have ever worked with and he and everyone else down here at the airfield have been looking after me well.”

Hall’s race plane will be used extensively around Australia in the coming year giving many, many Australians the chance to see one of the world’s most manouverable aircraft.

Check out this high energy highlights package from this year’s Air Race.