Kaditcha sportscar back at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in 2026

The Bap Romano-built Kaditcha Cosworth, which was one of the crowd-favourite cars at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in 2025, will be back on track at the event in 2026 on February 28 and March 1.  

The Kaditcha Cosworth first appeared in the 1983 Australian Sports Car Championship, built by the Kaditcha owner and former McLaren engineer Barry Lock after he was approached by Bap Romano with the idea of building a Le Mans-type international Group C2 sportscar.

It featured a three-litre Cosworth DFV V8 engine, which was used by McLaren during the 1981 Formula 1 season, and suspension designed around components of the 1981 Tyrrell 010 Formula 1 car.

Following on from its debut in the 1983 Australian Sports Car Championship, Romano and the Kaditcha Cosworth dominated the 1984 Australian Sports Car Championship with four wins from five rounds. After the successful 1984 championship, Romano fielded the Kaditcha Cosworth in the Sandown 1000 round of the 1984 World Endurance Championship, against the Group C sportscars such as the Porsche 956.

The car had the reputation of being the fastest Group C2 sportscar in the world, not bad for the Australian designer Lock who designed and built the car from ground up.

Romano retained the car and commissioned the original builder Lock to build a replacement chassis to replace the one written off in a crash at Amaroo in 1986. The car now runs a 600BHP 3.9-litre Cosworth DFL V8 Formula 1 engine.

Tickets to the 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival are on sale now, with early bird pricing available across all ticket types for a limited time only - 2025 prices for 2026.

The 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival will once again feature various categories, ranging from Formula 1 cars, V8 Supercars, sportscars, touring cars, motorbikes, drift cars and more with the action non-stop without a break in track activity at any stage of the day. Off track there will be car displays, kids' zones, bars and food trucks, exhibitors and traders, activations and more, in a picnic in the park setting.

Tickets are on sale now with weekend tickets and single-day tickets available, in addition to tickets to the Beer Garden and Pagani VIP Suite hospitality offerings.

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets to the 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival (February 28 to March 1).