{"id":433978,"date":"2026-01-24T07:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433978\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:40:13","slug":"the-fitzy-cup-to-debut-at-2026-winton-festival-of-speed-in-peter-fitzgeralds-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433978\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fitzy Cup to debut at 2026 Winton Festival of Speed in Peter Fitzgerald&#8217;s honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE late Peter Fitzgerald will be honoured by a new category at this year\u2019s Winton Festival of Speed.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald won the inaugural Bathurst 12 Hour in 1991. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/vale-peter-fitzgerald\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed away at the age of 74<\/a> in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating his legacy will be the debut of The Fitzy Cup, dedicated to Porsches with a connection to Fitzgerald or from the same vintage.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative has been given the family\u2019s blessing via Fitzgerald\u2019s son Christian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad\u2019s connection with the Porsche community was more than just competition, it was about camaraderie, perseverance and a pure love of racing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/classic-australian-motorsport-bathurst-12-hour-the-beginning-1992-1994?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cam-12hour_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis motto was \u2018never say die\u2019, something that motivated him through tough races, business challenges and, ultimately, his health battles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving The Fitzy Cup named after him at the WFOS is an incredible honour, one that the family and I know would have meant so much to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt celebrates the values he stood for and the legacy he leaves behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Winton Festival of Speed will take place across July 23-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE late Peter Fitzgerald will be honoured by a new category at this year\u2019s Winton Festival of Speed.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-433978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}