The Bap Romano-built Kaditcha Cosworth, which competed in the halcyon era of the World Endurance Championship, will be part of the Le Mans category at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival on March 8 and 9.
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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.
The Kaditcha Cosworth will be part of the Le Mans category at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, alongside the Mazda 767B, Nissan R88C, Leyton House Porsche 962C, Schuppan Porsche 962C and more.
The 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival will once again feature various categories, ranging from Formula 1 cars, V8 Supercars, sportscars, touring cars, motorbikes 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 Toyota Gazoo Racing Garden and Pagani VIP Suite hospitality offerings.