Australia banned tobacco advertising in the early 1990s, including on race cars.

A 2021 Health Department document had outlined exemptions for historic cars with pre-ban liveries, but 2023 laws appeared to make that guidance irrelevant.

Motorsport Australia finally updated its rules in August, three years after the change in law and 10 days after Fox and Kayo pulled a Sydney race from broadcast.

Four cars will reportedly have to strip their branding to race at the Baskerville Historics in Tasmania next week.

The National Account's Archie Milligan has the rundown: