WHO WE ARE
About Island Races
Island Races is the organising entity behind international, safety-led heritage motoring events built to restore legendary stories with modern standards of control, curation and care.
We are also the team behind a Worldwide Classic Car Registry: a structured archive designed to verifiably document and preserve the provenance of vehicles, drivers, teams, journalists and associated participants connected with historic island-based vintage racing events. The registry supports invitation curation, eligibility verification and the creation of a permanent historical record.
Island Races is an international team with complementary strengths and one shared ethos: precision, heritage, safety and premium delivery. Between us, we’ve been organising historic motorsport and classic-car experiences from the 1980s to the present day, across Europe and as far afield as Australia.
Why we’re built for the long haul
Our track record includes senior delivery roles on Malta Classic, a four-day national classic motoring event incorporating the Imtahleb Hill Climb, Concours d’Elegance and the Mdina Grand Prix running since 2007 and delivered within strict stakeholder, regulatory and public-safety frameworks.
Beyond Malta Classic, the team brings depth across the wider historic motoring world:
- Patrick L. Young organised Ireland’s first historic/vintage racing series, has served on organising committees and concours panels from Belfast to Sydney, and is a long-time contributor to leading motoring publications including Autocar, Autosport, Classic Cars, Classic & Sportscar, Historic Motor Racing News and more. He also leads the Malta Classic commentary team for the Mdina Grand Prix and maintains a major archive of historic motorsport photography.
- Simon Sullivan served as Secretary General of the Malta Classic organising committee, with responsibility spanning driver management, regulatory coordination, stakeholder alignment and compliance and remains a lead figure in the Concours d’Elegance, with a logistics-rooted operational mindset shaped by a family shipping background.
- Alexandra Bondì led Marketing & PR for Malta Classic, driving audience growth, sponsor partnerships and premium on-site delivery across the full event toolkit — from press and stakeholder protocol moments to sponsor activations and event merchandising.
Why we exist
We exist to revive legendary stories responsibly — not through hype, but through credibility: securing the right cars, curating a world-class registry, aligning venues and permissions, and delivering an event that earns long-term trust year after year.
We exist to revive legendary stories responsibly — not through hype, but through credibility: securing the right cars, curating a world-class registry, aligning venues and permissions, and delivering an event that earns long-term trust year after year.
