You get it fixed in the pits, of course.

That's what happened when St Catherine's Aged Care resident John Woodward received two tickets to the motorsport extravaganza held recently.

Mr Woodward received the tickets after St Catherine's won first prize in Bathurst Regional Council's shop window dressing competition.

He had helped put the winning display together and watched over the two racing cars on show.

St Catherine's residential manager Elizabeth Zachulski said she was delighted to be able to give Mr Woodward the tickets.

Mr Woodward was a motor mechanic in Bathurst for more than 50 years and used to build racing cars known as Reed Specials with local racing legend George Reed.

St Catherine's maintenance worker Hayden Dobson volunteered to accompany Mr Woodward to the event. And they weren't disappointed.

"It was the best three days of my life," Mr Woodward said.

"We took our time and saw everything we wanted to - visited the pits and all the tents, watched the cars race right on the finishing line, and I got to hold the Peter Brock Trophy.

"Everything about the weekend was great - from getting the taxi there, lunch, all the cars, the crowd and spending time with Hayden.

"It was exhausting, but I had the best time of my life."

Mr Dobson, who is also a motorsport enthusiast, said it was "really special".

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"It was great to go with someone who could share so much about cars and was equally excited as me," he said.

"John was just as passionate as myself - from Ford Mustangs to 351s.

"I couldn't have asked for a better person to go along with despite almost 70 years' age difference between us.

"On one day, John's wheelchair got a flat tyre, so I wheeled him into the Supercheap Auto Pit and they fixed it for us.

"It was into the pits, no fuel, no driver change, no penalty drive through ... just a quick tyre fix and we were out of there and back on the track."