Sydney Motorsport Park
Motorsport track in New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sydney Motorsport Park (known until May 2012 as Eastern Creek International Raceway) is a motorsport circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek (40-kilometres west of the Sydney CBD),[1] New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway. It was built and is owned by the New South Wales Government and is operated by the Australian Racing Drivers Club. The circuit is one of only two permanent tracks in Australia with an FIA Grade 2 license[2] and is licensed for both cars and motorcycles.
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"The Home of Australian Motorsport" | |
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Location | Eastern Creek, New South Wales |
Time zone | UTC+10:00 |
Coordinates | 33°48′15″S 150°52′14″E |
FIA Grade | 2 (3 layouts) |
Operator | Australian Racing Drivers Club |
Broke ground | 1989 |
Opened | 10 November 1990; 33 years ago (1990-11-10) |
Former names | Eastern Creek International Raceway (November 1990–May 2012) |
Major events | Current: Supercars Championship Sydney SuperNight (1992–1997, 1999–2005, 2007–2008, 2012, 2014–2018, 2020–present) GT World Challenge Australia (2005–2015, 2018, 2020, 2023–present) TCR Australia (2019, 2021–present) Former: Grand Prix motorcycle racing Australian motorcycle Grand Prix (1991–1996) TCR World Tour (2023) S5000 (2021–2023) S5000 Tasman Series (2021) A1 Grand Prix (2005, 2007–2008) |
Website | http://www.sydneymotorsportpark.com.au |
Gardner Grand Prix Circuit (2012–present) | |
Length | 3.910 km (2.430 miles) |
Turns | 11 |
Race lap record | 1:17.860 ( Barton Mawer, Porsche 968, 2023, World Time Attack Challenge) |
Brabham Extended Circuit (2012–present) | |
Length | 4.500 km (2.796 miles) |
Turns | 18 |
Race lap record | 1:48.4905 ( Nathan Gotch, Dallara F307, 2016, F3) |
Druitt North Circuit (2012–present) | |
Length | 2.800 km (1.740 miles) |
Turns | 8 |
Race lap record | 0:58.7580 ( Adam Proctor, Stohr WF1, 2012, Sports car racing) |
Amaroo South Circuit (2012–present) | |
Length | 1.800 km (1.118 miles) |
Turns | 13 |
Race lap record | 0:52.1357 ( Dean Tighe, Dallara-Judd, 2019, Sports car racing) |
Original Grand Prix Circuit (1990–2011) | |
Length | 3.930 km (2.442 miles) |
Turns | 11 |
Race lap record | 1:19.1420 ( Nico Hülkenberg, Lola A1GP, 2007, A1GP) |
Original Druitt North Circuit (1990–2011) | |
Length | 2.800 km (1.740 miles) |
Turns | 10 |
Race lap record | 1:00.974 ( Craig Lowndes, Holden VR Commodore, 1996, Group 3A) |
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