- Amaroo Park
Motorsport venue
Name = Amaroo Park Raceway | Location =Sydney ,Australia
Owner = Australian Racing Drivers Club
Opened =1967-02-26
Closed =1998-08-23
Time =GMT +10
Events =Australian Touring Car Championship
Length_km = 1.9
Length_mi = 1.2
Turns = 10
Record_time = 0:44.36
Record_driver = John Bowe
Record_team = Veskanda-Chevrolet
Record_year =1987
Record_class =Australian Sports Car Championship Amaroo Park was a convert|1.9|km|mi|1
motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, in the present-day western suburbs of Sydney,Australia . It opened in1967 , hosting it's first motorcycle meeting on26 February with a 30 lap production race won by Larry Simons on a BSASpitfire in heavy rain. The first dry meeting saw the lap record set byJack Ahearn at 63.9 seconds. The road circuit served as a host for a variety of competitions including theCastrol 6 Hour motorcycle race, theAustralian Touring Car Championship ,Formula Ford ,Formula 5000 , historic racing and others.Amaroo Park held its own touring car series at various times, including the
Sun-7 Chesterfield Series in the early to mid 1970’s and the later AMSCAR series.The complex also had a
hillclimb , amotocross track, a little used speedway track and a short circuit track.It closed in 1998 and a
housing estate now covers the site.
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