Amaroo Park

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 in 1967, hosting it's first motorcycle meeting on 26 February with a 30 lap production race won by Larry Simons on a BSA Spitfire in heavy rain. The first dry meeting saw the lap record set by Jack Ahearn at 63.9 seconds. The road circuit served as a host for a variety of competitions including the Castrol 6 Hour motorcycle race, the Australian 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, a motocross 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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