Amaroo Park
Former motor racing circuit in Annangrove, New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amaroo Park Raceway was a 1.930 km (1.199 mi) motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, New South Wales, in the present-day north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Opened in 1967, the road circuit served as a venue for a variety of competitions including the Castrol 6 Hour motorcycle race, rounds of the Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Drivers' Championship, Australian Formula Ford Championship, Australian Sports Sedan Championship, the AMSCAR Series for touring cars, historic racing and others. The last Australian Touring Car Championship round to take place at the circuit was in 1994.
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Location | Annangrove, New South Wales |
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Time zone | UTC+10:00 |
Coordinates | 33°39′3″S 150°56′1″E |
Owner | Oscar Glaser |
Opened | 12 March 1967; 57 years ago (1967-03-12) Reopened: 31 May 1970; 53 years ago (1970-05-31) |
Closed | Closed 1st time: Mid-1968 Closed 2nd time: 23 August 1998; 25 years ago (1998-08-23) |
Major events | Australian Super Touring Championship (1996–1997) Australian Touring Car Championship (1974–1978, 1985–1994) Sun-7 Chesterfield Series (1971–1981) Castrol 6 Hour (1970–1987) Amaroo Park 300 (1980–1987) |
Full Circuit (1967–1998) | |
Length | 1.930 km (1.199 miles) |
Turns | 10 |
Race lap record | 0:44.36 ( John Bowe, Veskanda C1, 1987, Group A Sports Cars) |
From 1970, Amaroo Park was run and promoted by the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) who also promoted the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, and later were the promoters of Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway.
The ARDC lost money promoting the Super Touring Bathurst 1000 from 1997 to 1999 and this circuit was sold to recover some of the loss.