Championship rounds held: 29 There were only basic facilities however; no power or shelter in the paddock, few toilets and no seating of any kind for spectators, just rocky outcrops. Drag Racing 1960's . Amaroo Park first held a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship when it hosted Round 4 of the 1974 Australian Touring Car Championship. The opening event at the new circuit came on February 26, 1967, with a motorcycle meeting organised on behalf of the Amaroo Motor Cycle Committee. He was about the tenth last car knocked out the fuel pump fell out of its bracket and shorted out!One day, in what John Medley would refer to as an 'alcoholocaust' we - the demo derby guy, his mates, Wally Gates and myself, stripped out the bits and the engine went away to become the basis for what Sabrina wore for her return.For the benefit of the Yanks reading, Sabrina was a lithe sports car on a fabricated twin-tube chassis she had the engine as described, together with a huge crank-driven air-pump up front with twin SUs (those 'jugs') something of an 'Old Yella' look and attraction about her she was yellow, and she went like stink. Arthur Hayes, ARDC member number one, waved the chequered flag to bring to a close 31 years of continuous racing activity at one of Australia's most popular circuits. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1960 Garden State Park Racing Program - HOF BOWL OF FLOWERS in Gardenia Trial at the best online prices at eBay! Here is the plan of Amaroo taken from Sports Car World, July 1959. Few mastered Lakeside better than Dick Johnson, but the local heros record at the circuit belied his speed. Championship races held: 40 When Gibson retired from driving at the end of 1983, he would be replaced from 1984 in the Bluebird by Queenslander Gary Scott, the son of former open-wheel star, the late Glyn Scott, while Christine Gibson continued to drive the Pulsar EXA until she joined her husband in retirement at the end of 1984. The race, called "The Last Race, The Main Event, Amaroo's Final Fling" started at 4:30pm and was held over 10 laps. It was revived in 1997 and held at the ARDC's two circuits, Amaroo Park and Eastern Creek, but with the major teams holding exclusivity to V8 Supercar events, the mostly Sydney-based privateers were not numerous enough to make the series viable and the series folded after 1997. It would've been a hell of a track, quick lots of elevation and next to no run off. Most race wins: Peter Brock and Allan Moffat (five apiece). This was mostly as the large number of Sydney privateers who usually filled the grid in the nationally televised (by Ch.7) Bathurst 1000, rarely raced outside of NSW or Queensland due to limited budgets. How the Photo Download Works. Championship races held: 38 Sabrina have you seen Terry Cornelius' story of his love affair with that car?The tale intertwines twixt this car and that, but the reference to the 'huge jugs' on Sabrina, along with the reference to having seen the original example at Albert Park, opposite the pitsI was a small part in the reconstruction of Sabrina, too. Declining grids into the 1990s and a reluctance of the big teams to race outside of the ATCC would eventually force the end of AMSCAR, but it had certainly helped to cement Amaroo Park's position nationally. Just found this one too, this may be a couple of years earlier, I failed to make a note on it and now its just in a pile of 100's of others I took. The race was won by Peter Brock driving a Holden Dealer Team Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1. Boy, have some fantastic stories about that place and the fun we used to get up to also. In the end Amaroo Park was probably doomed, with rising land values and the reality that it would be unlikely to continue to be able to brought up to contemporary safety standards to allow anything other than club level racing. Drag Racing 1970; Drag Racing 1980's; . The AMSCAR Series had its origins in Amaroo's own Sun-7 Chesterfield Series for touring cars, first held in 1971 and was won by Sydney's Lakis Manticas driving a Morris Cooper S. This would continue, under various names relating to series sponsorship, through to 1981, with a 3-litre maximum engine capacity limit being applied from 1975 to 1980. Drive up the hill and the memories come flooding back, I used to flag there from '77 - '80. Posts: 355. Eventually, property developers acquired the land for $4 million and began tearing down the infrastructure. The circuit itself was as rich as its history. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Originally set out in bushland, the circuit took its name froman Aboriginal world meaning beautiful place. Notice the two roads going off at the top right corner of the pic? Rounds of various Australian motor racing championship were held at the circuit. No doubt hindered by the poor amenities, crowd figures had proved lower than expected, especially for the car races. The circuit closed forever after the last meeting was held there on 23 August 1998. Amaroo remained on the calendar for one more year after that spectacular 1993 race, while the circuit was sold off by its owners, the Australian Racing Drivers Club, and held its final race meeting in 98 before it succumbed to Sydney's housing sprawl. This is a great space to write long text about your company and your services. Amaroo Park was located in Annangrove, on the outskirts of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. [5] This allowed the V8 powered Holden Commodores, Ford Falcons and Chevrolet Camaros, as well as the V12 Jaguar XJS, to compete in the series alongside the under 3.5-litre cars such as the BMW 635 CSi, the Ford Capris and the growing list of rotary powered Mazda RX-7s, as well as the factory Nissan Bluebird turbo's. It proved short-lived too, with just one further open meeting in October, two more in 1963 and the final nail in the coffin coming in February 1964 when only 27 entrants turned up for what turned out to be its finale event. Robbie Francevic, Jim Richards, Dick Johnson, Mark Skaife, John Bowe, Craig Lowndes and Glenn Seton all followed in Jane's footsteps in being crowned at Oran Park, most in similarly tense final-day showdowns. Peter Brock won in a Holden Torana and the track would go on to host 15 rounds of the championship between 1974 and its last ATCC round in 1994. One of the barriers the incessant creep of the Sydney suburbs, with any break in motorsport promotion, however small, likely to play into the hands of noise abatement campaigners, likely requiring a protracted legal battle if racing was to continue. SUs of course . mounted on that big supercharger thrusting Phallus-like in front of the Healey 3000 motor . 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 . The whole sad scene was captured by national television crew which happened to making a documentary at the meeting, elevating further the question marks about safety. Demanding and dangerous, Lakeside held the mantle as Queensland's premier circuit for several decades. A smooth and delightful fibreglass body! . [1] Despite this, young Sydney driver Steve Masterton would win the 1981 Better Brakes 3.5 Litre Series driving his Ford Capri Mk.II from the JPS BMW of Allan Grice. There was a dirt track for 1 car at a time sprints at Amaroo - was that part of the proposed GP circuit? Most race wins: Mark Skaife (15). A search should bring it up. Other car events included the Amaroo Park 300 endurance race, contested between 1980 and 1987 (though as a round of the Australian Endurance Series only from 1983), while the circuit also played host to the major single seat and sports sedan categories through to the 1990s. Hill into the Dunlop Loop remains, as does the Lake. As the outright cars were proving more popular with spectators, it was seen as an attempt at attracting the headline ATCC teams (such as the Holden Dealer Team, Dick Johnson Racing, Allan Moffat Racing and Roadways Racing) to the AMSCAR Series. A full length Grand Prix circuit was planned but never built. Short but challenging, the circuit was carved out of a valley with spectators given a view of proceedings something similar to a Roman amphitheatre. Didn't Jacques Lafitte test a Ralt RT4 prior ro the AGP at Calder Park. Thank you, 275 GTB-4 and mctshirt. Can you list the top facts and stats about Amaroo Park Raceway? That meant Amaroo was also the perfect place for David to trump Goliath. In the circuit's place came a new access road leading to a small number of expensive executive homes, similar to others that had sprung up across the Annangrove suburb. Thats disgraceful, i thought there would be dozens of houses. Having lived over the valley from Annangrove Rd all my life, you certainly knew when a meet was on miss hearing the v8 sounds roar up the gulley!! Dunlop Loop, Honda and the Stop Corner were generally regarded as the best passing spots on the track. Pulled many drivers out of crashed cars, cleaned up dozen's of oil spills, froze in winter and burnt to a crisp in summer. Drag Racing 1960's . The official fastest race lap records at the Amaroo Park are listed as: Last edited on 13 December 2022, at 21:54, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "ASTC 1997 Amaroo Park Round 8 Results", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amaroo_Park&oldid=1127283407, This page was last edited on 13 December 2022, at 21:54. By 1979, the series had become so successful it had a bigger prize purse than the national championship! Rare as hens teath footage of a 1981 AMsacr race from Sydney's Amaroo Park Raceway Originally posted by Andrew Fellowes Did many internationals race there? The circuit would go on to host 15 rounds of the championship between 1974 and its last ATCC round in 1994. Free shipping for many products! How the Photo Download Works. Supercars teams still hold the odd ride day at the circuit, including Rick Kelly turning over his Castrol Nissan to Daniel Ricciardo for a few laps ahead of this year's Australian Grand Prix. The first meeting of the revived track was, in keeping with past tradition, an event for motorcycles in May 1970, won by Victorian Peter Jones onboard a Suzuki TR500. Ray Lintott in a Porsche 911 Turbo entered the history books as the victor of the very last race. On many occasions these events featured larger grid numbers than did the rounds of the national level Australian Touring Car Championship. -28 pit/start. (wikipedia) - CSP required. Official Programme, Rothmans AMSCAR Series, Amaroo Park Raceway, Sunday 12 August 1979, front cover, Program, Amaroo Park Raceway, 20 June 1993, Last edited on 15 November 2021, at 09:59, "TOP FIVE: AMSCAR SERIES RACE WINNERS | V8 Sleuth", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AMSCAR&oldid=1055347291, James Hardie Industries Iplex AMSCAR Series, James Hardie Building Products AMSCAR Series, This page was last edited on 15 November 2021, at 09:59. Out of 13 starts, Brock claimed six race victories and finished on the podium in all but his final start. Without hesitation he announced that it was because she was always so very far out in front!Unfortunately, Laurie was to crash Sabrina at Hume Weir two months later, putting him and the car out of commission for some time. Banks Skoda Special - Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-374, A. Dietrich Morris Cooper S - Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-320, A. Jacques Turner Ford - Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-108, Alan Vincent Bowin Formula Ford - Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-135, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-096, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-097, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-099, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-100, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-101, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-102, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-113, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-114, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-131, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-139, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-144, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-145, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-156, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-183, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-184, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-185, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-193, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-195, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-196, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-197, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-198, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-213, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-214, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-215, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-216, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-217, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-218, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-219, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-220, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-226, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-227, Amaroo Park 31th May 1970 - 70-AM31570-229, 'The butcher, baker and candlestick maker", Autopics.com.au is a HUGE Image Library perfect for Graphic Designers. This would have fatal consequences for Amaroo Park, since the ARDC was offered the opportunity of the lease and management of the new venue, which proved an offer too good to refuse. Ah! At its closing the outright lap record for the 1.94km circuit was 0:44.36, set by John Bowe in 1987 driving a 5.8L Chevrolet powered Veskanda C1 sports car. RacingCircuits.info. Frank Gardner's JPS Team BMW and its drivers Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst dominated from 1985 to 1987 (Richards in the 635 CSi was unbeaten at Amaroo in 1985 winning all 12 AMSCAR races, the ATCC round and the Endurance Championship race), while Gibson Motorsport, first with Nissan and later with Holden, also contested the series in the later years of Group A and into the new 5.0L V8 formula introduced in 1993, with Jim Richards winning in the team's Nissan Skyline GT-R in 1992 while Mark Skaife won for Gibson driving a Holden VP Commodore in 1993. The constant turning and hard accelerations out of the aptly named 'Stop' corner meant bigger cars were often at a disadvantage to smaller, lighter rivals. Contact. That layout was later known as the South circuit once the over-under loop was added in the 1970s. Today, little remains of the circuit, though the large Amaroo Park signs remain at the former circuit entrance, though most people today would imagine that it describes the small business park beyond, rather than a racing circuit. While the championship still makes its annual stop at the Surfers Paradise street circuit, little evidence remains of Supercars' former home on the Gold Coast. [1], The circuit reopened on 31 May 1970 with much improved spectator facilities and racing now run by the ARDC,[1] with the first of the motorcycle endurance races which came to be known as the Castrol Six Hour run by the Willoughby District Motorcycle Club later that year.[2]. After staving off permanent closure in the 2000s, the circuits operations have again been under threat in recent times over the hot topic of noise restrictions. The last race was won by Mark Skaife driving his Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore giving Holden the bookends on Amaroo Park's participation in the ATCC. Originally posted by smithy Oran Park is about to go the same way. In the early Group C years of the AMSCAR series, several Sydney based drivers who regularly competed in the annual four round, three race per round series became household names through the national telecast on Channel 7 (at the time, Seven's only touring car telecasts were from Amaroo, Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, and Bathurst as the ABC was main broadcast host of the ATCC until the end of 1984). Here is the plan of Amaroo taken from Sports Car World, July 1959. Originally posted by Andrew Fellowes Did many internationals race there? . The races were held over 155 laps of the 1.94km (1.20mi) circuit for a total of 300.7km (186mi). However, needing more money to fund his Hamilton Island development, Williams sold the track to a Japanese investment group in 1987, leading to the circuit's closure. With no funds to improve, it was the perfect storm and the circuit fell quiet in early 1968, with the only activity on site being a reduced schedule of events on the Short Circuit. I was certainly interested in his theory of how the ARDC had the ability to come along and run an existing circuit and then, though a variety of reasons, cause its demise. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Official Program Midget Auto Races Angell Park,Sun Prairie,Wis 1940's at the best online prices at eBay! [3] Sign up to the Repco Supercars Championship Newsletter, We use cookies to ensure we give you the best experience on our website. [QUOTE=racer69]From that shot it is still amazingly easy to see the line of the circuit, and it seems the run up *****upave (spelling?) amaroo park races from the 1960 July 2, 2022 1:35 pm . With a short layout of just 1.94km, Amaroo had no real straights worth the name. So is everyone on this board now ready to appreciate/accept their station in life!!!!! Talk about a coincidence, I was just going past there today and thought I would go down memory lane one more time. . amaroo park races from the 1960. Holden's Torana XU-1 had the Ford Falcons covered in the championship's early visits, while BMW's M3 gave the turbocharged Sierra and Nissan GT-R drivers headaches in the late '80s and early '90s. [1] This began with a hillclimb track, as well as a dirt short track, a motocross track, a little used speedway track, and finally the main (relatively short) 1.8km bitumen track. A compromise of a dog-leg chicane was installed on the inside of the corner, regaining the track it's licence, but it was deemed unsuitable for use by the Willoughby Club, who switched the Castrol 1000 to Oran Park. In 2020, Sydney Motorsport Park rejoins the calendar while Phillip Island and Queensland Raceway drop off, but remain in the frame for a return in future seasons.
Sample Of Citation For Church Leaders, Which Members Of The Band Are Still Alive, Why Is My Dog Whining At My Guinea Pig, Zephyrhills Golf Course Homes For Sale, Yoyo Cocomelon Real Name, Articles A