Tracks N.S.W.
Oran Park
This is a very long running circuit famous
for some excellent Group A races over the many years that this circuit has been
in operation.
It is located at Narellan, 45 km south-west
of Sydney on the corner of Northern Rd and Cobbitty Rd off the old Hume Hwy.
This circuit includes the shorter southern
circuit of 1.96 km in length, the lesser used northern figure 8 or the full length GP
circuit which is 2.62 km in length. Direction of racing on the GP and southern
circuits is clockwise.
Sadly, this track is set to close
in the immediate and the site developed for housing. Way
it is!
Wakefield Park
Wakefield Park is located 10 km south of
Goulburn on the Braidwood road. Goulburn is about about an hour and a half south
west of Sydney on the Hume Freeway.
The circuit is 2.2 km in length and
direction of racing is clockwise.
Eastern Creek
Eastern Creek circuit
is an interesting circuit, featuring a long primarily downhill straight allowing
speeds of close to 200kph to be achieved by the best Formula Vees, followed by an amazing flat out, high speed left hand, zero camber sweeper.
There is a decent bump on the entry into the sweeper
making for some interesting lines around there. A high speed
run around this little number is to be remembered for quite a while as there is
no positive camber to help "hold" cars into
the turn and requires some serious commitment and good
chassis setupt! The mostly blind, left hand, off camber turn
7 around Corporate Hill also makes for some exhilarating
racing followed by a really hard braking area into the
tight and falling hairpin turn 8!
The circuit has a bit of everything, rising
and falling, direction changes, different cambered corners and a couple of good passing points and a
reasonably smooth and consistent surface. For a few
years Eastern Creek hosted the Australian Motorcycle GP's and is a very safe
circuit with plenty of runoff.
The track is 3.93 km in length and direction
of racing is anti-clockwise.
Eastern Creek is located 20 km west of Paramatta, Sydney on The M4 Motorway
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