Where is calder park raceway

Opened in , the Calder Park Thunderdome was the first tri-banked oval super speedway built outside of North America, although it is no longer used for major events. Other than motor sport, Calder Park also hosted some concerts including Guns 'n Roses in which was attended by 66, people. The Calder Park Thunderdome was for a long time one of only two banked Superspeedways outside the USA, and the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

Based primarily on the famous Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina USA, the 24 degree banked tri-oval involved the moving of some 14 million meters of earth during its construction. Phillip Island Grand Prix Sport s : Multipurpose Place: Phillip, Australia.

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Jane thought better of the F1 cars the following year, the race being run instead for Formula Pacific cars, with F1 stars drafted in to drive against local stars. In the circuit was renamed to the Melbourne International Raceway, while saw the introduction of the first significant track changes in the circuit's history, with the insertion of new 'esses' at the former Lucas Loops section, and a re-profiling of the preceding corner to provide more run-off.

The old pit lane on the infield and the timing and scoring tower were torn down, in favour of a much bigger pit lane on the outside of the main straight, with easy access to the paddock. Track distance remained at an official one mile, despite the changes. Calder changed its name briefly once again in - no doubt at the whim of some marketing plan by Jane - to the grander sounding Keilor International Raceway. Signage was altered on the grandstands and elsewhere, though little else changed.

By the following year, Calder Park was back in vogue once again as events came full circle. The mid-eighties saw the biggest expansion of all at Calder, as Jane began to pursue his ambitions to bring new forms of racing the fore. While the brief dalliance with the world of Formula One at the beginning of the decade would not ultimately yield a World Championship event the course was too small in any case , it did prove that Jane knew how to put on a show.

It was perhaps not surprising therefore that he would go on to form an alliance with the France family, grandees of NASCAR, to bring American-style stockcar racing to prominence in Australia. Into the s, with Channel 7's Mike Raymond pioneering coverage of the US stockcars for Australian television, the time was ripe for a deal to be struck. In Jane put pen to a contract with Bill France Jr. This would be modelled after Charlotte in a scaled-down form with four turns and a dog-leg front stretch.

Ground first broke for the track in and it took four years to complete. Specialist engineers were flown over from the USA to advise on the creation of the course, while huge amounts of earth were brought into the otherwise flat site in order to shore up the banking. The plans also called for an extended road course which could be linked to the Thunderdome to create a combined 2. This involved bypassing the Repco corner and extending the main straight from metres to just under 1 km in length.

A new switchback corner lead to a new right left corner complex, then up and down an artificial hill before rejoining the old course via a fast chicane.

The final turn which was known for a long time as Gloweave Corner was also moved forward approximately 75 metres so that the road course and the start of the drag racing strip were separate, though the old corner remained for use as the pit lane entry. The newly extended road course now known as the National Circuit opened for business in , while the finishing touches were being put on the Thunderdome.

This duly opened for business the following year, with an official ceremony by the Mayor of the Keilor City Council on 3 August Subscribe to our Newsletter. First seats installed at Sydney Football Stadium. Future of Cairns Pop-Up Arena decided. CommBank Stadium ready to welcome fans for Matildas v Brazil.