Amaroo Park

Amaroo Park was a 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, New South Wales, in the present-day western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It opened in 1967, hosting its 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. The last Australian Touring Car round to take place at the circuit was 1994.

Amaroo Park held its own touring car series at various times, including the Sun-7 Chesterfield Series in the early to mid-1970s and the later AMSCAR series.

The complex also had a hillclimb, a motocross track, a little used speedway track and a short circuit track.

The circuit closed forever after the last meeting was held there on 23 August 1998. The meeting was billed as the "Goodbye Amaroo State open Meeting" with a mix of classes including Sports Sedans, HQ's and Group N Historic Touring Cars. The final race held at Amaroo Park was a "Butchers Picnic" which included the top 3 cars from the competing classes all in one final race. The race was run as a Butchers Picnic as a salute to the very first meeting at the circuit where the first races run were indeed Butchers' Picnics. 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 won by Sydney driver Ray Lintott driving a Porsche 911 Turbo with a race time of 9:16.4942. The final driver, Andrew Papadopoulos driving a Alfa Romeo GTV, crossed the line at 4:40pm bringing the curtain down on one of Australia's most popular race circuits after over 31 years of continuous operation.

At its closing the outright lap record for the 1.94 km circuit was 0:44.36 set by John Bowe in 1987 driving a 5.8L Chevrolet powered Veskanda Group A Sports Car.

A housing estate now covering most of the site. There is no trace of the road or pit lane of the circuit remaining, with only the lake that was inside the last couple of corners being the landmark identifying the location of the former track.

Read more about Amaroo Park:  Australian Touring Car Championship, AMSCAR

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