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Sydney International Speedway, known as Sydney II as its successor to the original circuit, is a dirt track racing venue held near the shutdown area of Sydney Dragway in Eastern Creek. Like the original, it is about 500m (0.311 miles) in length (489m at the lowest line, 511m near the wall).
The Speedway Grand Prix of Australia is a speedway event that is part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series. The inaugural event, run on a 400 metres (440 yards) long temporary track at Stadium Australia in Sydney , was won by American rider Greg Hancock , from England 's Scott Nicholls and Australian Jason Crump in 2002 .
Sydney Motorsport Park (known until May 2012 as Eastern Creek International Raceway) is a motorsport circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek (40-kilometres west of the Sydney CBD), [1] New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway.
Speedway International [85] [86] Event was cancelled: March 13 Poole: Kyle Newman Testimonial [87] Event was postponed: March 14 Sheffield: Kyle Howarth Testimonial [88] Event was postponed: March 16 Workington: Ben Fund Bonanza [89] Event was postponed: March 17 Middlesbrough: Charles Wright Testimonial [90] Freddie Lindgren: Erik Riss: Ben ...
Sydney Dragway 05/13 Pro Stock 6.877 Lee Bektash Dodge Avenger / Hemi 400 Sydney Dragway 11/14 200.14 MPH Lee Bektash Dodge Avenger / Hemi 400 Sydney Dragway 11/14 Top Fuel Motorcycle TFM/M 6.058 Chris Matheson RB 1500 Willowbank 06/10 238.51 MPH Athol Williams RBP Special 1550 Sydney Dragway 05/09 Top Fuel Motorcycle TFM/T 6.341 Mark Drew
The Australia national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway with the country regarded as the birthplace of the sport in the 1920s. The current team is managed by former rider Mark Lemon, (who also managers the Australia national under-21 speedway team) and captained by 2012 World Champion Chris Holder.
Sydney Dragway, also known as WSID for its former name, Western Sydney International Dragway, is a $30 million, purpose built quarter mile drag racing facility that opened in February, 2004. WSID is based on international specifications [ 1 ] and combines the best in competitor, spectator and corporate facilities. [ 2 ]
The most popular event is the Australian Grand Prix, currently held at Albert Park in Melbourne.It is attended by more than 300,000 spectators per year and attracts free-to-air metropolitan television ratings, of over 1 million viewers, [citation needed] and is televised internationally as part of the Formula One World Championship.