Qld Raceway Invests in Safety
Minimising risk is is an important aspect of running a venue for motorsports and Qld Raceway believes the safety of its patrons is of paramount importance. Each year the circuit allocates a great deal of its resources into providing a safe environment to enjoy motorsport. Some new equipment including the "jaws of life", spreaders and other rescue and recovery gear was recently added to the existing arsenal of tools QR's officials have at their disposal.
16/6/08
Lakeside Race 2
A variety of vehicles competed at the revived QR Lakeside last weekend including the van below negotiating Hungry during the Sprint event on Saturday. Check out the MARSTA Sports Photography photo gallery from Sunday race day.
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2/6/08
Shannons Sports & Muscle Car Showdown
View Results from last weekend's race meeting
1/6/08
What happened to the Q500?
Well, it’s a bit of a long story so please stick with me for a couple of minutes.
About a month ago during a conversation about Lakeside with an old mate, who should know, it came up that Lakeside has never had a real enduro event in its 47 year history. I’ve asked around some of the older competitors and the longest races everyone remembers are the 1 hour HQ/Gemini races. Nobody could think of a longer race... read more
Letter from QR CEO - John Tetley
Sunday 6th April 2008 was a pivotal day for motorsport in Queensland. Lakeside came out of its coma with a strong kick that showed its heart is beating again and a return to full health is a real possibility.
... read more
18/5/08
AMRC - View Full Results
Qld Raceway hosted Round 3 of the AASA Australian Motor Racing Championship on May 16-18th. Click on the links below for more info about each of the competing categories.
AASA Australian Touring Car Championship
V8 Giants and Giant Killer classes
Thunder Sports - Pocket Rocket Racing
ProtoSports Championship- High Tech, High Speed, High Excitement.
Oz Boss Championship - Big Open Single Seaters
ASSA Production Car Championship
Super TT and Improved Production - Tin Tops from All Walks of Life
Pirelli Gran Turismo Championship
15/5/08
AMRC Update
Australian Motor Racing Championship classes race at Queensland Raceway this weekend.
View Entry List, Event Shedule & Competitor Info
Gates open 7am - Cars on track at 9.00am.
Spectator admission on Saturday is Free, Sunday $10 including entry into the paddock area to view the cars and meet the drivers.
6/5/08
Mills/Knight Dominate 1Hr Prodsports Enduro
The Porsche Centre Gold Coast – Porsche Cup Car driven by Peter Mills and Terry Knight have convincingly won the 1Hr Production Sports Car Enduro run in conjunction with the Queensland Racing Drivers Championships Round 1 run over the weekend of 3-4 May 2008.
Peter Mills lead from the start handing over to Terry Knight who powered home to lap every other car in the field.
Second to cross the line was Brian Ferrabee in a Mazda MX5 and third Andrew MacPherson in a Lotus Excige S.
Rd 1 Review, QR Hire Karts "Gemini Challenge"
What a weekend! Is the best summary of what the racers and spectators felt after the first ever "Gemini Challenge" event held last weekend atQueensland Raceway! Read more..
29/4/08
QRDC Opener
Open Wheelers feature on the programme of the first of the QRDC 2-day car race meetings at QR this weekend. Races for Formula Vee, Formula Ford and Formula R have attracted over 40 entries alone. Add a 12 strong field of Sidecars and a record entry in the QR Hire Karts Gemini Challenge Series, a 1 Hour Enduro race for Production Sports Cars plus Saloon Cars and TopGear Sports and Sedan categories, the meeting promises plenty of close and varied racing. Gates open at 7am and admission is just $10 per day at the gate... view entry list and programme of events.
Qld Formula Ford 1600 Championship
Formula Ford 1600 Racing is always close.
The Queensland Formula Ford 1600 Championship will continue to be a focal point of state level racing this weekend at Queensland Raceway, Amberley for what promises to be a spectator’s delight. The grid will be full of championship contenders and new faces looking to put forward a great promotion for the rapidly expanding class... read press release
QR Hire Karts Gemini Challenge
Jake Brackenridge, Gemini (Pic: Mark Walker)
This weekend see's a revolution in the oldest one make controlled tin top category in Australia, the QLD Gemini Series....
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Sidecars return to QR this weekend. (Pic: Mark Walker)
24/4/08
View V8 Race Car Full Screen Virtual Tours
The closest thing you can get to actually sitting in the cars. See what V8 Race Experience is all about, check out our Virtual Tours of the cars.
21/4/08
TopGear Rd 2 Sprints and Race Results
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13/4/08
Fine Makes it Two from Two
After winning last month’s Toyo Tires Drift Australia Series season opener, South Australian Leighton Fine (pictured) has made it two wins from two starts in 2008, with victory at Queensland Raceway last weekend.. read more
14/4/08
TopGear Racing Series Rd 2 - This Sunday
TopGear racing returns to QR on Sunday for Round 2 of the increasingly popular recreational racing series. Drivers compete in 4 scratch races on 4 different track configurations and end the meet with a 7 lap handicap event on the National Circuit... all this in one action packed day. Groups racing include Sedans, Sports Cars, Superkarts, MX5s and Racing Cars. See more info here..
8/4/08
Toyo Tires Drift Australia Series this Weekend
A number of pre-season championship favourites will be looking to get their 2008 Toyo Tires Drift Australia Series campaigns back on track this weekend, 12-13 April, when the series heads to Queensland Raceway.
Robbie Bolger, Beau Yates and Fernando Wiehrl are eyeing big results at the Ipswich circuit, while current Australian Drift Championship leader Leighton Fine will be looking to pick up where he left off in last month’s season opener in Tasmania.
South Australian resident Fine (Commercial Truck Sales Nissan 180SX) beat former World BMX Champion Luke Fink (Holford Motors Nissan Silvia) to win round one and heads to Queensland intent on maintaining his points advantage. full story...
Performance Hire Karts at QR
The Performance Kart Centre is once again leading the way in innovation with the Australian first of DRIFT KARTS. Come down and have a go- do you have the style and the talent to match it with the best? more info..
24/3/08
Lakeside Introductory Race Meeting
Racing returns to Lakeside on April 6th.
More details..
22/3/08
Ipswich Classic Motorfest - Day 1
Peter McMurdy and his immaculately prepared 64 EH Holden Panel Van won the Shannons Choice Award at todays Shown n Shine event at the Ipswich Classic Motorfest.
Day one of the Ipswich Classic Motorfest featured a morning Show n Shine on the Queensland Raceway main straight followed by cruzing laps of the full Championship circuit in the afternoon.
See more details and pictures from today.
17/2/08
TOP GEAR RACE MEETING – ROUND 1
The return of familiar faces from last year to Queensland Raceway for the first round of the Top Gear Series for 2008, combined with several new entrants to the meeting, has seen a promising start to the race series for the year.
There were 84 entries across five categories; which included Racing Cars, Sports Cars, MX5’s, two groups of Sedans and Superkarts.
Despite leading the Racing Cars category throughout the day in the National Surgical F301, Jon Mills finished third in the handicap race behind Terry Forsyth in the Radical and James Corbett in his Vectra MG96. Mills produced the fastest lap for the handicap race with an impressive 1:12:58 on the National circuit, and topped the category in points for the day, with Terry Forsyth and Jasen Hannagan rounding out the top three.
An outstanding drive from Wayne Hennig in the Sports Cars Handicap saw his Porsche GT2 finish 22 seconds clear of Lee Cooper and Terry Knight respectively. Terry Knight finished in the top place in points for the day, followed closely by Wayne Hennig and Steve Cooper.
Geoff Fane, Don Lake and Michael Hickman made up the top three respectively in a close handicap race for the MX5 category. Fane also finished on top in points for the day with a perfect score of 250. Hickman and Lake rounded out the top three. Bruce Le Garde and his Honda Civic finished on top in the handicap race for group one of the Sedans, ahead of Ken Percival in the Alfa Romeo GT and Richard Fehlberg in the Nissan Pulsar.
The handicap race for group two of Sedans was taken out by Jeff Jones in his Holden Commodore, with Bob Matsen and Angela Lechner finishing in second and third place respectively.
The overall top points scorer for Sedans on the day was Grant Wilson in the 1970 Camaro.
In the Superkarts handicap Steve Murray took out first place, followed by Matt Wright and Warwick Donsky. Murray was also top points scorer for the category, finishing ahead of Paul Chaffey and Matt Wright.
