Lockhart Creek

dyewat808 · 21 Dec 2010, 18:55 (Ref:2807080)

I've decided to lay Club America to rest for a while - that last corner was starting to suck up an awful lot of spare time in its redesign!!

Maybe I'll come back to it one day, or the circuit owners will order a redesign, but until then...

A bit of background history...

Lockhart Creek was built in 1983. It was originally planned by a wealthy businessman as a kart track on a small plot of land, but as designers were brought in, he acquired far more land and decided to expand his plans. Built near a small aerodrome in Northern Australia, it took around 4-5 years to fully finish. The grandstands were added after its first race - originally it only had some grass banking around its edges, however these had to be moved back to expand the gravel traps, which originally only skirted round the track. The main pit paddock was redeveloped in the mid 90's, and in 1994, the medical centre burnt down (though luckily no race was being held at the time!). The car park was only built in 1987, as only small club races had been held up to then. It was built in time for its first big event, a national Touring Car race, the Lockhart 300. In 1997 the chicane was built, mainly for the fast, single seater series after a crash at T6 in a Formula BMW race.

It is a pretty quiet circuit now - it has held several Porsche Carrerra Cup races in recent years, but never managed to attract the modern V8 Supercars, mainly due to its remoteness. It mainly runs track days and small single-seater formula series.

The lake is artificial and was built around 2001.
Runs clockwise and is around 4 km long.

bio · 21 Dec 2010, 21:24 (Ref:2807132)

I looked up and actually found Lockhart Creek in Australia - great neighborhood for a quiet track like this. I suspect a lot of wet races here - just makes them the more interesting, right?

bio

werner · 21 Dec 2010, 21:24 (Ref:2807133)

That is a fast track. Turn 2 is a cracker. I'd not have built tha grandstands at turns 3 and 5 at their current places. You would not see a lot from there.

LuiggiSpeed · 21 Dec 2010, 21:48 (Ref:2807145)

Awesome!!
T6 reminds me of T1 Philip Island. Not only do I like your track but the presentation and overall scheme of things looks very serious to me. Top notch job, I can't find nothing wrong so far.

Tathrim · 21 Dec 2010, 23:47 (Ref:2807185)

I have one or two concerns about the pit lane entrance. I think it should be placed before the final corner, roughly where the paddock access is situated.

Other than that, top job

**ScotsBrutesFan** · 21 Dec 2010, 23:59 (Ref:2807186)

Nice circuit.

Would someone please complete the following sentence for me....

"I'd ....."

LuiggiSpeed · 22 Dec 2010, 01:23 (Ref:2807201)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan

Nice circuit.

Would someone please complete the following sentence for me....

"I'd give an arm and a leg to ride that thing....."

LuiggiSpeed · 22 Dec 2010, 01:27 (Ref:2807203)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tathrim

I have one or two concerns about the pit lane entrance. I think it should be placed before the final corner, roughly where the paddock access is situated.

Other than that, top job

It's not too bad,but not ideal, I've raced with exactly the same arrangement and you have to always be careful when exiting the track because you tend to slow down somewhere close to the race line,placing it where Tathrim recommends is a big improvement, IMHO too, it's the only thing I would change if at all.

dyewat808 · 22 Dec 2010, 12:09 (Ref:2807306)

Hehe, thanks for all the comments guys.

As to the pit-lane entrance, I was going to place it around where Tathrim suggested, but I was thinking of the racing line problem I had with Club America - although I guess here because you're setting your entrance up for the final corner its not the same thing.

Lol, I can never get this right!

I'll fix it soon!

Tathrim · 22 Dec 2010, 12:15 (Ref:2807308)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan

Nice circuit.

Would someone please complete the following sentence for me....

"I'd change the direction"

90% of the time, it works ALL the time.

**ScotsBrutesFan** · 22 Dec 2010, 13:12 (Ref:2807344)

Tathrim guesses correctly

T5 just looks so inviting ... Sweep through T6 down the straight with overtaking into T5.

Tathrim · 22 Dec 2010, 18:03 (Ref:2807471)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan

Tathrim guesses correctly

T5 just looks so inviting ... Sweep through T6 down the straight with overtaking into T5.

I know you too well when it comes to track critique.

T7 would have to be widened for that to work though , IMO, so there's more room for runoff. I do see the direction change as a nice suggestion though.

bio · 22 Dec 2010, 21:13 (Ref:2807532)

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuiggiSpeed

"I'd give an arm and a leg to ride that thing....."

Luiggi, how on earth did you know hours ago what my darling just said to me a minute ago???

bio

LuiggiSpeed · 22 Dec 2010, 23:22 (Ref:2807560)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bio

Luiggi, how on earth did you know hours ago what my darling just said to me a minute ago???

bio

oh because I get that all the time

bio · 24 Dec 2010, 00:48 (Ref:2807999)

Aha! I see

Now that I come to think of it... you say this a lot of times to us here... :P

bio

dyewat808 · 27 Dec 2010, 15:22 (Ref:2808789)

Well here is the modification. Changed a couple of other minor things too.

Might do a street circuit next...

bio · 28 Dec 2010, 01:26 (Ref:2808900)

I still like this one

bio

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