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With its heritage value, it could be a good venue for a Goodwood Revival-type historic festival.
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V8s were never going back to Lakeside I don't even know why people bring it up. V8Supercar would never race at such a racetrack. Not even for Fujitsu series. Look at Mallala, even with the best will in the world its now dumped, likely permanently. The facilities at Lakeside are pitiful, even before allowing some six years of decay and partial removal.
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That's so true.
I went out there a few months ago, basically the entire facilities are decayed beyond repair. What Lakeside essentially is, at the moment, is a racing track surrounded by decayed, unusable buildings that will probably have to be destroyed. The garages and so on will be OK, but the Coke tower and so on will pretty much need to be razed IMO. There is not a lot left. I am just happy the circuit has been "saved", ie. not gone the way of Amaroo. Even if the best we see is historics/QLD Championships/Karts/Driver Training/Drive Days, im happy. |
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Good to see Lakeside has at least been spared of the developers fury, unlike Amaroo Park .
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Wakefield Park,The Paperclip,Winton all have basic attractive facilities that don't look like they cost a fortune,and can be done with time as funds become available.
I really don't understand the static about world class blah blah for V8SC. Please develop Lakeside to an Cost/Benefit standard [Building materials are cheap its the Real Estate thats outrageous] and not build Mr Burns Executive Washrooms everywhere. Glad QLD saved Lakeside.A bit of you dies when tracks you have enjoyed go west. |
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Did Tony Longhurst re-launch his career there or was that a blatant typo???
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From the press release: "Queensland Raceway's winning submission includes a range of driver and motorcycle training activities, milestone and historic racing events, displays and non-motorised recreational activities." Would the old Tasman Series cars not fit into this description? |
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Announcing that there will be milestone events does not mean they will happen. I would very much like to see it happen, but it also sounds as if you are sufficiently well informed to be aware of the relationships up here, and interstate, at historic level that would make such a meeting... difficult. Additionally a Tasman event is likely to be a CAMS event as most of the Tasman cars are aligned to competitors who race at CAMS meetings, is that correct? Presently Lakeside is not a ratified CAMS circuit. At some point the CAMS/AASA rivalry will step in making it harder to get those vehicles to attend. I would hope those competitors might be able to get past such difficulties, but the nature of politics of racing interstate leaves me pesimistic. By way of example, the southern competitors were... disappointing in the numbers which supported the AMRS round up here. If a national series was unable to entice competitors up here, what hope does historics have? I'd love to see it happen, but I'd also love to have someone be able to raise my hopes from pessimistic. Can you help ease me fears? |
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Granted, I'd love to see larger meetings, especially historics go to Lakeside once again. But frankly, if Lakeside is open for any meet, regardless of CAMS or AASA then that's enough to gt excited about...
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And I'm certainly looking forward to the first Top Gear Classic to be held there.
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Could Lakeside host Rally Australia??
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You could suggest that the track is in the right state to host a rally!
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Head Rev, I gather rdmdog means both condition & location - nice double meaning!
Isn't Lakeside on the south side of Brisbane? That wouldn't be convenient for the rally as I understand, isn't it to be run in the Sunshine coast hinterland area? |
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Lakeside is on the northern side of Brisbane, close to accommodation and not far from some ideal rally roads in the Beerburrum forest etc. Ideal Service Park and maybe a special stage within the complex. Food for thought.......
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I was talking about the condition of the track, but I do hope to see it up and running again soon.
Some of you might have seen a photo from 1995 or 6 of an idiot sitting on the racing line in a racing helmet up to his armptis in water after a big rain.............. Yours Truely!!!! (wearing Anth Robson's helmet and holdiong the wheel from his FFord) |
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Any more news about Lakeside yet?
What sort of work do you think will need to be done before the track is re-opened? A full re-surfacing seems like a MUST to me, the track is breaking up in places and has grass growing through it, it's patchy, etc. |
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