BRISBANE (QLD)
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1961 - LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Lakeside International Raceway is a dedicated road race circuit that was built by volunteers in the sixtee's and opened on the 19th of March 1961.
The 1.5 mile or 2.41 km Circuit has hosted many forms of motor racing over the years including 2 Australian Grand Prix's, The 1964 and 1967 Australian Touring Car Championships as well as round in the following years when the format was changed, also rounds of the Tasman Series.
Lakeside has also hosted the Australian Superbike Championship.
Several factors would lead to the circuit closing in 2001 only to reopened in on the 5th of April 2008 as a local race track only.
19th March 1961 - Lakeside Raceway. Photographer: John L Stanley.
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1961 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY QUEENSLAND TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 19th March 1961 |
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1962 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACE MEETING 9th 10th & 11th February 1962 |
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1962 - DICK WILLIS
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1962 - Dick Willis in just his second race meeting, just one of many more at the Lakeside circuit. Photographer Brier Thomas.
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1963 - LAKESIDE AUSTRALIAN TOURIST TROPHY SUPPLEMENTRY RULES
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1964 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACE MEETING 22nd & 23rd February 1964 |
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1964 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 26th July 1964 |
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1964 - Brian Muir in the EH Holden leads Bob Jane's Jaguar, Ian Geoghegan Cortina, Norm Bechey EH Holden, and Jim McKeown in the Australian Championship race, The championship was run over a single meeting at this point, This championship was won by Ian Geoghegan. Photo: James Donnelly collection.
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1964 - DES LEONARD
1964 - Des Leonard's R Series Valiant. Photo: Stewart Johnson.
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1965 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY AUSTRALIAN TOURIST TROPHY
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1965 - Australian Tourist Trophy race, possible Ian Geoghegan, Greg Cusack, Ken Miles, Bob Jane, Dennis Geary, Spencer Martin, Wal Donnelly, Frank Demuth, Glynn Scott, Lew Howard, Bill Gates, Blair Salter and Errol Sakzewski. Photographer: Bruce Wills colection.
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1965 - JIM McKEOWN
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1965 - Jim McKeown in the Team Neptune Lotus Cortina leads Brian Foley in the Cooper S. Photo: Brier Thomas.
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1965 - LARRY SIMONS
3rd September 1965 - Larry Simons on his motorcycle at Lakeside. Photo: Michael Terelinick collection.
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1966 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 18th 19th & 20th February 1966 |
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1967 - AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Brisbane's Lakeside Raceway hosted the 8th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship on the 30th of July 1967.
30th July 1967 - Norm Beechey blew a tyre and punched the wall while in the lead of the 8th Australian Touring Car Championship. The Championship simply got away from him that year. Photo: Bob Williamson collection.
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1968 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY QUEENSLAND TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 29th September 1968
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29th September 1968 - Early days when the Mini's reigned supreme, This the start of one of the support races during the Queensland Touring Car Championship. Photo: Graham Ruckert Photography.
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1968 - DICK JOHNSON
1968 - Dick Johnson in his EH Holden leads the Mini up through Hungry Corner at Lakeside Raceway. Photographer: unknown.
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1969 - LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2nd February 1969The 1969 Australian Grand Prix was hosted by Lakeside Raceway under the promotion of the Queensland Motor Sports Club. This event was open to both the Australian National Formula Cars as well as the Australian Formula two Cars.
Chris Amon from New Zealand won this the 34th running of the Grand Prix, doing so from pole position, he also set the fastest
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lap of the race. Both Amon and second placed Derek Bell were driving British built Scuderia Veloce cars. Leo Geoghegan in a Lotus 39 with a Repco V8 engine finished 3rd, and one lap down. Fifteen drivers met the starter and only eight finished the sixty seven lap race, the others retired because of accidents or engine drama's.
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2nd February 1969 - Photo's: Mike Tyler collection.
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1969 - LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY GOLD MEDAL SERIES ROUNDS 3 & 4 27th July 1969 |
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2nd February 1969 - Norm Beechey takes the win. Photographer: unknown.
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1969 - GRAHAM COUTTS
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1969 - The Coutts-Neaton AP6 Valiant, drivern by Graham Coutts through BP bend. Photo: Graham Ruckert Photography.
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1969 - LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY THE LAKESIDE 1500 30th November 1969 |
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1969 - Colin Bond entering the Karrussell at Lakeside in one of the Holden Dealer Teams GTS 350 HT Monaros during the Lakeside 1500 race for Production Touring Cars. Photo: Graham Ruckert.
1969 - Colin Bond in the Holden Dealer team Holden Monaro across the top of BP Bend during the Lakeside 1500 race for Production Touring Cars. Photo: Graham Ruckert.
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1970 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY LAKESIDE 1500
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1970 - Colin Bond exits the Karrussell in the Holden Dealer Team GTR-XU1 during the Lakeside 1500 race for Production Touring Cars. Photo: Graham Ruckert.
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1970 - Roy Griffith in the GTHO Falcon leading Leo Geoghegan in the Valiant Pacer and John Harris behind him in a GTHO Falcon at Lakeside. Photo: Brier Thomas.
1970 - PETE GEOGHEGAN
1970 - Big Pete Geoghegan in the Mustang gives everyone a lesson in the rain. Photographer: Graham Ruckert.
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1971 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY ANNIVERSARY CUP MEETING 14th March 1971
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1971 - BARRY SHARPE
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1971 - Barry Sharpe in the V8 powered Mark 1 Jaguar always impressive at Lakeside Raceway. Photo's: Graham Ruckert Photography.
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1971 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY CRAVEN FILTER GOLD MEDAL SERIES MEETING 18th April 1971
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1971 - Allan Moffat in his Twin Cam Escort at it first race meeting in Queensland. While take part in the Craven Filter Gold Medal Series Meeting at Lakeside Raceway. Photographer: Graham Ruckert.
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1971 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY MEETING 6th June 1971 |
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1971 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR MEETING 25th July 1971 |
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25th July 1971 - Dick Johnson being hounded by the Cooper S's of Rod Scoffell and Joe Camilleri through Lakeside's Hungry Corner at the ATCC meeting. Photographer: Graham Ruckert.
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25th July 1971 - Ian Kenny in his 1600cc powered Anglia Sports Sedan. The Sports Sedans were a support division for the Australian Touring Car Championship at Lakeside Raceway that meeting. Photographer: Graham Ruckert.
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1971 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY MEETING 26th September 1971 |
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1973 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY MEETING 7th October 1973
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7th October 1973 - Alan Milligan in the number 78 Mark 1 Cortina 1600 on the gas at Lakeside. Photographer: Graham Ruckert.
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1973 - LAKESIDE RACEWAY MEETING 9th December 1973
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1973 - Jim McKeown leads Pete Geoghegan through Lakesoide's Karrussell. Photo: Graham Ruckert Photography.
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1973 - BARRY SHARPE
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1973 - From running just fine to an expensive smoke screen. Photo's: Graham Ruckert Photography.
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1973 - DICK JOHNSON
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1973 - Dick Johnson in the ex Barry Nixon Smith Holden GTR-XU1 Torana at Lakeside. Photo: Neil Laracy collection.
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1973 - LIONEL AYERS
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1973 - Lionel Ayers in his Rennmax Repco V8 powered machine at Lakeside. Photo: Graham Ruckert Photography.
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1976 - JIM RICHARDS
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1976 - A very young Jim Richards in his Mustang coming out of the Eastern Loop at Lakeside Raceway. Photographer: Brier Thomas. research Paul Tilley.
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1977 - LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP [round 7] 26th June 1977. |
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1988 - NATIONAL SPEEDWAY ILLUSTRATED REPORTED
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2007 - LAKESIDE PARK
On December the 18th of 2007 the Pine Rivers Shire Council and the owners of Queensland Raceway (Wrexmere Pty Ltd) signed a thirty year lease deal with a ten year option to operate the venue, The facility was to be used for driver training as well as racing.
The circuit reopened on the 5th of April 2008 and was strictly for local racing, As the management also owned the Queensland Raceway it was never the intension for the two venues to compete each other, more to complement one another,
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2008 - MAJOR UPGRADING
During the 2008 - 2009 season Lakeside was closed so the Management team and a group of volunteers could upgrade and widen the circuit, The track width was increased to twelve metre's and a tunnel was added underneath the track, By 2011 many of the steel Armco barriers had been removed from the infield and sandtraps installed, many of the run off area's were increased in size as well as concrete barriers installed.