Calder Park (Victoria, Australia)

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Calder Park Raceway
Calder

LocationCalder Freeway, Keilor, Victoria3036
Time zoneGMT+10
Coordinates

37°40′18″S 144°45′21″ECoordinates:

37°40′18″S 144°45′21″E
Capacity44,000 (Thunderdome)
OwnerRodney Jane
OperatorAustralian Motorsport Club Limited
Opened14 January 1962
Major eventsATCC
Australian NASCAR Championship
AUSCAR Championship
Australian National Drag Championships
Australian Grand Prix
WTCC
Thunderdome
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.801 km (1.119 mi)
Turns4
BankingTurns - 24°
Road Course
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.280 km (1.417 mi)
Turns9
Lap record0:52.69 (John Bowe, VeskandaChevrolet, 1986, Australian Sports Car Championship)
Short Circuit
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.609 km (1.000 mi)
Turns6
Lap record0:36.9 (Alan Jones, Williams FW07 Ford, 1980, Formula One)
Combined Circuit (road + oval)
SurfaceAsphalt
Length4.216 km (2.620 mi)
Turns15
BankingThunderdome Turns - 24°
Lap record1:45.03 (Andrew Miedecke, Ford Sierra RS500, 1987, World Touring Car Championship)

Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a dragstrip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise (for right-hand-drive cars) or counter-clockwise (for left-hand-drive cars such as NASCAR).

This would be awesome and it even includes a drag racing track layout!

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

The combined circuit would be a blast to race on, and the drag community would finally migrate from the Indy road course to somewhere better equipped.

 

[BrunoI_SRE]

Any combined circuit with high banking and a complex section gets my vote!