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Location | Goulburn, New South Wales |
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Time zone | UTC+10:00 (UTC+11:00 DST) |
Coordinates | 34°50′26″S 149°41′7″E / 34.84056°S 149.68528°E |
Owner | Steve Shelley (June 2023–present) Benalla Auto Club (May 1994–May 2023) |
Broke ground | October 1993 |
Opened | 8 May 1994 Re-opened: 8 May 2024 |
Closed | August 2022 |
Former names | Wakefield Park Raceway (1994–2022) |
Major events | Current: Australian Superbike Championship (2004, 2016–2022, 2024) Former: Australian Formula 3 (2001–2006, 2009–2010, 2015, 2017–2019) Australian GT Championship (2005–2006, 2017) Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (2001–2008) |
Full Circuit (2024) | |
Length | 2.350 km (1.460 miles) |
Turns | 13 |
Race lap record | 0:54.9450 ( Damon Sterling, Hyper Racer X1, 2024, Hyper Racer) |
Original Circuit (1994–2022) | |
Length | 2.200 km (1.367 miles) |
Turns | 10 |
Race lap record | 0:53.0600 ( Brad Shiels, Tilton Mitsubishi Evo, 2020, Sports car racing) |
One Raceway, formerly known as Wakefield Park Raceway is a 2.350 km (1.460 mi) motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.[1] [2] It was named after Charles Wakefield, the founder of Castrol.[3] The founders of Wakefield Park, John Carter and amateur racer and former motor dealer, Paul Samuels felt that Castrol had been so influential in helping amateurs go motor racing that CC Wakefield should be honoured, especially as Samuels' and Carter's' circuit was intended for amateur racers in the likelihood in the 1990s of both Amaroo and Oran Park Raceways closing and amateur racers being unable to afford the daily hire rate at Eastern Creek Raceway.
The local arm of Castrol appreciated this and committed to a three-year sum for sponsorship. Consequently, all the buildings, which were all designed by Samuels and Carter, were in Castrol colours, an appropriate but subtle recognition of the Company's involvement. However it was then decided that Castrol was not getting any appreciable value from the modest sponsorship, so it stopped.