Sydney Showground Speedway

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Sydney Showground

Speedway Royale Speedway Royal The Royale
Sydney Showground during the 1936 Sydney Royal Easter Show. The speedways start/finish line was located at the right of the picture.
Location	Moore Park, New South Wales
Coordinates	33°53′36″S 151°13′37″E / 33.89333°S 151.22694°E / -33.89333; 151.22694
Capacity	40,000
Owner	New South Wales Government
Operator	Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (showground) Empire Speedways (speedway)
Broke ground	1882
Opened	1882 (showground) 1926 (speedway)
Closed	1996
Major events	Australian Sprintcar Championship Australian Speedcar Championship Australian Speedcar Grand Prix Australian Solo Championship Australian Sidecar Championship Australasian Solo Final
Oval
Surface	dolomite
Length	0.316 miles (0.509 km)
Race lap record	0:16.876 (Jay Drake (), , 1996, Speedcar)

Sydney Showground Speedway, originally known as the Speedway Royal and later the Speedway Royale but often referred to as just The Royale or The Showground, was a motorcycle speedway track, which was located at the old Sydney Showground and used from 1926 until 1996.