Symmons Plains Raceway

Symmons Plains

Layout of the Symmons Plains Raceway
Location	Launceston, Tasmania
Time zone	UTC+10:00
Coordinates	41°39′34″S 147°15′10″E / 41.65944°S 147.25278°E / -41.65944; 147.25278
FIA Grade	3
Owner	Motorsports Tasmania
Opened	March 1960; 64 years ago (1960-03)[1]
Major events	Current: Supercars Championship Tasmania SuperSprint (1969–1999, 2004–2019, 2021–present) TCR Australia (2021–present) Former: S5000 (2021–2023) Stadium Super Trucks (2021) Australian GT (1982, 2007)
Full Circuit (1960–present)
Length	2.411 km (1.498 miles)
Turns	7
Race lap record	0:48.5598 ( Joey Mawson, Ligier JS F3-S5000, 2022, S5000)

Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 km (19 mi) south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility. The circuit is one of the longest serving circuits of the combined history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Since 2005 it has hosted the Falken Tasmania Challenge for V8 Supercars.

In 2004, the facility received a A$3 million upgrade which included some modifications to the layout of the track, including moving the start/finish line back to a more conventional location opposite the pits. It had previously been on a curve (which is now located just after the first corner), unusual for a road course. Symmons Plains is also known for its extremely tight hairpin bend, known as Brambles Hairpin^{[citation needed]}, at the end of the old front straight.