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| Location | Wattle Avenue, Neerabup, Western Australia |
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| Time zone | UTC+08:00 |
| Coordinates | 31°39′55.08″S 115°47′28.68″E / 31.6653000°S 115.7913000°E |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| FIA Grade | 3 |
| Owner | WA Sporting Car Club |
| Operator | WA Sporting Car Club |
| Opened | 2 March 1969 |
| Former names | Wanneroo Raceway (1969–1992, 2020–2022) Barbagallo Raceway (1992–2020) |
| Major events | Current: Supercars Championship Perth SuperSprint (1973, 1978–2009, 2011–2019, 2022–present) Former: GT World Challenge Australia (1982, 2016–2017, 2019, 2023) Australian Grand Prix (1979) Stadium Super Trucks (2017–2018) Australian F4 (2017) Australian Grand Prix (1979) Six Hour Le Mans (1969–1972) |
| Long Circuit (1969–present) | |
| Length | 2.411 km (1.498 miles) |
| Turns | 7 |
| Race lap record | 0:50.5769 ( Gary West, Lola T87/50, 2007, F3000) |
| Bike Circuit (2019–present) | |
| Length | 2.413 km (1.500 miles) |
| Turns | 9 |
| Race lap record | 0:55.909 ( Cameron Stronach, Yamaha YZF-R1, 2022, Superbikes) |
| Short Circuit (1992–present) | |
| Length | 1.760 km (1.094 miles) |
| Turns | 8 |
Wanneroo Raceway, currently known as CARCO.com.au Raceway for naming rights reasons, is a 2.411 km (1.498 mi) motorsport circuit located in Neerabup, approximately 50 km (31 mi) north of Perth in Western Australia. It was built by the WA Sporting Car Club.
The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6-hour Le Mans style race for sedans and sports cars known as the Six Hour Le Mans. However, as interest dulled in that event, production car racing took over as the major race type. In 1979, the Australian Grand Prix was held for the first and so far only time at Wanneroo Raceway which coincided with the opening of the new pits and paddock area to the west of the circuit. The Grand Prix was won by South Australian Johnnie Walker driving a Lola T332 Formula 5000. Walker was the last driver to win the AGP driving a Formula 5000.
In 1992, it was decided that a short circuit would be constructed by linking Turn 5 on the current circuit to the back straight forming a new 1.760 km (1.094 mi) circuit. This extension was funded by prominent West Australian motorsport identity Alf Barbagallo and hence the circuit name was changed to Barbagallo Raceway.[1] The short circuit allowed for an increase in the types of racing including the inclusion of truck racing and also allowed events to be run at night.
The circuit was renamed Wanneroo Raceway in 2020, however its name was changed as CARCO.com.au Raceway from August 2022 to November 2025.[2]
- ^ Building the Short Circuit, www.wascc.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 12 July 2014
- ^ "New name for Perth's Wanneroo Raceway". speedcafe.com. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.