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Surfers Paradise International Raceway
LocationCarrara, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
Time zoneUTC+10:00
Coordinates28°0′59″S 153°22′34″E / 28.01639°S 153.37611°E / -28.01639; 153.37611
Opened1966
Closed27 August 1987; 36 years ago (1987-08-27)
Major eventsTasman Series (1968, 1970–1975)
Australian Touring Car Championship (1969, 1971–1977, 1979–1987)
Australian Grand Prix (1975)
Australian GT (1982–1985)
Australian Drivers' Championship (1966–1969, 1971–1975, 1977)
Full Circuit (1966–1987)
Length3.219 km (2.000 miles)
Turns7
Race lap record1:04.3 (Australia John Bowe, Veskanda C1, 1986, Group C)
Allan Moffat at Surfers Paradise International Raceway in the works Ford Falcon GTHO Phase II in 1970/71

Surfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The 3.219 km (2.000 mi) long circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast who also designed and built the Adelaide International Raceway (AIR) in South Australia in 1972. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara.[1]

  1. ^ "Believed to be motor bike racing at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Carrara, ca 1965". National Library of Australia: Picture Australia. 1965. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2008.

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