iRacing – Circuits Of The World – Oran Park Raceway. [By DigiProst]

Circuits Of The World –  [By DigiProst]

This is number ten in the DigiProst  " Circuits Of The World " Series.  Oran Parc.

Digiprost used iRacing version of the former Austalian track as a source for this track review.

The circuit was established by the Singer Car Club, with its opening meeting held on the weekend of 17–18 February 1962
A motorcycle race meeting was held on 17 February 1963, with reigning Grand Prix Champion Jim Redman being the star attraction.

Redman won nearly every class and set the lap record of 50.4 seconds, only 0.8 seconds slower than Frank Matich’s outright time set in a 2.6 litre Lotus Sports Car.
The original lap distance of 1.0 miles (1.6 km) was later extended to 1.21 miles (1.9 km) with a further extension in 1974 creating an alternative “Grand Prix” circuit of 1.63 miles (2.62 km) in length. The Grand Prix circuit featured a figure-eight shape with a bridge where the track crossed over itself.

Despite the loop the racing direction was still regarded as being anticlockwise.
The complex also had a motocross track, a skidpan, a dirt track and four wheel drive course and a 1000 foot drag strip. Most of the circuit was visible from the main grandstand or the grassed banks surrounding the track.
 

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