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Coordinates: 33°48′14.51″S, 150°52′13.88″E
Built and owned by the New South Wales Government, Eastern Creek International Raceway is a motorsports circuit located in Eastern Creek (40km west of Sydney CBD), New South Wales, Australia and is operated by the Australian Racing Drivers Club. Eastern Creek International Raceway is the only international race circuit in Sydney.
The raceway is recently used for the A1 Grand Prix championship, it already hosted three rounds in 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season, 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season and 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.
The track is fast and flowing and used for national Australian races for cars, bikes and superkarts. Eastern Creek formerly hosted the final round of the annual V8 Supercar championship. It was removed from the series calendar in 2005 but was recently reinstated to host a round of the 2007 series.[1]
From 1991 to 1996, Eastern Creek held the Australian round of the 500cc GP series (now Moto GP), losing it back to Phillip Island, the place it took it from. Eastern Creek is the hub of motorsport in New South Wales, also combining the world's largest karting facility and Australia's leading drag racing complex.
In the 1990s, Eastern Creek was the venue for a number of rock concerts and festivals including Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, the Alternative Nation Festival in 1995 which featured Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More and Lou Reed as well as the Colossus 2 dance festival in 1997 which featured Italian group Cappella.
The facility offers motorsport fans and competitors a year-round motor racing facility includes a 4,000 seat covered grandstand over looking the start/finish line providing a view of 80 per cent of the circuit. The pit facilities provide 52 roll-in / roll-out garages, all with power and immediate access to the support paddock area.
On April 28th 2008 it was announced that Apex Circuit Design ltd was commisioned to perform a $350,000 feasability study on upgrading the track to suit more purposes and hold larger events like the Australian F1 grand prix.
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