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Description | Track used by Indycar. Chicane layout on the map is approximated. Not to be confused with Surfers Paradise International Raceway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Surfers Paradise QLD - Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Latitude - Longitude | - 27°59'05" +153°25'33" -27.984722 153.425833 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 541875.096 - Y = 6904417.03 - Zone 56J | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 1 m - 3 ft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designer | D3 D3 Motorsport Development | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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Gold Coast | |||||
Description | Original layout, with a single chicane (right - left - right) | ||||
Years | 1991÷1992 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | 1991 | ||||
Closing | 1992 | ||||
Last update of this page | May 27th 2010 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | D3 D3 Motorsport Development | ||||
Distinctive points | Gold Coast Highway - Surfers Paradise Boulevard - View Av. - The Esplanade - Main Beach Pde - Breaker Street - Hill Pde | ||||
length | 4474 m | 14678 ft | 2.78 mi | (5) | |
length | 4496 m | 14751 ft | 2.794 mi | (12) | |
length | 4489 m | 14727 ft | 2.789 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (8) |
Gold Coast | |||||
Description | Chicane now is double (left - right - left - right) | ||||
Years | 1993÷1994 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | 1993 | ||||
Closing | 1994 | ||||
Last update of this page | May 27th 2010 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | D3 D3 Motorsport Development | ||||
Distinctive points | Gold Coast Highway - Surfers Paradise Boulevard - View Av. - The Esplanade - Main Beach Pde - Breaker Street - Hill Pde | ||||
length | 4496 m | 14751 ft | 2.794 mi | (5) | |
length | 4491 m | 14733 ft | 2.791 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (10) |
Gold Coast | |||||
Description | Chicane now is double (left - right - left - right - left - right). Track length is different over years, but I don’t know if the track was modified or only remeasured | ||||
Years | 1995÷2009 | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | 1995 | ||||
Closing | 2009 | ||||
Last update of this page | May 27th 2010 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Gold Coast Highway - Surfers Paradise Boulevard - View Av. - The Esplanade - Main Beach Pde - Breaker Street - Hill Pde | ||||
length | 4498 m | 14757 ft | 2.795 mi | (12) | |
length | 4495 m | 14748 ft | 2.793 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (11) |
length | 4496 m | 14751 ft | 2.794 mi | In 1995 and 1996 | (5) |
length | 4498 m | 14757 ft | 2.795 mi | In 1997, 2007 and 2008 | (5) |
length | 4470 m | 14665 ft | 2.778 mi | From 1998 to 2006 | (5) |
Gold Coast | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 2010÷... | ||||
Direction | ![]() | ||||
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NO | ||||
No longer operational | |||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | |||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | May 25th 2010 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Gold Coast Highway - Surfers Paradise Boulevard - Main Beach Pde - Breaker Street - Hill Pde | ||||
length | 2960 m | 9711 ft | 1.839 mi | (1) | |
length | 2975 m | 9760 ft | 1.849 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (9) |
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast (all layouts)
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast 1991÷1992
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
- milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast 1993÷1994
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
- milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast 1996÷2009
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
- milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast 2010÷...
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
- milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
May 27th 2010 | Guido de Carli | Peer Risch | Peer Risch | Update | Description with map | ||
May 25th 2010 | Gold Coast | 2010÷... | Guido de Carli | Roelard Smit | Update | Description | |
March 1st 2010 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
December 18th 2007 | Lorenzo Tommasi | Update | Description | ||||
August 4th 2005 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
April 8th 2004 | Gold Coast | 1991÷1992 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | Update | Map | |
August 6th 2002 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | New | Description with map | |||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |