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Lakeside Motor Racing Enthusiasts has confirmed that the tender submitted by Motorcycling Australia has been rejected by the Pine Rivers Shire Council. Only the Police Citizens Youth Club, Total Driver and Queensland Raceway remain in the race for the management rights of the historic Lakeside International Raceway.

In a fax from John Rauber of the PRSC,

“Council has considered the submissions from organisations wishing to undertake the management and enhancement of facilities at Lakeside and at MP06/1888 [council meeting minutes] has resolved to conduct further negotiations and due diligence for three of the submissions.”

LMRE president Ian Milton said,

“The motorcycling community helped build Lakeside over the past four decades and would’ve been quite capable of running the facility.”

“We are confident that any of the remaining tenderers will be able to operate Lakeside in a fair and financially viable manner provided they are not encumbered by overly restrictive Council policies.”

Mr Rauber stated,

“It is expected a final decision on the successful operator will be made soon, with contracts completed before the end of the year.”

Whilst LMRE is disappointed with the slow decision making process, the members are hopeful that the Pine Rivers Shire Council will soon provide part of the solution to reduce hooning and racing on public streets.

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Paul,

I attended a Total Driver trackday at Lakeside recently, and lets just say that the noise levels that have been put in place by the council are fairly strict....

there are certain parts of the circuit where it has been patched that the tyres squeel on when you drive over them, and lets just say, we were given strict instructions that basically any tyre noise = end of racing for you... also, cars with pretty much any louder than stock exhausts were a no-go....

Dammit, I can't wait to get up there and run for council.......

One of the fastest GTR's down here is the Racepace GTR which does 1.15 at Sandown (V8SC 1.11) is dead quiet so noise is not a real problem, but it is an attractive factor of motor sport. Why go to a rock concert if they aren't damaging your hearing?

So then whats the point of reopening lakeside if we cant make any noise

Group buy of land surrounding Lakeside Raceway?.... I woould rather wake to the noise of 'Brraaaap...BRAAAPAAaaappp!!! in the morning rather than some weener birds.

I also love the idea. A quick lap before work, mmmm.

If the noise requirements are that strict then we are out of the game. I love the sound of a GTR on full noise with a set of side pipes.

Paul

I love Lakeside far more than noisey cars!

And I personally hope QR do not get it. They are bad for club level motorsport, effectively pricing the reigon's sporting car clubs out of QR a few years ago when they decided they could get more money by running thier own sprint series on weekends. Council were looking for a consortium to manage the facility as a shared enterprise, so hopefully that will see PCYC and Total Driver in the best position, as QR will only be in it for the commercial opportunity.

Peronally, I think LMRE did some good work earlier wrt Lakeside and holding PRSC to account for thier actions. But now that PRSC are actually going out of their way to re-open the facility I'm concerned LMRE may be doing more harm than good by hounding the Council over every little detail. Be thankful for the big picture victory, and let PRSC go about doing their thing in peace for a while. Did you really expect any level of goverment to run any sort of project on-time? patience LMRE! rather than having a dig at Council for rejecting one of the proposals, be thankful that it is one more step towards choosing a successful candidate!

I also love the idea. A quick lap before work, mmmm.

If the noise requirements are that strict then we are out of the game. I love the sound of a GTR on full noise with a set of side pipes.

Paul

Mmmm.....9000rpm an a set of side pipes

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Hi Guys,

Check out these recent media articles about the effort to re-open Lakeside Raceway on Brisbane's northside - the fat lady hasn't sung yet!

I've got a couple of recent newspaper articles to share with everyone, but I didn’t want to hog space, so if you want to read the detail in full size, click here to go to www.lakesideraceway.com/news.htm.

What do you guys think about getting a dedicated motorsport facility for Brisbane's north-side?

Scott

this is only a guess, but, in a single word

no

I believe this due to the extremely strict noise restrictions that are going to have to be imposed.

as well as the track now being toted as an 'environmentally friendly' track, i don't think they'd appreciate people sending huge plumes of tyre smoke into the atmosphere.

also, drifting is gay

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