Race For Lakeside Heats Up

[prego]

hmn how about starting a fund for 2010 not ever seeing it myslef i would love to be able to head out ther for a track day when i have my licence and a decent car

[R33S2]

On ABC2 last night they had a replay of the 196? formula 1 championship at lakeside, it was interesting to see that some were only 1.5 litre and were that cigar shape and the wings lol but it reminded me of what a treasure we have lost.

[MountainRunner]

I had a talk with track management. There is no 20 event limit. We are also set to get some dates !!! Only limit is noise.

[lakesideguy]

On ABC2 last night they had a replay of the 196? formula 1 championship at lakeside, it was interesting to see that some were only 1.5 litre and were that cigar shape and the wings lol but it reminded me of what a treasure we have lost.

I heard about it too, appaently it was 1969. I wonder how many other tracks in Australia can lay claim to hosting rounds of the World Formula One Championship. According to the Queensland Heritage Council, the circuit only has heritage value at a local level!

[lakesideguy]

I had a talk with track management. There is no 20 event limit. We are also set to get some dates !!! Only limit is noise.

Who did you talk to?

[MountainRunner]

I talk regularly to Keith and John.

[gts25t4door]

The Australian Grand Prix had moved on in 1966 to Lakeside, 19 miles north of Brisbane in Queensland. Built on dairy farm at Petrie by Sid Sakzewski the fast and daunting track -- opened in March 61 -- was alongside Lake Kurwongbah.

The race returned to Lakeside in 1969 with victory going to Chris Amon, but with an inceasing number of Formula 1 races being held, the trip to the Antipodes lost popularity among the Europeans.

[Dan_B]

I had a talk with track management. There is no 20 event limit. We are also set to get some dates !!! Only limit is noise.

Sounds great, so what will the noise limit be?

[R33S2]

If its like Mt Cotton 90 Db

[SMR33]

If its like Mt Cotton 90 Db

Don't forget the 1.5 dB tolerances with the machine...but if thats the case then I'm legal

[pear]

If its like Mt Cotton 90 Db

How's your machine going?

That day at Mt Cotton someone was 89.999 Db from memory

*back on topic

Would be great to get an SAU event at Lakeside!

As I kid, I spent many weekends there. my family worked on the catering side of things.

Lakeside and Surfer Paradise Raceway... those were the days!

[hrd-hr30]

I had a talk with track management. There is no 20 event limit. We are also set to get some dates !!! Only limit is noise.

awesome! I'll definitely be there! do you know what will the noise limit will be? and will it be measured or just at the organiser's discretion - ie "I think that car sounds too loud - go home" like it was with Total Driver recently? I guess I'm jumping the gun a little - the details may not quite be ironed out yet between QR and PRSC... or yourself and QR for that matter. I'm just keen to know because I recently had to remove the centre muffler on my car because it split, and its quite a bit louder now...

[MountainRunner]

We haven't ironed out all the details yet but I got the feeling its along the lines of Street Cars only.

[shanef]

We haven't ironed out all the details yet but I got the feeling its along the lines of Street Cars only.

I hope its like ANDRA's Street Legal class

[lakesideguy]

Media Release

Lakeside Hostage to Land Cartel

16 April, 2207

Brisbane, Australia - A Lakeside Motor Racing Enthusiasts' insider source confirmed that the Pine Rivers Shire Council is being bullied by a small group of wealthy landowners using a publicity campaign of misinformation to delay the successful tenderer from opening Lakeside to the community.

The anti-Lakeside faction has acquired large holdings of lake-front acreage and wants to continue to prevent public access to the facility until the deal with the State Government, preserving the site's motor racing heritage, expires in 2010.

It is also being reported that some councillors are resisting heavy pressure to circumvent the spirit of the South East Queensland Regional Plan with a strategy to re-zone the former Australian Grand Prix circuit after 2010, or write-it-off as a multi-million dollar ratepayer donation to the local golf club.

President of LMRE, Ian Milton said,

"If one of Queensland's rare public motorsport venues can be re-zoned, then this well-healed minority will continue to bully Council into permitting subdivision of their estates. This will be a lotto win for them, but opening up the water front to another 1000 houses would be an insane burden on the Shire's fragile water supply. Conversely, Lakeside has a proven record over 40 years with its own water supply, has never had a pollution complaint lodged against it and no-one has ever provided one shred of scientific evidence that it has any impact on Lake Kurwongbah."

"Even if one was to accept the arguments of these selfish individuals at face value, how do they balance them against life saving public benefits to the majority of the Shire's population, such as educating our young drivers? Currently, Dakabin High School students are forced to pay higher costs and waste over 2 hours travelling to Ipswich for driver education courses when there's a vacant facility within walking distance of the school!"

"For each one of these wannabe developers complaining about Council process, LMRE has a member who moved to the area specifically to be closer to Lakeside, not to mention the fact that this gang represents less than one tenth of one percent of the ratepayers of the Shire and yet they're holding everyone east of Narangba Rd to ransom."

"The core of LMRE membership are Pine Rivers Shire residents and they are sick of hearing the childish cries about a lack of consultation even though the issue has been publicly debated in the media for nearly five years. How much credibility can you give someone who lacks basic knowledge of the local community issues and fails to do their own research?"

"Make no mistake, this argument over Lakeside is not about noise or water quality or any other public issue, it's about a handful of well positioned people attempting to sabotage the public process for personal financial gain."

LMRE has worked tirelessly for the past 5 years with the other committed stakeholders to develop a plan for Lakeside that doesn't exclude anyone, so now, we are not prepared to stand by and let a self-interested minority hijack the future of this community asset at the eleventh hour.

For more information - www.lakesideraceway.com

[Revhead]

How short-sighted people become when there's a buck to be made. Here's hoping Lakeside doesn't go the same way as Darlington Park

[Dan_B]

Yer these are the same people that bought house there and complain "oh i didnt realise that a RACE TRACK will make noise" bets on that these people would also be the ones that call up john laws and complain about "Hoons" in their modified cars racing around on the road and why isnt there somewhere else for them to do this.

Lakeside is a good track, the last sprint day at QR i went to they were talking about holding sprint races there, i think they were talking a 92dB max noise from the car, i would love to race there. Plus its only 5 minutes from my house.

[lakesideguy]

How short-sighted people become when there's a buck to be made. Here's hoping Lakeside doesn't go the same way as Darlington Park

It's amazing, but motorsport will always get screwed because we're so fragmented. United we stand, divided we take it up the ...

Spread the word, write to the media and government and don't let 'em give you any crap.