Homebush Street Circuit
Encyclopedia
The Homebush Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit
around the former Olympic
precinct at Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
, New South Wales
. The track was used for the first time at the final round of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
, the inaugural Sydney 500
.
. He focused on creating a difficult track with a variety of bumps, camber changes and fast and slow corners making it difficult to complete the perfect lap. It was constructed on Australia Avenue, Kevin Coombs Avenue, Edwin Flack Avenue and Dawn Fraser Avenue. 140 mature trees needed to be removed and kilometres of tarmac will need to be torn up to accommodate the race. Overall the track has a mixture of track surfaces.
V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards
suggested that there are many braking areas, difficult corners and passing spots. The main straight is the single widest section of race track in Australia, while the straight along Edwin Flack Avenue is one of the narrowest. The outside of turn eight has an unusual negative camber that caught many drivers out in the inaugural race, resting in several cars crashing into the outer barriers.
The first race was won by Toll Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander
from pole position while, the second 250 km race was won by Dick Johnson Racing
's James Courtney
(who started from second position on the grid). Jamie Whincup
secured winning the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
after finishing fifth in race 1 and fourteenth in race 2.
The circuit has been described as the most unpredictable on the calender as only two drivers, Mark Winterbottom and Jason Bright, have finished on the podium twice in the four races held there since 2009. It also has had the lowest percentage of finishers out of cars started in the two year running of the event with 63% of cars making it through to the finish, as compared to 77% at the Gold Coast (Run since 1994), 79% at Hamilton (Run since 2008), 88% at Adelaide (Run since 1999) and 90% at Townsville (Run since 2009).
Street circuit
A street circuit is a racing circuit composed by temporarily closed-off public roads of a city, town or village, used in motor races. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually placed temporarily and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the...
around the former Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
precinct at Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. The track was used for the first time at the final round of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
The 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title...
, the inaugural Sydney 500
Sydney 500
The Sydney Telstra 500 is a V8 Supercar motor racing event held annually at Homebush Street Circuit. The event is the last on the V8 Supercar calendar. The event is sponsored by Telstra and is officially known as the Sydney Telstra 500....
.
The circuit
The circuit was designed by Mark SkaifeMark Skaife
Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000...
. He focused on creating a difficult track with a variety of bumps, camber changes and fast and slow corners making it difficult to complete the perfect lap. It was constructed on Australia Avenue, Kevin Coombs Avenue, Edwin Flack Avenue and Dawn Fraser Avenue. 140 mature trees needed to be removed and kilometres of tarmac will need to be torn up to accommodate the race. Overall the track has a mixture of track surfaces.
V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards
Jason Richards
Jason Richards is a motor racing driver, currently on break from full time racing due to his fight with cancer, whilst still providing full engineering support for Brad Jones Racing in the Australian touring car series, V8 Supercar.-Early career:Richards started his motor racing career at the age...
suggested that there are many braking areas, difficult corners and passing spots. The main straight is the single widest section of race track in Australia, while the straight along Edwin Flack Avenue is one of the narrowest. The outside of turn eight has an unusual negative camber that caught many drivers out in the inaugural race, resting in several cars crashing into the outer barriers.
The first race was won by Toll Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander
Garth Tander
Garth Tander is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Since 1998 Tander has been a competitor in touring car racing series V8 Supercar Championship Series. Tander was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a three-time winner in Australia's most...
from pole position while, the second 250 km race was won by Dick Johnson Racing
Dick Johnson Racing
Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...
's James Courtney
James Courtney
James Courtney is an Australian racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship. He is the current Australian Touring Car Champion after winning the 2010 title for Dick Johnson Racing....
(who started from second position on the grid). Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup
Jamie Whincup is Australian auto racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar, driving for TeamVodafone. He is a two-time V8 Supercars champion and three-time Bathurst 1000 winner.-Early career:...
secured winning the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
The 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the eleventh V8 Supercar Championship Series and the thirteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title...
after finishing fifth in race 1 and fourteenth in race 2.
The circuit has been described as the most unpredictable on the calender as only two drivers, Mark Winterbottom and Jason Bright, have finished on the podium twice in the four races held there since 2009. It also has had the lowest percentage of finishers out of cars started in the two year running of the event with 63% of cars making it through to the finish, as compared to 77% at the Gold Coast (Run since 1994), 79% at Hamilton (Run since 2008), 88% at Adelaide (Run since 1999) and 90% at Townsville (Run since 2009).