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Morgan Park Raceway is a motorsports complex located at Old Stanthorpe Road near
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, Australia and is operated by the Warwick District Sporting Car Club Inc. The venue features a race circuit with five different layouts. The initial race circuit was constructed in 1968 and the first race meeting was staged in March of the following year.Morgan Park Raceway
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The circuit was bitumen sealed in 1997 and an extension to was subsequently undertaken. A further extension to was completed in 2002 and the venue hosted its first Queensland Motor Racing Championships round the same year. In 2007 it hosted its first national championship races, the
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Nationals and the Australian Improved Production Nationals. The new layout was first used on the weekend of 14–15 August 2010 for a round of the
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. This meeting featured a round of Australia's oldest motor racing championship, the
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, which was visiting Morgan Park for the first time. The raceway features sprint events, WDSCC Southern Downs Challenge and
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Super Sprint Championships, as well as being the home of the Queensland state championships for motor racing The circuit is also home to Queensland's biggest historic motor racing festival held in July or August, hosted by the Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland. The raceway is also an event round for the Australian Superbike Championship as well as club level racing for both cars and motorcycles. It is also widely known as the home track of Porsche Factory Driver Matt Campbell.


Available circuits

File:Morgan Park Raceway (Australia) track map--Circuit F--full circuit.svg, "Circuit E" which is the former full circuit. The circuit has since been extended to Circuit K. File:Morgan Park Raceway (Australia) track map--Circuit B.svg, "Circuit B" File:Morgan Park Raceway (Australia) track map--Circuit D.svg, "Circuit D" Not shown: *"Circuit A" *"Circuit C" Existing circuits have only temporary names with permanent names chosen by fans.


Lap Records

As of August 2022, the fastest official race lap records at Morgan Park Raceway are listed as:Natsoft Race Results
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External links


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