Pioneer Park Speedway

Speedway stadium in Brandon, Queensland

19°34′16″S 147°20′22″E / 19.57111°S 147.33944°E / -19.57111; 147.33944Opened13 April 1974Length(350 metres) 0.350 km

Pioneer Park Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue near Ayr, Queensland in Australia.^[1] It is located approximately 2.5 kilometres south west of Brandon, Queensland, on the Bruce Highway.^[2]

History

The facility opened on 13 April 1974, after initially being a project conceived by Brian Hodder in 1970.^[3]

The track has been a significant venue for important motorcycle speedway events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship (the first in 1982).^[4]^[5]

It has also held the final of the Australian Solo Championship in 1985 and 1986^[6] and the Queensland Solo Championship on eleven occasions from 1976 to 2018.^[7]

The track was purchased on two occasions by Rod and Teri Heathcote, in 2000 and 2016, the second when the track had fallen into a state of disrepair.^[8] It re-opened in 2016.^[3]

References

^ "Pioneer Park Speedway". Visit Burdekin. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "Pioneer Park Speedway, Ayr". Speedway Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Ayr, Queensland". Speedway and Road Race History. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1929-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "Speedway". Motorcycling Queensland. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ "Welcome to Pioneer Park Speedway". Speedway Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2024.