The sealed road race circuit is 2.4 km long. It is a mix of technically demanding slow and fast turns over undulating terrain, designed and dedicated solely to motorcycle road racing. The track runs in a clockwise direction with 12 turns ranging from the sharp hairpin at turn 1 to the fast and sweeping turn 8.
The club has maintained an active upgrading program over the years, with more than $160,000 being spent on track re-surfacing alone over the last 5 years. The latest work concentrated on removing most of the "bumps and humps" that had become gradually worse over the years. The old main straight was leveled and resurfaced in 1998. All corners were resurfaced with hot mix in May of 2003, leaving a smooth but grippy surface which made for great racing, wet or dry. It has a character all of it's own and most of the riders who ride here keep coming back for the challenging track, the very real country atmosphere and the well organised race meetings, run by true enthusiasts for the riders. There is plenty of run off room, sand traps and demountable tyre walls in any slightly tight areas. There are no Armco barriers or concrete walls anywhere around the track. McNamara Park is considered very safe and has an excellent record although safety is always on the agenda and ongoing work is always carried out with the well being of riders in mind. The start grid can hold 29 solos and has three riders per row in a staggered formation.
The new pit area, completed for the 2005 State Championship Round in October of that year, includes 36 garage bays with concrete floors and power to each bay (now 54 since the latest upgrade). The club was able to complete a move of the pit area from inside the circuit (since 1962) to the area adjacent to the clubrooms with a grant from the Department of Sport & Recreation, many hours of volunteer labour and help from many generous individuals and businesses with machinery or materials. The club sincerely thanks all those involved. With the new facility being in use since October 2005, the club has been very pleased with the way that the area worked and completed more facility upgrades and other additions before the running of the 2006 Australian Historic Championships at McNamara Park.
The start/finish is now situated on the short straight in front of the clubrooms together with a new judges’ box, start lights & an electronic timing loop, all complementing the upgrade of the pits. This move means that all rider and spectator amenities are in the one area, making a much more enjoyable weekend for everyone. There is a bitumen start up road, bitumen dummy grid and a sealed return road. The decision by the club in 2007 to resurface most corner sections saw the work take longer than expected to complete due to bitumen problems but all is now 100% OK as evident by events held since April 2008. To upgrade the level of electricity supply in the pits to meet all needs the club is to install a large capacity generator and expects to have this fully functional for the South Australian Historic Championships on December 26, 27 and 28 2008.
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As well as 54 Garages the Pit area has lots of room and shade
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For more detail of the Track or Pits go to our "Downloads" page for pdf file links.
The track is only available for use by holders of an MA licence. For more info. on this please see the "Ride Days" page. For info. on getting to McNamara Park go to the "Find Us" page for a directions map.
LAP RECORDS AT MAC PARK |
Modern Bikes |
Outright |
Arthur Sissis
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Suzuki GSXR1000 |
30/09/18 |
1m 09.657s |
600cc |
Dallas Skeer |
Suzuki GSXR 600 |
21/04/19 |
1m 11.162s |
250cc |
Michael Brenton |
Honda RS |
14/03/00 |
1m 14.6s |
125cc |
Dallas Skeer |
Honda RS |
27/03/16 |
1m 14.929s |
Superlight |
Gavin Johnston |
Honda H100 |
03/04/93 |
1m 29.8s |
Sidecar |
S. Jones & J. Budarick |
Yamaha 1000 |
02/10/05 |
1m 16.45s |
Moto 3 |
Lawson Walters |
Honda NSF 250 |
31/04/13 |
1m 14.980s |
Juniors |
70cc |
Joel Kelso |
RMU |
06/06/15 |
1m 24.906s |
80cc |
Jack Mahaffy |
Honda RS 80 |
08/03/15 |
1m 22.024s |
150cc |
Olly Simpson |
Honda CBR 150 |
07/04/12 |
1m 27.038s |
125cc |
Dallas Skeer |
Honda RS |
27/03/16 |
1m 14.929s |
Moto 3 |
Lawson Walters |
Honda NSF 250 |
31/04/13 |
1m 14.980s |
Historic Bikes |
Period 2 |
Stan Mucha |
Indian |
05/03/16 |
1m 28.265s |
Period 3 125cc |
Graham Mason |
Bultaco TSS 125 |
26/11/06 |
1m 38.990s |
250cc |
Philip Barton |
Bultaco Mercurio |
29/12/12 |
1m 27.258s |
350cc |
Levi Day |
Honda CB72/77 |
02/01/11 |
1m 23.190s |
500cc |
Levi Day |
Manx Norton |
29/12/12 |
1m 18.944s |
Unlim. |
Darren Trotter |
Manx G50 |
01/01/17 |
1m 18.480s |
Sidecar |
B. Davies & G. Marston |
HRD 1170 |
26/11/06 |
1m 33.27s |
Period 4 125cc |
Jack Wright |
Yamaha AS3 125 |
26/11/06 |
1m 33.61s |
250cc |
Gavin Cosway |
Yamaha TD3 250 |
01/01/11 |
1m 26.603s |
350cc |
Joe Ahern |
Yamaha TR3 350 |
01/01/11 |
1m 21.2s |
500cc |
Craig Ditchburn |
Seeley Suzuki 500 |
26/11/06 |
1m 20.67s |
Unlim. |
Simon Cook |
Honda CB750 1120 |
29/12/12 |
1m 18.833s |
Sidecar |
T.Campbell & B Fitzgerald |
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04/03/18 |
1m 25.515s |
Period 5 125cc |
David Short |
Morbidelli |
05/03/16 |
1m 28.816s |
250cc |
Andy Pitman |
Yamaha RD250LC |
30/12/17 |
1m 21.575s |
350cc |
Lachlan Hill |
Yamaha TZ350 |
06/03/16 |
1m 18.149s |
500cc |
Chris Hayward |
Yamaha SR500 |
29/12/2018 |
1m 21.967s |
Unlim. |
David Johnson |
M/tosh Kawasaki 1200 |
26/11/06 |
1m 15.28s |
Sidecar |
S. Jones & D. Jones
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Suzuki 1100 |
04/03/17 |
1m 20.663s
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Scooters |
50cc |
Howard Sabey |
Yamaha Aerox |
17/01/16 |
1m45.533 |