Location | Pioneer Park Speedway, 30825 Bruce Highway, Brandon, Queensland 4808, Australia |
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Coordinates | 19°34′16″S147°20′22″E / 19.57111°S 147.33944°E |
Opened | 13 April 1974 |
Length | 350 m (0.22 mi) |
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]
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]