List of Australian Touring Car Championship circuits

This is a list of circuits which have hosted a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Supercars Championship since the championship was first held at Gnoo Blas in Orange, New South Wales, in 1960.

The shortest track used in the championship was the 1.94 km (1.20 mi) Amaroo Park circuit located in the Sydney suburb of Annangrove. The longest track used was the Longford Circuit which measured 7.242 km (4.501 mi). Sandown Raceway in Melbourne has hosted the most rounds with 49.

Of the 34 circuits that have hosted rounds of the championship, twelve have been temporary street or airfield circuits with six still in use as of the 2019 season. Six international circuits have also been used, two in New Zealand and one each in China, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Championship circuits
Key
Current circuits (for the 2020 season)

Unless stated, all tracks are located within Australia.

Circuit Location Events held Length Seasons Total
rounds		 Map
Adelaide International Raceway Virginia,
South Australia		 Adelaide ATCC round 2.41 km (1.50 mi) 1972–1988 19
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide,
South Australia		 Adelaide 500 3.219 km (2.012 mi) 1999– 22
Albert Park Circuit Albert Park,
Victoria		 Melbourne 400 5.303 km (3.296 mi) 2018– 3
Amaroo Park Annangrove,
New South Wales		 Amaroo Park ATCC round 1.94 km (1.20 mi) 1974–1978, 1985–1994 15
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir,
Bahrain		 Desert 400 5.412 km (3.363 mi) 2006–2008, 2010 4
Calder Park Raceway Keilor,
Victoria		 Calder Park V8 Supercar round 2.280 km (1.417 mi) 1969–1983, 1985–1988,
1996–2001		 25
Canberra Street Circuit Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory		 Canberra 400 3.9 km (2.4 mi) 2000–2002 3
Circuit of the Americas Elroy,
Texas		 Austin 400 3.7 km (2.3 mi) 2013 1
Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit Orange,
New South Wales		 6.03 km (3.75 mi) 1960 1
Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton,
New Zealand		 Hamilton 400 3.4 km (2.1 mi) 2008–2012 5
Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin,
Northern Territory		 Darwin Triple Crown 2.87 km (1.78 mi) 1998– 24
Homebush Street Circuit Sydney Olympic Park,
New South Wales		 Sydney 500 3.4 km (2.1 mi) 2009–2016 8
Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane,
Queensland		 Lakeside ATCC round 2.411 km (1.498 mi) 1964, 1967, 1970–1971,
1975–1998		 29
Longford Circuit Longford,
Tasmania		 7.242 km (4.501 mi) 1962 1
Lowood Airfield Circuit Tarampa,
Queensland		 4.54 km (2.82 mi) 1961 1
Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala,
South Australia		 Mallala ATCC round 2.601 km (1.616 mi) 1963, 1969–1971,
1989–1998		 14
Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst,
New South Wales		 Bathurst 1000
Mount Panorama ATCC sprint round		 6.213 km (3.861 mi) 1966, 1969–1970, 1972,
1995–1996, 1999–		 28
Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle East,
New South Wales		 Newcastle 500 2.66 km (1.65 mi) 2017–2019 3
Oran Park Raceway Narellan,
New South Wales		 Oran Park V8 Supercar round 2.620 km (1.62 mi) 1971–2008 38
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island,
Victoria		 Phillip Island 500
Phillip Island SuperSprint		 4.445 km (2.762 mi) 1976–1977, 1990,
1993–2003, 2005–2019		 30
Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe,
New Zealand		 Auckland SuperSprint 2.91 km (1.808 mi) 2001–2007, 2013–2019 14
Queensland Raceway Ipswich,
Queensland		 Ipswich SuperSprint
Queensland 500		 3.12 km (1.95 mi) 1999–2019 23
Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville,
Queensland		 Townsville 400 2.85 km (1.78 mi) 2009– 13
Sandown Raceway Springvale,
Victoria		 Sandown Super400
Sandown 500		 3.104 km (1.928 mi) 1965, 1970–1974,
1976–1989, 1991–1992, 1994–2019		 49
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai,
China		 V8 Supercars China Round 4.6 km (2.8 mi) 2005 1
Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise,
Queensland		 Surfers Paradise ATCC round 3.219 km (2.000 mi) 1969, 1971–1977,
1979–1987		 17
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise,
Queensland		 V8 Supercar Challenge
Gold Coast 600		 2.98 km (1.85 mi) 2002–2019 18
Sydney Motorsport Park
(Eastern Creek Raceway)		 Eastern Creek,
New South Wales		 Sydney SuperSprint 3.93 km (2.44 mi) 1992–1997, 1999–2005,
2007–2008, 2012, 2014–2018, 2020–		 25
Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston,
Tasmania		 Tasmania Super400 2.41 km (1.5 mi) 1969–1999, 2004–2019 47
The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend,
South Australia		 The Bend SuperSprint 4.95 km (3.1 mi) 2018– 4
Warwick Farm Raceway Warwick Farm,
New South Wales		 Warwick Farm ATCC round 3.621 km (2.250 mi) 1968, 1970, 1972–1973 4
Wanneroo Raceway
(Barbagallo Raceway)		 Pinjar,
Western Australia		 Perth SuperNight 2.411 km (1.498 mi) 1973, 1978–2009,
2011–2019		 42
Winton Motor Raceway Winton,
Victoria		 Winton Super400 3.0 km (1.864 mi) 1985–1986, 1988–1995,
1997–2004, 2006–2019		 32
Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates		 Yas V8 400 5.554 km (3.451 mi) 2010–2012 3

* New circuit in use for the current season.

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Non-championship events

This section refers to non-championship events held in the Group 3A era of 1993 onwards.

Circuit Location Events held Length Years Total Map
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide,
South Australia		 Supercars Challenge 3.780 km (2.349 mi) 1993–1995 3
Albert Park Circuit Albert Park,
Victoria		 Supercars Challenge 5.303 km (3.296 mi) 1996–2006, 2008–2017 21
Calder Park Raceway Keilor,
Victoria		 TAC Peter Brock Classic 2.280 km (1.417 mi) 1995 1
Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek,
New South Wales		 Winfield Triple Challenge 3.93 km (2.44 mi) 1993–1995 3
Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia		 Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix 3.3 km (2.1 mi) 2015 1
Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Bathurst 1000
Primus/FAI 1000 Classic		 6.213 km (3.861 mi) 1993-1998 6
Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe,
New Zealand		 Mobil 1 Sprints 2.91 km (1.808 mi) 1996 1
Sandown Raceway Springvale,
Victoria		 Sandown 500 3.104 km (1.928 mi) 1993-1998 6
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise,
Queensland		 V8 Supercar Challenge 4.47 km (2.77 mi) 1994, 1996–2001 7
Wellington Street Circuit Wellington,
New Zealand		 Mobil 1 Sprints 3.23 km (2.01 mi) 1996 1

References
  1. Greenhalgh, David; Howard, Graham; Wilson, Stewart (2011). The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9805912-2-4.
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