I knew him well before that meeting, his SV Brabham was the equal of mine. A slow right called that opened up brought the track back to the main straight.[3].
Wonderful aerial shot of the raceway and airstrip looking back to Surfers Paradise in 1977 (A Favenchi).

Then a fast left hander before rushing into a series of rights and lefts that skirted the only hill on the property (commonly known as Repco[2] Hill). The Grand Opening though was ‘Speed Week’ in August, the great promoter holding a number of events over ten days including two weekends of circuit racing described in this article, drag racing, Concours D’ Elegance, motor cycle and speedboat racing- the latter event held on the nearby Gold Coast Broadwater. Kevin Bartlett recalled recently…’The dices that weekend live in my mind forever. (autopics), Stewart returned from the beach for the second weekend of Williams ‘double header’ to drive the Scuderia Veloce Ferrari 250LM with Kiwi Andy Buchanan, I wrote about this car a while back….https://primotipo.com/2014/07/03/pete-geoghegan-ferrari-250lm-6321-bathurst-easter-68/. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara. The chequered flag was shown to the Matich GT40, but Scuderia Veloce boss David McKay successfully protested the result giving the win to the Stewart/Buchanan LM. Winners of the Surfers Paradise round of a selection of these championships is shown below. The visit was a welcome respite from the World Championship that year, Jack Brabham dominating in his Repco engined Brabham BT19, with BRM for whom Stewart drove, struggling with their new uncompetitive, complex and heavy P83 ‘H16’. Peter Sutcliffes’ Ford GT40 ahead of the Jackie Epstein/ Paul Hawkins Ferrari 250LM (autopics.com).

Also within the complex was a 1/4 mile dirt oval speedway and an airstrip. Within the circuit lay an airstrip and quarter-mile speedway similar to the one that used to sit within the lower part of the Amaroo Park circuit in Sydney. Kevin Bartlett had stepped up since the Tasman Series from the Mildren Teams Brabham Ford 1.5 Brabham BT11A 2.5 Spencer Martin also racing a Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax for Bob Jane. Surfers Paradise International Raceway Latitude - Longitude: - 28°00'29", +153°22'29" If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner Surfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. He built Surfers Paradise and Adelaide Raceways in 1966 and 1970 respectively. My only visit was as a spectator on a family holiday, i convinced my dad to deposit me at the circuit for the day of the ‘Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy’ in September 1973, the feature event a round of the ‘Gold Star’, the Australian Drivers Championship, contested by F5000 cars.

Leo Geoghegan and Greg Cusack were entered in ex-Clark Lotus 39 and Lotus 32B respectively- both cars also Coventry Climax FPF 2.5 engined. Williams sold it in 1984, the circuit closed in 1987 and is now part of the ‘Emerald Lakes’ canal estate, like so many of our circuits given over to advancing urban encroachment, but that was a long way away in 1966. In the Belgian Grand Prix three weeks later he experienced an horrific accident on the first lap Spa race, conditions having changed from wet to torrential on this long track, leaving the circuit at high speed on the Masta Kink. If there was any doubt, Kevin Bartlett ‘arrived’ as a Top-Liner that day…serving it up to a Grand Prix winner in absolutely equal cars. The entry also included a Ford GT40 for Frank Matich and Peter Sutcliffe, another LM for Jackie Epstein and Aussie International Paul Hawkins, David Piper and  future Le Mans winner Richard Attwood raced Pipers’ ex-works Ferrari P2. Jackie Stewart, Surfers Paradise ‘Speed Week’ 1966, Brabham BT11A Climax and Ferrari 250LM…, https://primotipo.com/2014/07/03/pete-geoghegan-ferrari-250lm-6321-bathurst-easter-68/.

The TZ1 handling was not as good, the tyre and wheel package wasn’t as good.’, Andy Buchanan, Jackie Stewart, dignitary, Frank Matich, Peter Sutcliffe, Kevin Bartlett, Doug Chivas. 22/05/1966 Find upcoming and past racing events at Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. With the demise of the Tasman Series after 1976, the void was filled with the Rothmans International Series from 1976-1979. As typified the 1968 series Jim Clark (Lotus Ford) and Chris Amon (Ferrari) filled the top two positions with Clark's team mate Graham Hill completing the podium. The closing speed of Stewarts LM and the like would have been well over 80MPH!, the Moke having little power and the aerodynamic efficiency of a ‘dunny-door’. Matich and Sutcliffe happy at this stage but tears were not far away! Here surrounded by admirers in the Surfers paddock (Unattributed), Jack here fettling his Brabham’s Repco ‘620’, rotor button the cause of his DNF (Unattributed), Ray Bell, ‘Racing Car News’ magazine reporter at the time recalled the meeting on ‘The Nostalgia Forum’…, ‘Jack had pole, from KB, JYS and Spencer Martin. After years of neglect it was finally destroyed in 2003. Formula 5000 Tasman Series rounds were also held at the circuit each year from 1970 to 1975.[8]. He placed fifth in a race won by Clarks Lotus 33 Climax. The sight and sound of these fabulous cars bellowing through the fast right hander under the Dunlop Bridge, a true test of ‘gonad dimensions’, ‘flat knacker’ at 7500RPM in fifth, unmuffled Chev and Repco V8’s roaring away into the distance, was truly a sight and sound to behold and feel! [4][5], Keith Williams sold the raceway in 1984, and the circuit closed at the end of 1987 after 21 years of operation, with the final meeting held on the 27th of August. He built Surfers Paradise and Adelaide Raceways in 1966 and 1970 respectively. It was not the first time a major event in Australia was clouded by lap-scoring disputes these things not uncommon in those far off, pre-digital days!
Rounds of various Australian motor racing championship were held at the circuit. Motor Racing Programme Covers. Williams was a remarkable entrepreneur, he left school at 13 to help supplement the family income pumping fuel at a local ‘Servo’, formed his first business making leather products three years later and soon employed fifty people manufacturing Disney licensed products. Motor racing memories, observations & opinions on the sports past, present & future…. Williams was a leader in the tourism industry building ‘Sea World’ on the Gold Coast in 1971 and started the development of Hamilton Island as a global tourist destination in 1978. [4][7], With Lakeside well established as a Queensland's round of the Tasman Series it was not until 1968 that the series visited Surfers Paradise. The Winternationals became the largest drag racing meet outside the United States. Jackie had some idea about the local talent from his very successful Tasman Tour early in the year, he won the series in his P261 BRM taking four wins, but probably got more than he bargained for. Drag racing commenced at Easter in 1966, with the June meet, the Winternationals, beginning in 1968.

The rooted monocoque of Stewarts’ BRM P261 after the Masta Kink shunt. Jackie squeezed in a visit to Australia to drive in both this event and the ‘Surfers 12 Hour’ a week later in between the German and Italian Grands Prix on 7th August and 4 September respectively. * The 1976 and 1977 ATCC rounds at Surfers were the Rothmans 300 endurance races. [6] At the end of its life, the outright lap record of 1:04.3 was set in 1986 and was held by John Bowe driving the Chevrolet powered Veskanda C1 Group A/Group C sports car. It was eventually demolished in 2001 to make way for the redevelopment of the land, which is now occupied by the Emerald Lakes residential estate. Stewart blew his engine giving Martin the win having shaken off Leo Geoghegan to do so.’. Surfers immediately became a drivers and crowd favourite, its fast flowing nature a challenge for drivers and their machines, the circuit facilities and viewing mounds providing a world class amenity at the time to we ‘punters’. Jackie Stewart sets up his Brabham BT11A for ‘Castrol Corner’ the right hander leading onto Surfers main straight…Holdens in the background and his Climax engine puffing oil before his retirement due to oil loss (John Stanley), Jackie Stewart in the ‘Scuderia Veloce’ Brabham BT11A Climax ‘Tasman Formula’ car during the Surfers Paradise ‘Gold Star’ Australian Drivers Championship Round on 14 August 1966…. The first race scheduled for Surfers Paradise on 29 February 1976 was cancelled. In torrential rain Max Stewart took his Lola T400 Formula 5000 to victory from John Leffler, who was second on a day when the F5000's were badly out-handled by Ray Winter driving his AF2 Mildren Mono Ford. The 3.219 kilometres (2.000 mi) long circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast who also designed and built the Adelaide International Raceway (AIR) in South Australia in 1972. Jack Brabham was there, in BT19, the chassis which carried him to victory in that years World Championship, fresh from his German GP win a week before, the car still fitted with its 3 litre ‘620 Series’ Repco V8. Jackie Stewarts Ferrari 250 LM blasts past the Charlie Smith/ Bo Seton Mini Moke, the Fazz did 493 laps to win, the Moke 311…lapped just a few times.

The Surfers circuit was finished in early 1966, the first meeting held on 22 May. Surfers Paradise International Raceway. went down the sports car path, finally again seeing the light in the days of F5000…(autopics), Early pitstop for the Piper/Attwood Ferrari P2, only 45 laps completed (autopics), Don Gorringe/Dick Crawford Lola Mk1 Climax (G Paine), Alan Hamilton and Brian or ‘Brique’ Reed (G Paine), autopics.com.au, John Stanley Collection, Alexis Favenchi, Darren Strong, Peta Cadell, Glenn Paine, Many thanks to Kevin Bartlett for sharing his recollections of both events.

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