Wakefield Park

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aerial view from a flight from Canberra to Sydney

Wakefield Park is a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. The road racing circuit has hosted V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, the Australian Motor Racing Series, Drifting, as well as state and club level racing, also Speed off the Streets and motorcycle ride days.

Wakefield Park operates under a CAMS National Circuit Licence, AASA and also under the Department of Sport and Recreation permit scheme.

The circuit is located 2 hours drive from Sydney and about 1 hour from Canberra, and is positioned 10 km south of Goulburn on 130 acres (0.53 km²) of cleared land. There are no trees or natural obstacles near the track. Safety is paramount and ripple strips, tyre walls and gravel traps have been positioned so as to make Wakefield a very safe circuit on which to run any type of racecar, production car or motorcycle.

The track is open to the public providing three circuits licensed by the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation, CAMS, and Motorcycling NSW Inc & Australian Karting Association Inc.

There is also a hill climb and short variations of the circuit.