The state’s premier amateur motor racing competition, the Queensland Raceways’ Drivers Championship (QRDC) launches into its fourth round for 2011 at Lakeside Park on the weekend of Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11. The 2011 Queensland Raceways’ Drivers Championship consists of five rounds – three at Queensland Raceway (March 5/6, July 9/10 and November [...]

Records fell like nine pins over the weekend of August 12-14, as Lakeside Park wrapped up its 50th anniversary celebrations with a superb two days of racing, attended by a crowd of almost 14,000 fans and highlighted by V8 Supercar team owner and driver Paul “Dude” Morris setting a new touring car benchmark of 51.16 [...]

Some of the finest machinery to emerge from the land of the rising sun will be on show at Lakeside Park on Sunday, September 25 when the iconic Queensland racetrack hosts the 2011 Japanese Nationals. Held in conjunction with the Classic Japanese Show & Shine Inc. (CJSS), the Japanese Nationals steps up a gear in [...]

Two of Queensland racing legend Dick Johnson’s famous touring cars will be on display at Lakeside Park as part of the grand old circuit’s final 50th anniversary celebration, the Lakeside Classic Festival of Touring Cars from August 12-14. Johnson’s 1978 and 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship Bryan Byrt Ford XC Falcon Coupes will return to [...]

Triple 8 Racing Engineering’s Andrew Thompson will pilot a TeamVodafone V8 Supercar around Lakeside Park as part of the grand old circuit’s final 50th anniversary celebration, the Lakeside Classic Festival of Touring Cars from August 12-14. Thompson, who drives full-time for Triple 8 in the Fujitsu Series and will partner Jamie Whincup in the main [...]

Lakeside Park continued its 50th anniversary celebrations over the weekend of July 23/24, with a thrilling two days of racing, regularity and displays titled the Festival of Sports Cars. The third of Lakeside’s 50th anniversary celebration race meetings, the Festival of Sports Cars saw more than 100 classic and modern sports cars line up in [...]

Some of Australia’s best-known ‘old warriors’ will be shedding their dust covers to celebrate 50 years of touring car racing at Queensland’s favourite circuit, in the Lakeside Classic Festival of Touring Cars from August 12-14. Allan Moffat’s iconic 1969 Trans Am Boss Mustang and Norm Beechey’s famous 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship-winning HT GTS 350 [...]

Some of Australia’s best-known ‘old warriors’ will be blowing off the dust to celebrate 50 years of Touring Car racing at Queensland’s favourite circuit in the Shannons Lakeside Classic Speed Fest, 12-14 August. Allan Moffat’s Iconic 1969 Trans Am Boss Mustang and Norm Beechey’s famous 1970 Championship-winning HT GTS 350 Monaro will be coming from [...]

When we think of car manufacturers synonymous with Lakeside, brands such as Holden, Ford, Lotus and Brabham may automatically spring to mind, but another make that has been there year in year out since the beginning is Alfa Romeo. On the weekend of July 22-24 Alfas will gather from the length and breadth of Australia [...]

Hold onto your hotdogs car fans because Australia’s biggest, boldest and most exciting display of American automotive machinery is about to be held in Southeast Queensland, when Lakeside Park hosts the 2011 All American Lakeside. Following the massive success of the All American Lakeside and Thanksgiving at Lakeside car displays in 2010, Queensland Raceways and [...]