Hidden Valley Raceway, motorsport track in Australia
Hidden Valley Raceway is a 2.870 km asphalt circuit with 14 corners and a 1.1 km main straight, at 171 Hidden Valley Road, about 10 km from Darwin. A line of pit buildings with pale roofs runs along the straight, and a separate reddish-brown dirt oval, the 400 m Northline Speedway, lies beside the track. The complex also holds a 1 km drag strip parallel to the main straight, motocross tracks and a go-kart circuit.
Hidden Valley Raceway opened in 1986 and was refurbished in 1998, the year the first V8 Supercars round was held there in July. The 2008 event was voted V8 Supercar Event of the Year. The circuit is part of the Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex, which also holds a 1 km drag strip beside the main straight and the 400 m Northline Speedway dirt oval.
The complex sits at 171 Hidden Valley Road, about 10 km from Darwin. The Supercars round runs in late June or early July, in the dry season; the GT Festival follows in July and the MXGP of Australia in September. The drag strip runs alongside the main straight, the Northline Speedway dirt oval lies beside the circuit.
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