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- Longford_Circuit abstract "The Longford Circuit was a temporary motor racing course laid out on public roads at Longford, 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of Launceston in Tasmania, Australia. It was located on the northern edges of the town and its 7 km lap passed under a railway line viaduct, crossed the South Esk River via the wooden Kings Bridge, turned hard right at the doorstep of the Longford Hotel, passed over the railway line using a level crossing and traversed the South Esk again via another wooden structure, the Long Bridge.Its first race meeting was held in 1953, the Australian Grand Prix was staged there in 1959 and 1965 and the track hosted a round of the Tasman Series each year from 1964 to 1968. It was also the venue for the single race 1962 Australian Touring Car Championship, the Australian Tourist Trophy in 1960, 1964 & 1966 and a round of the Australian Drivers' Championship each year from 1958 to 1965. Its use as a motor racing venue was curtailed due to financial issues, following the running of the 1968 Tasman Series meeting.The new outright lap record of 2:12.6 set by New Zealand’s Chris Amon in a Ferrari P4 sports car at the final meeting was, with an average lap speed of 122.2 mph (196.62 km/h), the fastest lap record for any Australian motor racing circuit and would remain so until the opening of the new Calder Park Thunderdome in Melbourne in 1987, though unlike Longford which is a road circuit, the Thunderdome is a 1.8 km (1.1 mi) high-banked quad-oval speedway. Longford would continue as Australia's fastest road racing circuit until the Formula One series moved to the new Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne in 1996.Drivers who raced at Longford read as a \"who's who\" of 1960s Grand Prix racing. The list includes World Champions Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Phil Hill, Denny Hulme and Jackie Stewart, as well as Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon. Australian open wheel and touring car stars Bib Stillwell, Lex Davison, Leo Geoghegan, Frank Matich, Frank Gardner, Spencer Martin, Kevin Bartlett, John Harvey, Ian Geoghegan, Norm Beechey, Bob Jane and Allan Moffat also raced at the circuit. There is little left of the original track as the two bridges have long been demolished and a highway now intersects the network of roads on which the circuit was laid out.Motor sport returned to Longford in 2011 with the first running of the Longford Revival Festival which takes place on Pateena Road (The Flying Mile). There drivers get to run their cars, both road cars and historic race cars, down The Flying Mile.".
- Longford_Circuit thumbnail Longford-viaduct.jpg?width=300.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageExternalLink australian-touring-car-championship1962-longford-tasmania-battle-of-the-jag-mk2s.
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageLength "5306".
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageOutDegree "57".
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageRevisionID "702330922".
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink 1964_Australian_Tourist_Trophy.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink 1965_Australian_Grand_Prix.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Allan_Moffat.
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Bob_Jane.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Bruce_McLaren.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Calder_Park_Raceway.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_Grand_Prix.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_motorsport_venues_in_Australia.
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Chris_Amon.
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Frank_Gardner_(racing_driver).
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Frank_Matich.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Graham_Hill.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Greenwich_Mean_Time.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Ian_Geoghegan.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Jack_Brabham.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Jackie_Stewart.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Jim_Clark.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink John_Harvey_(racing_driver).
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Kevin_Bartlett_(racing_driver).
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Launceston,_Tasmania.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Leo_Geoghegan.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Lex_Davison.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Longford,_Tasmania.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Melbourne.
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Norm_Beechey.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Oval_track_racing.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Phil_Hill.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink South_Esk_River.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Spencer_Martin.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Tasman_Series.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLink Tasmania.
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Longford Circuit".
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageWikiLinkText "Longford".
- Longford_Circuit closed "1968".
- Longford_Circuit events Australian_Drivers_Championship.
- Longford_Circuit events Australian_Grand_Prix.
- Longford_Circuit events Australian_Touring_Car_Championship.
- Longford_Circuit events Australian_Tourist_Trophy.
- Longford_Circuit events Tasman_Series.
- Longford_Circuit lengthKm "7.242".
- Longford_Circuit lengthMi "4.501".
- Longford_Circuit location Longford,_Tasmania.
- Longford_Circuit name "Longford".
- Longford_Circuit opened "1953".
- Longford_Circuit operator "Longford Motor Racing Association".
- Longford_Circuit recordDriver Chris_Amon.
- Longford_Circuit recordTeam Ferrari_P.
- Longford_Circuit recordTime "2".
- Longford_Circuit recordYear "1968".
- Longford_Circuit time "GMT +10".
- Longford_Circuit turns "9".
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
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- Longford_Circuit wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Longford_Circuit wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:V8_Supercar_tracks.
- Longford_Circuit subject Category:Australian_Grand_Prix.
- Longford_Circuit subject Category:Defunct_motorsport_venues_in_Australia.
- Longford_Circuit subject Category:Former_V8_Supercar_circuits.
- Longford_Circuit subject Category:Motorsport_in_Tasmania.
- Longford_Circuit subject Category:Motorsport_venues_in_Australia.
- Longford_Circuit subject Category:Sports_venues_in_Tasmania.
- Longford_Circuit hypernym Motor.
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- Longford_Circuit type MotorsportSeason.
- Longford_Circuit type Race.
- Longford_Circuit type Settlement.
- Longford_Circuit type Venue.
- Longford_Circuit type Attraction.
- Longford_Circuit type Circuit.