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Reid Park Street Circuit, also known as the Townsville Street Circuit, is a semi-permanent street circuit located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Opened in 2009, the circuit hosts the Townsville 400 Supercars Championship event every year.

Reid Park Street Circuit

Map of the track showing the local streets
Location	Townsville, Queensland
Time zone	GMT+10:00
Coordinates	19°16′19″S 146°48′33″E
FIA Grade	3
Opened	10 July 2009; 13 years ago (2009-07-10)
Major events	Current: Supercars Championship Townsville 400 (2009–present) Former: Australian GT (2011, 2014–2017) Australian Formula 4 (2015)
Street Circuit (2009–present)
Length	2.860 km (1.777 miles)
Turns	13
Race lap record	1:11.9875 ( Christopher Mies, Audi R8 LMS, 2016, GT3)

The circuit

The Reid Park Street Circuit is reminiscent of the Albert Park Circuit's parkland setting.[1] It winds its way through Reid Park where specially constructed roads form approximately 70 percent of the circuit.[2] The circuit borders the Townsville State High School and Townsville Civic Theatre, crosses the Ross Creek multiple times and runs adjacent to Townsville railway station. The circuit's pit building, and much of the Reid Park infrastructure, is a permanent construction that can be used all year round for various events. The event also has five viewing mounds/grandstands that can seat approximately 12,000.[3]

Paul Dumbrell suggested it is a high grip circuit, while Mark Winterbottom stated that the circuit is like a standard racing circuit but in the middle of a city. Winterbottom described the first corner as almost a clone to the high speed turn eight at the Adelaide Street Circuit, noting that it also produces a great passing opportunity exiting the corner.[4][2]

In February 2019, parts of the circuit were flooded in the 2019 Townsville flood.[5]

Supercars Championship

On 28 July 2008, the official website of V8 Supercars (the then-name of Supercars) reported that the Queensland Sports Minister, Judy Spence, said the State Government will contribute $2.5 million annually for the first five years of the event.[6] The 2009 Dunlop Townsville 400 was held from 10 to 12 July.[3] In 2014, the event was held as a 500 kilometre event with two 250 kilometre races across the weekend.

Lap records

As of July 2021, the official race lap records at Townsville Street Circuit are listed as:[7]

Class	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Date
Outright	Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS	1:11.9875[8]	9 July 2016
Sports Cars
GT3	Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS	1:11.9875[8]	9 July 2016
Carrera Cup	David Wall	Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup	1:13.6549	10 July 2022
Townsville Tin Tops	Geoff Taunton	MARC II V8	1:16.1376	18 July 2021
Aussie Racing Cars	Kel Treseder	Mustang-Yamaha	1:24.9587	8 July 2017
Touring Cars
Supercars Championship	Nick Percat	Holden VF Commodore	1:12.9311	9 July 2017
Super2 Series	Cameron Waters	Ford FG Falcon	1:13.7527	6 July 2014
Super3 Series	Kai Allen	Holden VE Commodore	1:16.8808	9 July 2022
Touring Car Masters	Ryan Hansford	Holden Torana A9X	1:20.2322	9 July 2022
V8 Ute Racing Series	Craig Dontas	Holden VE SS Ute	1:26.3008	11 July 2015
Australian Mini Challenge	Chris Atkinson	Mini JCW R56	1:26.3795	12 July 2009
Toyota 86 Racing Series	Zach Bates	Toyota 86	1:29.0960	11 July 2021
Racing Cars
Formula 4	Jordan Lloyd	Mygale M14-F4	1:16.7182	12 July 2015
Formula Ford	Chaz Mostert	Spectrum 012	1:17.3157	11 July 2010
Other
Stadium Super Trucks	Toby Price	Stadium Super Truck	1:35.3754	10 July 2021

Notes

References

External links

• Official Townsville 400 Website
• Map and circuit history at RacingCircuits.info
• Townsville receives go-ahead for V8 Supercar race
• Townsville readies for V8 street race – contains images of track layout

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