Next Supercars Race - Tasmania Super 440
22 - 24 May
Symmons Plains Raceway
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Symmons Plains Raceway - near Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Short, fast and brutal on brakes - clockwise - 2.411 km with 7 turns, a monster back straight and the ultra-tight hairpin that defines race craft
When was the track built?
Symmons Plains was carved from the Youl family’s farmland and opened in 1960 to give Tasmania a permanent home for circuit racing after years of road events at Longford. It has run essentially the same 2.411 km outline ever since, with a major facilities upgrade in 2004 to modernise pits, safety barriers and the start-finish positioning.
When was its first race?
The venue’s first race meeting was held on 13 March 1960, kicking off a tradition that soon drew national headliners. By 1969 Symmons Plains was a fixture of the Australian Touring Car Championship and remains Supercars’ Tasmanian home.
What’s the circuit like?
- Power into patience: A long back straight fires cars into a heavy stop for the left at T6, but the lap’s heartbeat is the ultra-tight hairpin at T4 where banking helps brave late-brakers complete passes.
- Brake torture test: Seven-corner, sub-minute laps mean repeated max-pressure stops and traction fights off low-speed exits. Supercars engineers call it one of the trickiest short laps in Australia.
- Compact sightlines: From many banks you can see multiple corners, including the sprint from Dunlop Corner to the hairpin and the drag to Coates Corner.
- Benchmark pace: Outright 0:48.5598 (S5000); modern Supercars race laps low 51s; front-running TCR laps mid 55s.
Lap records and benchmarks (by series)
- S5000 - race lap (outright): 0:48.5598 - Joey Mawson, Ligier JS F3-S5000, 2022.
- Supercars - race lap: 0:51.2276 - Mark Winterbottom, 2019. Qualifying bests often dip under 51s.
- Supercars - qualifying reference: 0:50.9676 - Jamie Whincup, 2014 pole.
- Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - race lap: 0:52.1160 - Clay Osborne, 2024.
- TCR Australia - qualifying/race pace: mid 55s, with fastest laps around 0:55.7 in 2022.
Why go?
It’s pure elbows-out sprint racing. The field bunches at the hairpin, brake temperatures rocket, and the slipstream to T6 produces decisive lunges. Supercars’ Tasmania Super 440 is one of the island’s biggest sporting weekends, backed by stacked national support cards and excellent spectator banks.
Where’s the best place to watch?
- NED Whisky Hairpin (T4): The signature overtake - deep braking, banking-assisted rotation and switchbacks on exit.
- End of back straight - T6 left: Biggest stop from top speed, side-by-side entries and brave outside passes.
- Coates Corner (T7): Final braking duel and the slingshot to the flag - great for late-race drama.
Not just one series - headline events at Symmons Plains
Supercars Championship: Tasmania Super 440 - long-time national fixture with sub-51s qualifying flyers.
S5000: Australia’s big single-seaters set the outright lap marks in 2021–2022.
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, Trans Am, TCR Australia: Modern GT and touring classes deliver relentless, close-quarters racing on the seven-corner sprint.
22 - 24 May
Symmons Plains Raceway
Symmons Plains Raceway - near Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Short, fast and brutal on brakes - clockwise - 2.411 km with 7 turns, a monster back straight and the ultra-tight hairpin that defines race craft
When was the track built?
Symmons Plains was carved from the Youl family’s farmland and opened in 1960 to give Tasmania a permanent home for circuit racing after years of road events at Longford. It has run essentially the same 2.411 km outline ever since, with a major facilities upgrade in 2004 to modernise pits, safety barriers and the start-finish positioning.
When was its first race?
The venue’s first race meeting was held on 13 March 1960, kicking off a tradition that soon drew national headliners. By 1969 Symmons Plains was a fixture of the Australian Touring Car Championship and remains Supercars’ Tasmanian home.
What’s the circuit like?
- Power into patience: A long back straight fires cars into a heavy stop for the left at T6, but the lap’s heartbeat is the ultra-tight hairpin at T4 where banking helps brave late-brakers complete passes.
- Brake torture test: Seven-corner, sub-minute laps mean repeated max-pressure stops and traction fights off low-speed exits. Supercars engineers call it one of the trickiest short laps in Australia.
- Compact sightlines: From many banks you can see multiple corners, including the sprint from Dunlop Corner to the hairpin and the drag to Coates Corner.
- Benchmark pace: Outright 0:48.5598 (S5000); modern Supercars race laps low 51s; front-running TCR laps mid 55s.
Lap records and benchmarks (by series)
- S5000 - race lap (outright): 0:48.5598 - Joey Mawson, Ligier JS F3-S5000, 2022.
- Supercars - race lap: 0:51.2276 - Mark Winterbottom, 2019. Qualifying bests often dip under 51s.
- Supercars - qualifying reference: 0:50.9676 - Jamie Whincup, 2014 pole.
- Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - race lap: 0:52.1160 - Clay Osborne, 2024.
- TCR Australia - qualifying/race pace: mid 55s, with fastest laps around 0:55.7 in 2022.
Why go?
It’s pure elbows-out sprint racing. The field bunches at the hairpin, brake temperatures rocket, and the slipstream to T6 produces decisive lunges. Supercars’ Tasmania Super 440 is one of the island’s biggest sporting weekends, backed by stacked national support cards and excellent spectator banks.
Where’s the best place to watch?
- NED Whisky Hairpin (T4): The signature overtake - deep braking, banking-assisted rotation and switchbacks on exit.
- End of back straight - T6 left: Biggest stop from top speed, side-by-side entries and brave outside passes.
- Coates Corner (T7): Final braking duel and the slingshot to the flag - great for late-race drama.
Not just one series - headline events at Symmons Plains
Supercars Championship: Tasmania Super 440 - long-time national fixture with sub-51s qualifying flyers.
S5000: Australia’s big single-seaters set the outright lap marks in 2021–2022.
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, Trans Am, TCR Australia: Modern GT and touring classes deliver relentless, close-quarters racing on the seven-corner sprint.
