One Raceway
{{Short description|Motor racing circuit in Goulburn, New South Wales}}
{{other uses|Wakefield Park (disambiguation)}}
{{For|the closed motor racing circuit in South Australia|Port Wakefield Circuit}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Promotional|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox motorsport venue
| Name = One Raceway
| Location = Goulburn, New South Wales
| Coordinates = {{coord|34|50|26|S|149|41|7|E|display=it}}
| Time = UTC+10:00 (UTC+11:00 DST)
| Image = 350px
| Image_caption = Aerial view of original circuit from a flight from Canberra to Sydney
| Events = Current:
Australian Superbike Championship (2004, 2016–2022, 2024–present)
Australian Drivers' Championship (2003, 2005–2006, 2009–2010, 2024–present)
Former:
Aussie Racing Cars (2003, 2005, 2008, 2022)
Australian Formula 3 (2001–2006, 2009–2010, 2015, 2017–2019)
Australian GT Championship (2005–2006, 2017)
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (2001–2008)
| Owner = Steve Shelley (June 2023–present)
Benalla Auto Club (May 1994–May 2023)
| Broke_ground = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1993|10}}
| Opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1994|05|08}}
Re-opened: {{Start date and age|df=yes|2024|05|08}}
| Closed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2022|08}}
| Former_names = Wakefield Park Raceway (1994–2022)
| Layout1 = Full Circuit (2024–present)
| Length_km = 2.350
| Length_mi = 1.460
| Turns = 13
| Record_time = 0:54.9450
| Record_driver = {{flagicon|AUS}} Damon Sterling
| Record_car = Hyper Racer X1
| Record_year = 2024
| Record_class = Hyper Racer
| Layout2 = Shelley Circuit (2024–Present)
| Length_km2 = 2.350
| Length_mi2 = 1.460
| Turns2 = 13
| Record_time2 = 1:07.502
| Record_driver2= Walt Disney Racing
| Record_car2 = Honda Civic
| Record_year2 = 2025
| Record_class2 = Motor Events Racing
| Layout 3 = Original Circuit (1994–2022)
| Length_km3 = 2.200
| Length_mi3 = 1.367
| Turns3 = 10
| Record_time3 = 0:53.0600
| Record_driver3= {{flagicon|AUS}} Brad Shiels
| Record_car3 = Tilton Mitsubishi Evo
| Record_year3 = 2020
| Record_class3 = Sports car racing
}}
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File:Wakefield Park Micheal Fitzgerald.jpg
One Raceway, formerly known as Wakefield Park Raceway is a {{convert|2.350|km|mi|abbr=on}} motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.{{cite web |title=One Raceway - The Circuit - Track Map |url=https://www.oneraceway.com.au/track-map |website=oneraceway.com.au |access-date=5 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=Wakefield Park - Racing Circuits |url=https://www.racingcircuits.info/australasia/australia/wakefield-park.html |website=Racingcircuits.info |access-date=3 March 2024}} It was named after Charles Wakefield, the founder of Castrol.{{cite web |title=Wakefield Park Goulburn |url=https://www.giftsthatthrill.com.au/v8-experiences/wakefield-park-goulburn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190101/www.giftsthatthrill.com.au/v8-experiences/wakefield-park-goulburn/|archive-date=11 October 2016 |url-status=dead}} The founders of Wakefield Park, John Carter and amateur racer and former motor dealer, Paul Samuels felt that Castrol had been so influential in helping amateurs go motor racing that CC Wakefield should be honoured, especially as Samuels' and Carter's' circuit was intended for amateur racers in the likelihood in the 1990s of both Amaroo and Oran Park Raceways closing and amateur racers being unable to afford the daily hire rate at Eastern Creek Raceway.
The local arm of Castrol appreciated this and committed to a three-year sum for sponsorship. Consequently, all the buildings, which were all designed by Samuels and Carter, were in Castrol colours, an appropriate but subtle recognition of the Company's involvement. However it was then decided that Castrol was not getting any appreciable value from the modest sponsorship, so it stopped.
History
It was the first privately funded circuit built in NSW in the last 35 years and, says Samuels, "when confronting neighbours and the EPA, I can see why". It took them more than a year, despite the help of Goulburn Council and the local member John Fahey, to find a place that finally gained all the necessary approvals. However it took less than eight months from turning the first sod in mid-October 1993 to its first meeting on 8 May 1994. The total cost of the land and work was $1.2 million.
Goulburn was chosen as it was close to Canberra, the large population areas of the near south coast around Wollongong, was not too far from Sydney and a three-hour easier journey for Victorians than if it had been close to Sydney.
The road racing circuit has hosted the Super2 Series, the Australian Superbike Championship,{{Cite web|url=http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/3814497/world-champion-bayliss-on-track-at-wakefield-park-asbk/|title = World Champion Bayliss on track at Wakefield Park ASBK|date = 28 March 2016}} the Australian Motor Racing Series, drifting, as well as state and club level racing, also Speed off the Streets and motorcycle ride days.
Wakefield Park operates under a CAMS National Circuit Licence, AASA and also under the Department of Sport and Recreation permit scheme.
The circuit is located two hours drive from Sydney and about one hour from Canberra, and is positioned on Braidwood Road, {{Convert|10|km}} south of Goulburn on {{convert|130|acre|km2}} of cleared land. There are no trees or natural obstacles near the track. Safety is paramount and ripple strips, tyre walls and gravel traps have been positioned so as to make Wakefield a very safe circuit on which to run any type of racecar, production car or motorcycle. The track was resurfaced by its new owners, Winton Motor Raceway, in late 2007.
The track is open to the public providing three circuits licensed by the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation, CAMS, and Motorcycling NSW Inc and Australian Karting Association Inc. Commercial "thrill rides" operate there.
There is also a hill climb and short variations of the circuit.
Wakefield Park is the title of a 2010 short film with Michael Fitzgerald which was filmed at the circuit.
Having had the number of days on which it operate cut to 30 days per annum after a lengthy legal battle, the circuit closed in August 2022.{{cite web | last=Action | first=Auto | title=WAKEFIELD PARK CLOSURE CONFIRMED | website=Auto Action| date=2022-08-29 | url=https://autoaction.com.au/2022/08/29/wakefield-park-closure-confirmed | access-date=2023-03-01}}
A e-petition was submitted to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly following the closure of the motorsport park which amassed 28,950 signatures upon closure on October 28, 2022,{{Cite web |title=LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - Closed ePetition Details |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/closedePetition-details.aspx?q=JEhjemCnHmr7OpIXen8-4w |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.parliament.nsw.gov.au}} currently holding the record of the highest amount of signatures ever collected on an e-petition within NSW Government history.{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=James |title='Save Wakefield Park' petition becomes biggest in NSW Government history |url=https://the-riotact.com/save-wakefield-park-petition-becomes-biggest-in-nsw-government-history/612212 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Riotact |language=en}} The petition was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on 8 November 2022{{Cite web |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-1323879322-128853 |access-date=2023-03-16 |title=Hansard & House Papers |website=www.parliament.nsw.gov.au}} and later responded to by the Minister of Planning on December 13, 2022.{{Cite web |title=Ms Julia Finn—Save Wakefield Park |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/petitions/Pages/tabled-paper-details.aspx?pk=83202 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.parliament.nsw.gov.au}}
The Benalla Auto Club announced Steve Shelley, owner of the Pheasant Wood Circuit located in nearby Marulan, would be purchasing the circuit in March 2023 with the new owner intending to work with the local community and Goulburn Mulwaree Council to re-open the facility.{{Cite web |last=Neil |first=Timothy |title=WAKEFIELD PARK SALE TO DELIVER A RETURN TO RACING |url=https://autoaction.com.au/2023/03/14/wakefield-park-sale-to-deliver-a-return-to-racing |website=Auto Action |date=14 March 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023}} The acquisition was finalised on June 6, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Thrower |first=Louise |title=Shelley seals the deal on Wakefield Park raceway purchase |url=https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/8224202/shelley-seals-the-deal-on-wakefield-park-raceway-purchase/ |website=Goulburn Post |language=en-AU |date=6 June 2023 |access-date=7 June 2023 }} The circuit was renovated, and it was reopened in May 2024 as One Raceway.{{Cite web |last=Miles |first=Thomas |title=Wakefield Park To Be Renamed And Reopened In 2024 |url=https://autoaction.com.au/2023/10/13/wakefield-park-to-be-renamed-and-reopened-in-2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013040508/https://autoaction.com.au/2023/10/13/wakefield-park-to-be-renamed-and-reopened-in-2024 |website=Auto Action |date=13 October 2023 |archive-date=13 October 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023}}{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Garry |title=Super Series to conclude 2024 season at One Raceway |url=https://speedcafe.com/super-series-to-conclude-2024-season-at-one-raceway/ |website=Speedcafe |date=12 February 2024 |access-date=3 March 2024}}
The first event to use the Shelley loop also referred to as (reverse direction or anti-clockwise) was Bluey’s Roundup hosted by Motor Events Racing on the 18th-19th of January 2025. Owner of the track, Steve Shelley led the cars from the grid for a rolling start with his Porsche cup race car.
Events
; Current
- February: Return to Goulburn Historics
- April: Australian Drivers' Championship
- August: Wakefield 300
- September: Spring Festival
- October: Australian Superbike Championship
; Former
- Aussie Racing Cars (2003, 2005, 2008, 2022)
- Australasian Superbike Championship (2009–2015)
- Australian Formula 3 Championship (2001–2006, 2009–2010, 2015, 2017–2019)
- Australian GT Championship (2005–2006, 2017)
- Australian Improved Production Nationals (2014)
- Australian Nations Cup Championship (2001–2004)
- Australian Super Touring Championship (2000–2001)
- Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (2001–2008)
- Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship (2006, 2008)
- TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series (2024)
- V8 Ute Racing Series (2001–2007)
Lap records
As of December 2024, the fastest official race lap records at One Raceway (formerly Wakefield Park) are listed as:{{cite web |title=Wakefield Park - Lap Records |url=https://www.wakefieldpark.com.au/about/lap-records/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601191049/https://www.wakefieldpark.com.au/about/lap-records/ |archive-date=1 June 2023 |access-date=16 December 2023 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Natsoft Race Results - Wakefield |url=http://racing.natsoft.com.au/results/#1 |access-date=7 December 2022}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.wakefieldpark.com.au Wakefield Park Raceway]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGXxmFCpgZM Lap of Wakefield Park in MINI Cooper S]
- [https://speedcafe.com/listen-grassroots-racing-podcast-with-steve-shelley/ Extended audio interview with Steve Shelley about rebuilding the circuit]
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q129686894|id=tt1808658|title=Wakefield Park}}
{{Australian Superbike Championship circuits}}
{{Australian GT circuits}}
{{Motorsports in Australia}}
Category:Motorsport venues in New South Wales