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Ron Horner shares the amazing story of the trials, tribulations and ultimate triumph in building the track for the Australian Supercross Championships, which took place inside the WIN Stadium in Wollongong

Recently I had the pleasure of being part of the Troy Bayliss Events Team who was responsible for the Australian Supercross Championships round three event, which took place inside the WIN Stadium in Wollongong.

My role was a simple one: co-ordinating with Bayliss and his team, and the track builder Protrax, to secure a sponsor to supply the earthmoving equipment to build the outdoor track inside the stadium.

Originally from New South Wales but residing in Queensland for almost 20 years had left me with only a few earthmoving-related contacts back in my home state, but the ones I had were top-shelf blokes in the industry.

Time was of the essence as there were several issues facing the build.