MOTOR TRACK GUIDE
381 BACK BEACH ROAD, VENTOR VIC 3922
Phone: (03) 5952 2710
Opened: 1956 (GP Circuit)
Owner: Linfox
Altitude: 46 m. (151 ft)
DISTANCE FROM MELBOURNE CBD
138km (2hrs)
NUMBER OF CORNERS
12
TRACK LENGTH
4.45km
LAP RECORD
1:24.2215
Simon Wills, Reynard 94D, Formula 4000 championship, 2000
LAP RECORD AVG SPEED
190.71km/h
TRACK DAYS
Phillip Island Track Days
Web: phillipislandcircuit.com.au
BMW Driving Experience
Web: bmwdrivingexperience.com.au
Adrenaline
Web: adrenaline.com.au
Audi Driving Experience
Web: audi.com.au
Drive Events
Web: driveevents.com.au
CHARGING DOWN GARDNER straight, tickling the redline in a high gear and seeing the vast blue horizon that is Bass Straight rush towards you. As you crest the rise past the start/finish line it feels as though you’re about to fall off the end of mainland Australia. It’s easy to get caught up in the moment before you tip it in to Turn One – and hang on. Not all views are created equal.
However, as our resident gun driver, Warren Luff, found out during MOTOR performance testing, approaching the first braking marker at full velocity in a Lamborghini Gallardo can be daunting for other reasons – wildlife.
“Many years ago I hit a seagull at the end of the front straight. I got it smack bang in the middle of the windscreen at about 260km/h. I thought it was going to shatter the windscreen,” Luffy recalls.
