I've just come back from a working bee at the track, and so got my first proper look at the new features. This track is the most awesome incredible motorcycle racing circuit i have even seen. Its like night and day from the old one, and puts it original roots as a mini-bike track fully - fully - to rest. This is a fair dinkum state of the art motocross track. Someone said 'fast' - and fast it is. This track will separate the men from the boys in every class. For guys who can make use of the new features (ok, the real men), they will be blindingly fast - USA-style fast. This will make spectating a thrill you would be happy to pay money for. The phots on the ACT site aren't the ones you need to see, to apprise what's different. But believe me it is.
Once the word passes round, the club will triple the average number of spectators coming to watch any race for sure. Its that incredible. The Oceania and Nationals gigs will be stupendous spectacles.
Thankfully, the brief they gave the designers was 'make it doable for 65cc bikes, which they have thru use of stepped jumps. So not unsafe either. But its not the kids I'm worried about, its those up the other end....
For spectators, they've pushed up massive mountains of dirt at strategic viewing points so you get to see everything from above. And right up close too. Ala USA-style. The changes in elevation makes it like the Luna Park roller coaster writ large. I really don't know how i'm going to sleep this week, for the fear and excitement and anticipation of a couple of hours' practice on it next saturday followed by racing Sunday. Its a track you have to commit to. Do that, and it will be smooth as. That don't mean you have to plant it everywhere, just keep your pace up, flow with and over the jumps, find decent ruts thru the several new flat corners, and it will be smooth as (reassuring myself....).
That said, I really can't see how any pre-78 rider will enjoy themselves on this track. Track setup will mean they cannot flow with it. They will have to virtually roll over most jumps at low speed (or just go up....then down), stutters too, and generally be forced to go slow as. You'll still have a fun enough time (and i don't want to put you off coming), but we gotta accept this track is way closer to supercross than grasstrack (thankfully, its supercross without the massive doubles/triples - all tabletops). If there's some of you who can 'do' this track, you'll get your money's worth just watching the flow-show. Bring it on!!!