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Chains Off for Save Lakeside Day
From: Lakeside
Motor Racing Enthusiasts, Inc.
Issue Date:
10
August, 2007
Topic: Lakeside International Raceway
Brisbane, Queensland - Pine Rivers Shire Council
has boldly offered to open the gates of Lakeside Raceway on Sunday, 12 August
for the Save Lakeside Cruise In Show. Enthusiasts and shire residents are
holding a motorcycle and car parade from Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, which
will now finish with a vehicle display on the historic grounds of Lakeside
Raceway.
Lakeside Motor
Racing Enthusiasts is promoting the event to show support for the council's
efforts to re-open Lakeside International Raceway, which was originally planned
to be held on private land across the road from the historic circuit.
LMRE
president Ian Milton said,
"Whilst we're not on the
track, we're very
excited to be actually using Lakeside for the show'n'shine, it feels like
we're going home!"
"Everyone is impressed
by this gesture of goodwill and hopes that it is a strong indication that
Council is now in a position to deliver a return on
investment to ratepayers and allow us back into our sporting facility."
When asked why
the change of direction from the Pine Rivers Shire Council, Mr Milton replied,
"I think
that most Councilors understand that the positive economic, social and life
saving benefits of re-opening Lakeside far outweigh the negatives and that
they will reach directly, or indirectly, nearly everyone in the community."
Supporters of
Lakeside Raceway have patiently waited
nearly six years for the re-opening of their sport's only facility on the north
side of Brisbane.
Mr. Milton explains,
'It's
encouraging to see that the Council understands that they are the current
custodians of Queensland's motor racing heritage and future and are prepared
to take it seriously."
"At times, I
feel that we are failing the current generation of kids by not providing
any alternative and thereby contributing to the street racing culture in South
East Queensland."
Track walking
tours will be conducted by Lakeside veterans to allow old-hands to reminisce
while giving first-timers a real feel for one of the fastest and most
technically challenging circuits in Australia.
There's free
LMRE membership if you live in the recently announced North Moreton Regional
Council area (Pine Rivers, Redcliffe, Caboolture). If you are, or have been a
Pine Rivers Shire ratepayer it's your track too!
If you're
coming to the cruise and/or show'n'shine, save yourself some time and hassle on
Sunday by getting your
REGISTRATION FORM on-line now.
SUGGESTED
CRUISE DIRECTIONS:
Depart Mt
Coot-tha - East on MILTON Rd (toward City), LEFT onto INNER-CITY
BYPASS (immediately after Suncorp Stadium), Exit Inner-city Bypass LEFT (after
tunnel) and turn RIGHT onto GYMPIE Rd, travel north up through Chermside and
Aspley onto BRUCE HIGHWAY (toward Sunshine Coast), exit Bruce Highway LEFT at
BALD HILLS/STRATHPINE exit and travel north through Strathpine (past Council
Chambers) and Lawnton (past Super Cheap Auto), turn RIGHT at PETRIE ROUNDABOUT,
LEFT at NARANGBA RD intersection (Red Dog Servo), travel 3 minutes north and
turn LEFT into LAKESIDE Rd (golf course), Enter via the LAKESIDE RACEWAY
gates on RHS before the end of the road.
For more information regarding the Save Lakeside
Cruise in Show, please visit
www.lakesideraceway.com.
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