Australian Racing Drivers' Club
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Championship weekends under lights, twilight track sessions, drift nights and driving schools — more than two hundred event days a year at Sydney Motorsport Park, all on one calendar.
Where heritage meets horsepower — two days of Australia's most iconic muscle cars racing, roaring and on show across the full Sydney Motorsport Park precinct. The Father's Day weekend classic, running since 2005.
The headline rounds of the 2026 season — national championships, endurance classics and the nights the whole grandstand turns out for. Each one books through its own event page.
06 Headline Weekends · Aug–NovThe nation's fastest motorcycles take on Gardner GP for a full championship round — three days of two-wheeled warfare.
Grassroots time-trial racing against the clock — state titles, official lap records and a paddock anyone can walk.
An inclusive night of sideways fun under lights — coaching, community and passenger laps on the skid pan.
The world's wildest time-attack machines chase one perfect lap — aero, horsepower and drift demos into the night.
Eight-plus categories of wheel-to-wheel state championship racing — one of the most diverse grids in the country.
Showroom heroes go the distance into the night — pit stops, driver changes and racing under the permanent floodlights.
Major events are staged with independent promoters and ticket through their own platforms — each card links out to the official event page. Everything else lives in the full calendar below.
Every driver on this calendar started somewhere. Book a track day in your own car, jump in a V8 ride-along, or learn the craft with a driving school — the same tarmac the champions race on.
Track nights, driving schools, private practice and race weekends — the whole drumbeat of the venue, three months at a time. Pick a month, or read the season as one list.
Dates shown are representative — live schedules, search and bookings connect with the timing and ticketing integration. Found your day? Plan your visit before you go.
The ARDC offers its Members privileges no other motorsport club in Australia can — the club that runs the venue, running your season.
Every event ticket links from its own page. The majors are staged with independent promoters and sell through their platforms, while ARDC participation events — drift nights, driving courses, open practice — book online through the club. There's no single box office; the event card always points to the right door.
For the majors, yes — gate or pre-purchased tickets per the promoter. For most club days, supersprints and track days, spectating is free or a nominal gate entry: park at Gate A and walk in. If in doubt, the event page states it plainly.
Very — grandstands, the viewing hill at Turn 3, food outlets and open paddocks make most race weekends a full family day out. Kids' pricing varies by promoter, so check the event page; children must be supervised at all times inside the venue.
A race meeting is sanctioned competition you come to watch. A track day puts your car or bike on circuit in open sessions. An experience puts you in ours — hot laps, ride-alongs and drive days with professional instructors. Training events teach the craft, and community nights are about the people as much as the machines.
Racing against the clock instead of wheel-to-wheel — timed sessions where the fastest lap wins your class. It's the most accessible form of real competition at the venue, it awards state championship points, and it's where most of the official lap records are set.
Yes — Sydney Motorsport Park has permanent LED circuit lighting, one of the few venues in the country that can race after dark. Look for the Night tag on the calendar: twilight track sessions, drift nights and endurance racing under the floodlights.
Gate A on Ferrers Road for almost everything, with free on-site parking. The majors reroute general admission via Gate D and camping via Gate B — your ticket names your gate. The full arrival briefing lives on the Plan Your Visit page.
Motorsport runs rain or shine, and wet racing is some of the best you'll see. If weather genuinely stops an event, the organiser announces changes on the event page and socials — check before you travel rather than assuming a washout.
Home-packed food is welcome; glass and BYO alcohol are not. Food and coffee outlets run across the precinct on event days, and licensed bars operate at the majors. Event-specific conditions of entry are linked from each event page.
Gates, parking, transport and everything before the first engine fires — one page, sorted before you leave home.
Priority tickets, members' enclosures and a pathway from spectator to competitor — membership pays for itself in one good season.
Group bookings, accessibility arrangements, or an event you can't find here? The ARDC events office picks up.
