Buckby Motors Symmons Plains Raceway
- Track length
- 2.41 km
- Opened
- 1960
What's on and what's here
Upcoming events
Burnout Festival
13 to 15 November 20262026 Supernats Tassie
Buckby Motors Symmons Plains Raceway · Launceston, Australia

Circuit Racing
12 to 14 March 20272027 Supercars Tyrepower Tasmania Super440
Buckby Motors Symmons Plains Raceway · Launceston, Australia
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Where to stay and what's nearby
Where to stay
Launceston, to the north, is the nearest city and has the most accommodation. Longford is the closest town.
Experiences nearby
More to do around Buckby Motors Symmons Plains Raceway
Make the most of it
Your day at the track
Facilities
The pit building has air conditioned corporate suites and conference rooms, with 2,520 square metres under roof. The upgrade for the return of Supercars in 2004 added fitted garages, a two storey media and office centre and a toilet block.
Plan your day
Getting there
The circuit is at 14872 Midland Highway, Perth, on the road between Launceston and Hobart, and the operator puts it some 30 km south of Launceston. Spectators come in through the main venue gate off the Midland Highway. Parking is on site. No public transport to the circuit is published.
Public transport
No public transport to the circuit is published.
Camping
A campground by the road, reached on a gravel road, has room for 60 or more vans. It takes fully self contained motorhomes and caravans only: no tents and no sleeping in cars. There is no water, power, toilets, showers or bins, the maximum stay is 48 hours, and permits are self issued and paid by honesty envelope at the gate, AU$10 per van per night outside event weekends. Dogs must be on a lead and are not allowed inside the raceway boundary. The track itself can only be seen through the fence from the campground. The campground may close for some events or carry an extra event charge, and some events sell their own spectator camping.
Good to know
Good to know
The track
Symmons Plains Raceway is a 2.41 km permanent circuit on the Midland Highway at Perth, south of Launceston. Its best known features are a very long back straight with a kink, a very tight hairpin, and the original start and finish line and grid, which sat on a curve. The circuit opened in 1960 and became Tasmania's home of touring car racing after the Longford road circuit closed. It held a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship every year from 1969 to 1999, and Supercars came back in November 2004. Motorsports Tasmania, a not for profit body, runs it alongside Baskerville Raceway near Hobart.
Past events

Circuit Racing
22 to 24 May 20262026 Supercars Tasmania Super 440
Buckby Motors Symmons Plains Raceway · Launceston, Australia
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Last verified 8 November 2026. Official link: https://www.motorsportstas.com.au/symmons-plains-raceway








