Longford Circuit

Motorsport venue
Name = Longford
Time = GMT +10
Location = Longford, Tasmania, Australia
Operator = Longford Motor Racing Association
Opened = 1953
Closed = 1968
Events = Tasman Series, Australian Touring Car Championship
Length_km = 7.0
Length_mi = 4.4
Turns = 9
Record_time = 2:13.0
Record_driver = Jim Clark
Record_team = Lotus 49T
Record_year = 1968
Record_class = Tasman Series

Longford Circuit was a temporary street circuit at Longford, Tasmania, Australia. It was sited on the side of South Esk River and only 23km south-west of Launceston. The first race was hosted in 1953. Then it hosted the 1964-1969 Tasman Series. The motor racing event was killed by finance before 1970 [cite web | url=http://www.tasman-series.com/tracks/longford/longford.asp | title=Longford Venue of the South Pacific Trophy & the Australian Grand Prix | publisher=Tasman-Series.com | accessdate=2008-06-22] .

There is little left of the track which twice hosted the Australian Grand Prix, was a mainstay of the Tasman Series and helped to establish the Australian Touring Car Championship. The two bridges have long been demolished and a highway intersects the circuit.

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