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ARDC IS
BORN
The ARDC's Home Track is at MT Druitt and Members Help Promoter Belf Jones run races every six weeks
MT
PANORAMA
The ARDC forms an alliance with the Bathurst Light Car Club (BLCC). It buys land between Murray's and Hell corners from local orchadist Hilton Raynor to build the pits on the Mt Panorama circuit.
Sir Jack Brabham wins his second F1 Championship and becomes an ARDC life member.
6-HOUR
The ARDC runs a six-hour race at Bathurst to prove Mt Panorama can handle a 500 mile event.
Bathurst
500
The Armstrong 500, which started in 1960 at Phillip Island, is moved to Bathurst by the ARDC. The Bathurst 500 is born.
AMAROO
The 1.9km Amaroo Park is bought by the ARDC on a handshake from developer Oscar Glasser. Amaroo is a motor sport precinct with engineering facilities, a hill climb, short circuit and Motocross track.
From 1970 to 1983 the ARDC holds the Castrol Six Hour, arguably the world's most important production motorcycle race at the time.
UPSIZING
The ARDC clubhouse moves from 360 Norton Street Leichhardt to its new location at Amaroo Park.
Australia's first ever World 500 motorcycle champion Wayne Gardner wins the Castrol Six Hour race at Amaroo Park. He wins again in 1982.
Five-time V8 SuperCar Champion and ARDC member Mark Skaife has his first ever race at Amaroo Park in his father's Holden XU-1.
THE CREEK
ARDC moves into its current home at Eastern Creek.
50 YEARS
The ARDC celebrates its 50th anniversary.
MUSCLE
Australia's biggest retro touring car festival, the Muscle Car Masters, is born.
THE FUTURE
With the help of over $7m in government support and over $2M from the ARDC itself plans for expansion are underway, with a track extension and new facilities being built in 2012.
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