the old start line, but allowed the
struggling club to stage the Australian
Historic Road Racing Championships in
November 2005. Staging the event
represented a massive amount of work
for the club, but they were rewarded with
an excellent crowd of 3,500 – a fitting
result for the 100th anniversary of the
Tasmanian MCC – the third oldest
continuously operating in the world.
While the running of race meetings for
modern bikes has tapered off in recent
years, Symmons Plains has regularly
hosted the Australian Historic Road
Racing Championships, in 2011 and
again in 2016.
The new chicane, built in 2005,
allowed motorcycle racing back
onto Symmons Plains.17-year-old Kiwi Sam Smith took out the
500cc Classic title at the 2005 AHRRC.Locals Murray Seabrook and
Grant Boxhall both won titles
at the 2011 AHRRC.Tasmanian legend Malcolm Campbell,
shown here in 2016, has been competing
at Symmons Plains for over 40 years.