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This will now be a 500k race, (2 x 250km) the same as Clipsal.
Sydney's new V8 Supercar season-ending street race meeting at Olympic Park has been lengthened to 500km.
V8 Supercars have announced what was to be the Sydney 400 will now be 100km longer and called the Sydney 500, making it one of the longest single-driver events on the calendar.
The December event will now host two 250km races matching the season-opening Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, widely considered one of the most physically demanding races in the championship.
Organisers overcame some local opposition to win NSW government support to stage the event on a street circuit to be created at Sydney's Olympic Park precinct in Homebush.
V8 Supercars chairman Tony Cochrane said he was confident the event could match the reputation attained by Adelaide's which won an Australian Tourism award for the best event or festival.
?We can now say that we are going to end the way we start the year, with a 500km weekend,'' Cochrane said.
?Sydney deserves to have the absolute best we can offer so we have decided to extend the total race distance to match of our first event in Adelaide, which is acclaimed around the world.
?It's such a great facility and this will be the first time since the Olympics in 2000 that the whole site has been used for a single event.
?We can see no reason why we can't put on Sydney's biggest annual event each year.''
Cochrane said further announcements for the Sydney race, including a naming rights sponsor and ticketing details will be made next month.
Sydney's new V8 Supercar season-ending street race meeting at Olympic Park has been lengthened to 500km.
V8 Supercars have announced what was to be the Sydney 400 will now be 100km longer and called the Sydney 500, making it one of the longest single-driver events on the calendar.
The December event will now host two 250km races matching the season-opening Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, widely considered one of the most physically demanding races in the championship.
Organisers overcame some local opposition to win NSW government support to stage the event on a street circuit to be created at Sydney's Olympic Park precinct in Homebush.
V8 Supercars chairman Tony Cochrane said he was confident the event could match the reputation attained by Adelaide's which won an Australian Tourism award for the best event or festival.
?We can now say that we are going to end the way we start the year, with a 500km weekend,'' Cochrane said.
?Sydney deserves to have the absolute best we can offer so we have decided to extend the total race distance to match of our first event in Adelaide, which is acclaimed around the world.
?It's such a great facility and this will be the first time since the Olympics in 2000 that the whole site has been used for a single event.
?We can see no reason why we can't put on Sydney's biggest annual event each year.''
Cochrane said further announcements for the Sydney race, including a naming rights sponsor and ticketing details will be made next month.
