It must've been a great place to be... I never got there, but loved the sights (via Channel 7) of Geminis heading into the kink three abreast. That and the footage of Dick in the EL from "True Blue", culminating in Paul Weel's turnaround coming onto the straight when the big fella got a bit impatient: magic footage of the bloke fighting hard on home turf.
OT, but where does the heritage listing issue at Lakeside stand now? Obviously it's valuable real estate, but having seen the death of too many once-great Australian race tracks, it would be a real shame to let Lakeside go without a fight. Willowbank is not a true alternative!