The Bend East Circuit Openpitlane Season Opener! 19th February 2027 (Friday)

As ever, our day has NO groups and NO sessions. For this special Openpitlane Australia Christmas Party, we cap our numbers at two thirds of our already extremely low entry limit; giving you plenty of space on track in a group of like-minded individuals committed to honing their craft.

We’ve also brought in Master Chef Justin Markos of Utopia Waterfall Gulley and Glanville Hall fame, to look after your gastronomic needs across the day. This year, we close off the pit lane and bring in a giant wood oven on a horse float - delivering you hot, fresh, traditional pizzas for lunch right in the pits! As ever, the full package of offerings - 6 hours of Limitless Laps track time in the celebrated Openpitlane Australia format, gourmet lunch, and all day snacks and cold drinks- are more than the sum of their parts and a very special experience.

You’ll be mixing it with a combination of high performance sports cars taking their family and friends for high speed thrills, hot hatches with bantering mates, as well as race teams finishing off their season with some charity and sponsor rides. We love all kinds of machinery!

What you will need at Openpitlane Australia events:

1. Awareness of yourself, your machine, and your surroundings.
2. A “live and let live” attitude - every one on track has an equal right to enjoy themselves regardless of their car performance, speed, or experience.
3. The ability to listen, absorb and respond to officials’ directions.
4. A full tank and healthy car - limitless laps means you’ll want good condition tyres and brakes!
5. Not mandatory but recommended - a fire extinguisher and tow hook pre-fitted.

If you have a friend or partner and you’re attending together, consider booking a two driver entry. You’ll enjoy the same off-track benefits, but share your track time between the two drivers, and you can each bring your own car if you wish.

1. Standard inclusions in the entry price:
2. 6 hours of tracktime on the highly technical 22 corner, 3.93km East circuit with NO groups and NO sessions
3. Gourmet wood oven hot lunch and grazing table
4. Drive as much or as little as you want
5. Add an additional driver for just $250 and share your track time
6. Fully catered guests from $60 adults/$25 kids (prebook only)
7. Passenger laps all event long @$35 per passenger pass* (unlimited laps per passenger)
8. Full fire and rescue and medical services
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10. Options below:
11. Garages at the East pitlane are limited and regretfully only available to Openpitlane annual members at this time.
12. Driver training 1 hour package - includes 2 “in car” sessions with a dedicated performance coach, plus an out-of-car debrief.** Data training coming soon!
13. Photo package includes 5-8 high resolution, retouched and de-watermarked images of your car on track

Our unapologetic approach:

Openpitlane Australia is a “no hoons” event. We craft events that encourage like-minded enthusiasts, committed to honing their craft in a safe and inclusive environment. We don’t belittle entrants by judging and grouping them by their car badge, engine performance or race class. We also welcome those new to circuit motorsport - we all started somewhere.

We brief extensively about what to expect each event - the kinds of machines you’ll be sharing the track with, circuit and weather conditions, and how to show respect and courtesy to all track users. You will be sharing the track with everything from a Hyundai Getz to hypercars, cup cars, and prototypes. Your safety relies on self-awareness, mutual respect, and judicious use of your mirrors!