Since the closure of the Longford Circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility.

Symmons Plains Raceway is 2.411 km (1.498 mi) long and is very hard on brakes.

From 1980 to 2021, Alfredo Costanzo held the outright race lap record by setting a time of 0:50.16 seconds with Lola T430 Formula 5000.

The closest anyone had come since 1980 was British driver James Winslow who set a time of 0:50.5036 seconds on 1 April 2012 while driving a Dallara F307.

As of August 2024, the fastest official race lap records at Symmons Plains Raceway are listed as:[4] This article about a motor sport venue is a stub.