Before Timaru International Motor Raceway was born there was The South Canterbury Car Club Inc, which was formed in 1947 and were only running hillclimbs and paddock events at the time.

Land was then purchased at Falvey Road and a permanent 1.600 km (0.994 mi) circuit built, the first event held there was in November that year.

In 1988 the circuit length was increased to 2.400 km (1.491 mi) and develop to the international FIA category 3 standard that it is today, allows the South Canterbury Car Club to run international events as well as National Championships including the NZ V8 Touring Cars and Super Truck Racing.

[3] The official lap record for the Timaru International Motor Raceway is 0:56.260, set by Greg Murphy in January 1995.

[4] As of October 2021, the fastest official race lap records at the Timaru International Motor Raceway are listed as: