The Darling Downs has become a substantial contributor to the growth of Queensland’s premier event, the Lexmark Indy 300 on the Gold Coast which will take place from October 18-21 this year.
Not only does Team Australia’s current leading driver in the Champ Car World Series, Will Power hail from the area, but there are also many other locals who play a significant role in the event’s overall success.
Today a local contingent of long and short term volunteers met with Lexmark Indy 300 officials in Toowoomba to discuss plans for this year’s 17th running of the annual event.
“A National call to action has gone out to volunteers to assist at this year’s Lexmark Indy 300 and we’re hoping to entice a host of newcomers during our 2007 feature on October 18-21, ” said Lexmark Indy 300 Volunteer Accreditation Coordinator Jayne Graham.
“We’re encouraging individuals from right across Australia to become a part of the country’s biggest and best event spectacular.
“Last year the Lexmark Indy 300 was supported by more than 1600 tireless volunteers, marking a significant increase of 100-plus individuals recruited to fill a host of important roles.
“With crowds now exceeding 316,000 people over four days and four nights of racing and entertainment, the need for dedicated volunteers increases annually.
“We have a huge number of volunteers from the Darling Downs and hope to increase numbers here and across other regions during the recruitment period. ”
Volunteers are currently being recruited for roles including pit lane, fire, flag, grid, track and spectator marshals to accreditation centre, gate, grandstand, information booth, corporate usher and pit walk officials.
Among today’s gathering was local business owner Wayne Thompson of Clean-Equip, who will take part in his 13th event as a volunteer later this year.
Fulfilling the role of Zone Controller, Thompson oversees volunteers throughout a substantial area of the Lexmark Indy 300 circuit.
The Toowoomba resident reconfirmed that anyone interested in becoming a Lexmark Indy 300 volunteer this year assured themselves a very rewarding four days and nights on the Gold Coast.
“As you can see we’re a very diverse group of people and most of us have only come to know each other through our involvement at Indy, ” said Thompson.
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