A NEW race control building at the top of Mount Panorama is to be named in honour of former Bathurst man Kevin McDonald.
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Mr McDonald was a long-standing president of the Panorama Motorcycle Club and also served as president of Motorcycling NSW from 2000 to 2004.
He was awarded an Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2016 for his contribution to motorsport over many decades and was instrumental in bringing to Bathurst a number of national motor racing events.
He was chairman of the Dirt Track, Long Track and Supermoto Commission of Motorcycling Australia and race director of the Australian Supercross Championships from 2002 to 2004.
"He was an official for over 40 years and was a Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme clerk of course for motocross and supercross events for some time as well as event co-ordinator for long track meetings at the Bathurst Showground and was a foundation member of the Panorama Motorcycle Club," corporate services and finance director Aaron Jones wrote in a report to councillors.
"Other awards and recognition include: Recipient, Award of Honour, Motorycling NSW 2004, Award of Merit, Motorcycling NSW 2005 and Service Start, Motorcycling NSW, 2008."
Following Mr McDonald's death in October 2018, Panorama MCC wrote to Bathurst Regional Council asking that the race control building being constructed at the motocross track on land leased to the club by council be named in his honour.
Councillors approved the request at their March monthly meeting.
