<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A popular go-karting track in the city's Entertainment Quarter has toppled a council push to wipe it out for a car park.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a desperate attempt to save the attraction, Hyper Karting managing director Andrew Richardson turned to social media to get the word out, urging people to let the City of Sydney know they were not on board with the decision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Whose better to say what's right for the community than the community themselves?" he told nine.com.au.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-may-8-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/364555ec-fcc9-4c31-8ee2-7a04b8ca2adf" target="_blank"><strong><span>US confirms clash with Iranian forces</span></strong></a></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DX_THu1R2fN/"></a></blockquote></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Richardson said that the City of Sydney was "absolutely overwhelmed" by the number of submissions they received and announced on social media yesterday that "we're not leaving" as the call was overturned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It took them three weeks to get through the submissions, and everything else got massively delayed," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The carpark construction would have created an additional 296 parking spots, coming at the expense of the Moore Park track, axing more than 150 jobs in the process.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/inside-the-battle-to-save-suburban-gokart-track/e9f34d67-5dcd-4e50-8e59-11f65b1c4ba3" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hyper Karting argued that at its current size, the carpark had only reached maximum capacity a few times, even on the busiest of occasions, including sell-out concerts and sporting events happening at the same time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When the Sydney Swans played their home opener at the SCG, Hyper Karting claimed that despite being one of the city's largest sporting events of the year, there was no shortage of parking.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/isis-brides-return-to-australia-update-two-women-set-to-be-charged-with-crimes-against-humanity-and-one-with-belonging-to-a-terrorist-group/a21f8385-426a-4792-99ef-39e3aaeacde3" target="_blank"><strong><span>Two 'ISIS brides' charged with slavery offences after three arrested upon arrival in Australia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were 68 unused car spaces at the EQ (I counted them). If Hyper Karting hadn't occupied level 5, there would have instead been 364 spare spaces," Hyper Karting wrote in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They also noted that a car park adding 1300 spaces is being built at Allianz Stadium and is set to be completed by the end of the year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In what Richardson described as a "David and Goliath situation", more than 4000 submissions were sent to the council, toppling the previous record of 800, held by the opposition to a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/mcdonalds-newtown-sydney-application/1a35e061-856f-4303-a9df-87dcddcf4e4f" rel="" target="" title="McDonald's being built in Newtown"><span>McDonald's being built in Newtown</span></a><span> last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-update-man-with-weapon-arrested-near-home-of-former-prince-andrew-in-england/d752b3ad-1965-4297-91fb-ba0e10a5754b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Palace silent after balaclava-clad man threatens ex-prince Andrew</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Politicians Clover Moore, Alex Greenwich, Allegra Spender and Business Sydney Executive Director Paul Nicolaou voiced their support for the biggest go-karting track in the southern hemisphere.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Richardson said that his original application was refused by council town planners, who he believed did not know much about the track, which attracts more than 500,000 customers every year. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They didn't even visit the venue, and it appeared to us that they had never even been to the EQ," he told nine.com.au.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They didn't even understand what the precinct was."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-house-prices-set-for-downturn-as-rate-hikes-bite/0da3c2c9-4128-40a9-9245-e880a89a2a07" target="_blank"><strong><span>Australian house prices set for downturn as rate hikes bite</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></li></ul></div></div>