Dr Moran served as the chief medical officer at the nation’s action track for two decades and was known for his passion for continual innovations and improvements with trackside medical services.
Dr Moran could best be described as the “resident” chief medical officer at Winton Motor Raceway for a 20-year period.
He was vital to the venue, in providing his own services and assisting Benalla Auto Club to pull together larger medical teams when needed.
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He also fostered connections throughout north-east Victoria that assisted Winton Motor Raceway for many years.
It is not an understatement to say Dr Moran, in conjunction with Simon Maas and his RACESAFE team, revolutionised the medical response at Winton in the late ‘90s.
Dr Moran became a fixture at Winton events, displaying enormous commitment as a motorsport doctor.
He was highly supportive of the practice of having a doctor quickly “on scene” at a trackside incident, at a time when such a practice was revolutionary.
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Dr Moran started assisting Winton as a “fill-in” medical practitioner for the circuit, following a period of near impossibility to source doctors for race meetings in the 1990s.
However, following such uncertainty, he committed to becoming the chief medical officer from 1997 and was present at almost every major race meeting thereafter.
During the years Dr Moran took a hands-on approach at Winton; he became a sounding board and guide for all of the innovative and practical medical response protocols that were introduced to the sport.
The circuit has thus enjoyed a long period of stability, immense reliability and quality in the chief medical officer services for race meetings.
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Dr Moran made many firm friends at Winton and in the wider motorsport community, working willingly and effectively with management teams past and present.
At the end of each race meeting, Dr Moran quietly disappeared back to Wodonga for his “real jobs” – working as a GP in health administration, along with accident and emergency roles.
It will be for others within his profession to enlighten us more on his immense impact on the health services of the border region.
Winton management always knew he would be back at the start of the next race meeting, as Dr Moran was as reliable as an atomic timepiece.
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He will be remembered for his kindly and cheery disposition, which he displayed to everyone.
His care for, and treatment of, any competitor or member of the public who needed his medical expertise will also be sorely missed.
Winton Motor Raceway and Benalla Auto Club offer their deepest sympathy and condolences to Dr Moran's family, colleagues and associates.
As time passes, we will all come to recognise and deeply appreciate Dr Moran’s expertise and commitment to well-tested innovation, which he brought to the on-site medical services at Winton Motor Raceway, over such a long period.
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