UPDATE: Racing Minister Steve Dickson has welcomed the overwhelming backing of Toowoomba Turf Club members to return to grass track racing.

Mr Dickson said the 200-to-one vote was a sign of how important turf racing was to the club.

"We can now get on with the job of rebuilding the turf track, and I'm looking forward to seeing industry members and punters return to the club as provincial racing in Toowoomba and the Darling Downs is rejuvenated," he said.

"Country and regional racing is the lifeblood of the industry in Queensland, and we are taking the steps needed to protect and reinvigorate clubs like the Toowoomba Turf Club.

Mr Dickson said the restoration of the turf track would be funded through the State Government's promised $110 million Racing Industry Capital Development Scheme.

LAST NIGHT: Work will begin as soon as possible to return grass-track racing to Clifford Park after Toowoomba Turf Club won overwhelming backing for the move last night.

Club members have given almost unanimous backing to a proposed track overhaul which will see the synthetic course-proper surface replaced with turf.

Members attended a special meeting to consider the offer of Racing Queensland to carry out all the associated track conversion work with the backing of State government funds.

The final vote count was 200 for and one against accepting the grass track replacement.

The money will be provided from the $110 million Racing Industry Capital Development Scheme pool.

Tonight's vote will end more than four years of Clifford Park synthetic track racing, surrounded by controversy since its installation in 2009.

Declining racing numbers and wagering turnover on the club's Saturday twilight meetings sounded the final death knell of the synthetic track.

The track conversion will be done in three stages with racing on a grass course proper possibly starting in 12 months time.

Club chairman Bob Frappell said his committee was "ecstatic" with the members' decision.