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Trickyonne
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Posted - 05 Nov 2009 : 12:12:47

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26306131-2682,00.html

DRAG racers will have a legal venue for thrashing their cars with the planned development of a motorsport complex at the old Mitsubishi site at Tailem Bend.

The former Mitsubishi test site also will cater for driver training and automotive testing under an agreement just signed.

A consortium, headed by the Sporting Car Club of South Australia and Motorcycling SA, has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the land's owner, Coorong District Council.

Racing would be organised and supervised by appointed officials and would not be at the whim of individuals.

The 690ha triangular site, created by the junction of the Dukes and Mallee highways just east of Tailem Bend, already has a 1.6km bitumen strip, a skid pan and some off-road/dirt track courses.

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Existing facilities can be used for sprints and motorkhanas from early next year, once race venue licences are approved.

The plan is to add facilities and tracks for bitumen circuit racing, drag racing, drifting, super motard (motorbike racing that has tarmac and dirt surfaces on each lap), motocross, rallying and endurance events.

The cost of the plan is unknown but insiders admit it will be at least a "multi-million dollar" investment over several years.

A comprehensive feasibility study is the next step and will include feedback from car and motorbike sports clubs offering suggestions.

The complex will be used for driver training as well as testing of motorbikes, cars, commercial vehicles and even machinery.

Sporting Car Club spokesman and race driver Lyn Punshon said there was a need for more motor sport venues across Australia.

"SA can take a position of leadership when the Tailem Bend motorsport facility comes on stream," he said yesterday.

Coorong District Council bought the land when Mitsubishi ceased manufacturing cars in SA last year. It called for expressions of interest in April, with an eye to economic development. Mayor Roger Strother said he was excited about the motorsport facility.

"It will bring enormous economic benefit to the district and put the Coorong District Council on the map with national exposure," he said.

The Sporting Car Club claims to be the oldest motorsport club in the southern hemisphere. It is an experienced promoter of motorsport and has among its 1800 motoring enthusiast members many volunteer officials, competitors and respected business brains.

The project has the backing of the national governing bodies for motorbike and car sports respectively, Motorcycling Australia and CAMS.

Motorcycling SA president Ivan Golding said the Tailem Bend project would provide substantial benefits to motorsport.

CAMS chief Graham Fountain said the project also could be used for youth development programs.

The Tailem Bend project is ahead of a proposed Gillman Motoplex, which has stalled because of an inability by the developers to secure the land from the State Government.

awesome news for the south aussie's !!
I wonder what bob jane will do with AIR ???

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Posted - 05 Nov 2009 : 18:52:15

**** Bob, he has had his chance.

how far out of town is that T1?

it will be great to have a stip there so the Fella's from the west have somewhere else to run besides the Motorplex. and it will help build the National Series again

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Posted - 05 Nov 2009 : 19:10:00

not sure if it will be able to run the big boys or not
its around an hour or so straight up the freeway from adelaide

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Posted - 05 Nov 2009 : 19:26:30

What's ANDRA's position on this site seeing ANDRA rather than CAMS or MA look after Drag Racing in this country??

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Posted - 05 Nov 2009 : 19:27:34

yeah i see its only "1.6km bitumen strip" but thats a start, a bit more Government $$$ to get a Concrete Launch pad, Concrete walls, some lights, spectator mounds and away ya go.

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What's ANDRA's position on this site seeing ANDRA rather than CAMS or MA look after Drag Racing in this country??

i think it would be anything that would stick one into Bob would be a goer

Edited by - falcon_cobra on 05 Nov 2009 19:29:24

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Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 00:09:36

It's not going to stop hoon driving at all! Why pay money when there's always a free street to use. Impound the cars for good and crush them, same with drink driving. Happens in the UK for just driving unregistered!

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Posted - 06 Nov 2009 : 07:57:21

we had an autofest here on the weekend and somebody said to me that, the burn out comp encourages hoon's because they need to learn how to do a burn out somewhere first...i thought that was very interesting

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