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well if it is the old AIR manager involved then i'm sure one of the backers will be Bill Russo......... Which IS F#@kn fantastic for everyone!! And a way he can stick it up Bob Jane, If this goes ahead, there wil be NO more drags at AIR!!!!!

Good Bob deserves everything he gets the power hungry control freak

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meh

Strathalbyn, Meadows, etc would be a better area

I completely agree!! Even a bit further out...... How good would it be to have a racetrack with a hill, or a bit of undulation, And i know it would be asking a bit if i wanted a "few" trees for shade!! Just up the freeway, and wouldn't be far as far away as mallala to the CBD!! :P :P :D

Not bad mate not bad...

Thought you were already mad though :P

Be good if this actually goes ahead, wonder who the backers are though??

nah im not mad im the most sane person in the worlds!!!!

backers would be bill russo no doubt was chattin to terry vahoumis a while back n with all the crap that went down with blob jane, they were lookn for other avenues, i heard about this many months ago guess its good to actually have a bit more of a solid evidence.. pity i dont have any track cars anymore :s

hoping this does go ahead, would be nice to have another track to have a go at, mallala is great fun but some variety would be cool too. Guess we have to wait and see if this will be a go ahead or another one that dies in the ass.

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Interesting article in todays paper about this... inside 15 months they reckon it will be open.

15 months thats farily impressive if that was to happen! Next thing will be price.... Now that we have had a bitch and finally getting what we wont next thing we will bitch about is price! lol

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0...5006301,00.html

New article published today. Doesnt seem to hold any new info, except to say land will hopefully be secured in the next 3 months, not 12 like the original article.

Also interesting the quotes from ANDRA chief; hopefully with a new track we may get Competition Drags back in SA (about time!)

AN UNDISCLOSED consortium of wealthy Adelaide investors is ready to build a $25 million-plus motorsport complex in Adelaide.

Featuring a drag racing strip, speedway, race circuit and jet boat racing, the complex is expected to be up and running in about 15 months.

Spokeswoman for the consortium, Anna Micheel, said the three mystery investors were working with the Land Management Corporation to secure a site in the north or north-western suburbs within the next three months.

About 120ha would be needed.

"We're hoping to have the first stage up and running within 12 months (after that)," she said.

A former manager of Adelaide International Raceway at Virginia, Ms Micheel would not name the investors but described them as "leading business people within Adelaide who are very passionate motorsport enthusiasts and definitely have the money".

Ms Micheel said the privately-funded hub would include a "business park" for supporting industries and could also provide "a service to the community" as a training ground for emergency service vehicles, driving schools and a concert venue.

"There is no other venue (in Australia) that can house the number of motorsport events that they wish to house," she said.

"It's something that Adelaide desperately needs."

Australian National Drag Racing Association chief executive officer Tony Thornton said Perth, Sydney and Ispwich had top drag racing venues and a new complex would be built in Melbourne by late next year but Adelaide was missing out.

A drag strip in Adelaide would "link up the national chain", he said. Mr Thornton hoped the venue also would improve road safety by holding regular amateur competitions.

"There are lots of young people doing increasingly stupid things on the road and having access to a drag strip to have a go almost whenever they want isn't going to eradicate it (hoon driving) but it provides a safer option," he said.

Since the opening of the Western Sydney International Dragway NSW police said illegal street racing "has been non-existent" in the area.

lol so many people was a track in Adelaide we've choked there server

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lol so many people was a track in Adelaide we've choked there server

lol ..

i'm not sure why our server isn't being overloaded at the moment, i've opened up a support ticket with the data centre, we should have things running again shortly.

that doesnt actually buy that much but im impressed too its a start, make it cheap enough to run your car there everyday and open it 24/7 go in for a few laps type thing like go carts then head home in case you dont want to make a day of it

$25M worth of venue you bloody beauty!!!!

Howie you back in the country

that doesnt actually buy that much but im impressed too its a start, make it cheap enough to run your car there everyday and open it 24/7 go in for a few laps type thing like go carts then head home in case you dont want to make a day of it

Do it like the Nurburgring, pay per lap?

Really, its the drag strip they need to get up and running first and foremost. We have a circuit in mallala, speedway, but we have NO DRAGS!

The day top fuellers return to SA will be one of the happiest day of my life!

Yep, I miss my eyeballs watering from the raw fuel pouring out the exhaust on the startline, and then my chest and body shaking that much my vision goes blury for that 5.0 secs following (well now they do ~4.8s!) ..... ahhh memories :P

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