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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn additional weekend is mooted for Adelaide this year. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn additional weekend is mooted for Adelaide this year. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n
A proposal has been put to the Adelaide Park Lands Authority regarding an \u2018associated motorsport event\u2019 to be held on November 20-22, the weekend prior to this year\u2019s Adelaide Grand Final.<\/p>\n
It has now been confirmed by the SAMB that the event would be an additional weekend of racing on the NAPA-backed speedway, which has operated inside the Adelaide Grand Final precinct for the last two years.<\/p>\n
If the plan comes to fruition there will be speedway action on both weekends, allowing organisers to expand the portfolio of categories that could take part.<\/p>\n
It would also act as a safety net for poor weather after rain stifled speedway action during the Adelaide event last year.<\/p>\n
The first weekend does, however, clash with the 2026\/2027 running of the Australian Sprintcar Titles in Toowoomba, a complicating factor given 410 Sprintcars are traditionally the headline act.<\/p>\n
Speaking to FiveAA radio in Adelaide, SAMB boss Mark Warren explained that the additional weekend is still in the consultation phase and nothing is locked in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key thing to understand is that we go through a consultation process to flag these things,\u201d said Warren.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this case, this is one we\u2019re examining as an opportunity. It\u2019s certainly not set in stone that there\u2019s actually going to be an additional event.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe event that we are looking into is an expansion of the speedway. It\u2019s fantastic as the speedway has been incredibly popular over the last couple of years for the BP Adelaide Grand Final.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch is the case that we\u2019ve had great demand from other speedway participants who would like to be part of it, and different categories of racing within speedway.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we\u2019re certainly looking at the opportunity. Whether it\u2019s possible or not is another matter. But we\u2019re very keen through this consultation process to understand what the views are around having this additional event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren then moved to allay fears that an additional event would cause more disruption to the city than the traditional four-day Adelaide Grand Final format.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will also emphasise the point, if people are talking about what space is needed and so on, this is all with the confines of the area of the BP Adelaide Grand Final,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not additional space. It\u2019s all within the closure periods we have for the event space and also road closures. There are no additional closures as a result of looking into this additional event.\u201d<\/p>\n
The inception of the NAPA Speedway in the City as part of the Adelaide event was a significant development for the discipline in South Australia, which lost its permanent metropolitan venue, Speedway City, in 2019.<\/p>\n
According to Warren, revitalisation of the privately-owned venue would come at significant cost, making extended use of the temporary inner-city speedway a more efficient way for the sport to service Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cOriginally the intent was to bring speedway to the attention of the motorsport community and the general community and we\u2019ve definitely done that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NAPA speedway, right in the heart of the city, hasn\u2019t been done before and speedway hasn\u2019t been seen in the city for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it has achieved a lot and we\u2019re probably a victim of our own success there. Now the demand is such that people want to see more of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The SAMB is poised to announce that the speedway will return to the Adelaide Grand Final, at least during the event itself, imminently.<\/p>\n
However, confirmation of the double-header could take some time, given consultation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
\u201cRealistically we\u2019re a couple months away before we can determine if it is possible,\u201d added Warren.<\/p>\n