Speedway City 'The Fall Part 1'

After the closure of Rowley Park Speedway on Torrens Road, Adelaide's Speedway Park was opened in 1979 and was once for a long period of time the jewel in the crown when it came to Australian Speedway venues, located just 26 kms from Adeleaide's CBD.
As Speedway Park the venue opperated from 1979 - 1996. In 1997 Bob Sincock and Wendy Turner took on the role of owner promoter and gave the venue a tremendous run until 2016. In 2017 the venue was leased to the Miller family and ran for two seasons as Adelaide Motorsport Park (2017-2019) before the venue went into long term hiatus.
In 2020 Charlie from KCM Metals purchased the property. Since the new ownership several attempts have been made to lease the venue however none have been successful in getting off the ground.
Over the time the venue has been used for Speedway (car and bike), Burnouts, Side by Side racing, Dirt Karts, Stadium Off Road and other social / community events.
In December 2023 I made a trip to the venue to film the current condition of the stadium. This is the first of many 3 minute videos that I will upload to You Tube. Also an official documentary will be released further down the line. If you have anything you may like to contribute to the upcoming documentary then i would love to hear from you.
God Bless,
Paris Charles.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

It seems Adelaide is too small to have an actual speedway. But million will be spent on a 'temporary' speedway in the Parklands.

[@Holden308]

Adelaide does have a speedway - Gillman. But its a bikes only track running Solo's and Sidecars. Other than that the nearest car speedway is 80 km up the freeway at Murray Bridge.

[@Paris_Charles]

we are always hopeful that the parklands race will springboard a resurgence in interest and the possibility of a Adelaide / outer suburban venue in the future

[@robwilliams5914]

I heard somewhere that its going to be turned into a container storage park dunno if it's true or not

[@rodmatthews4441]

What a waste, I wish I got to go there when it was up and running.

[@ReaLzEdits]

Miss our car scene down here :( I cant justify a 4 hr round trip to just see some street cars go down the 1/4 I really hope we get our speedway back and AIR too.... But i think we all know its dusted sadly. Thanks for the video mate, great work.

[@Paris_Charles]

I hope so too and thank you for the kind words, I hope you enjoy my page. I believe it is important to keep the memories and history alive :)

[@Holden308]

I spent my summer Friday nights growing up at Speedway Park in the 80s. I honestly can not believe what I am seeing 😢😭

[@Paris_Charles]

Speedway was a part of our family, growing up as a kid I did the exact same.

[@davidwyatt1088]

Greed killed this track

[@mattrowlands1406]

As a lad, I spent many many Friday nights hanging off the back straight fence Some drone footage would be cool. A fly around of the track etc

[@stevegabbert9626]

I came from the U.S. in 2015/16 to go to races there, along with several other tracks in AU. Surprised to hear that it closed.

[@Paris_Charles]

Do you have any memories or photos you would like to share, always love to hear other people's stories

[@stevegabbert9626]

@@Paris_Charles As a traveler to Australia, I didn't know what to expect to come across at the tracks. Here in the States, the vast majority of tracks have grandstands or bleacher seating, and any left over grassy area would be for overflow crowds. Australia seems to be the opposite. I paid the $5 for the stands at Premier, but got to Speedway City a little late and sat in the grass, near turn one. Fortunately, a nice lady behind me offered the spare camping chair besides her, since the occupant was in the pits. If I had to do it all over again, I'd buy a camping chair right off and donate it on my departure. Side note: My AirBnb host let me use hers for Murray Bridge Speedway and Gilman Speedway. I have a fond memory of sitting next to a local at Murray Bridge and trying hard to work my way through the Aussie slang he was using. I loved it, met a lot of great people in Australia.

[@simonvolkmer3793]

😢😢🏁🏁Paris Charles thanks for the film so many memories as a young kid spectacting

[@Paris_Charles]

thank you, this is the first of a few different videos to celebrate what was a special place for many people.

[@nedkelly2111]

Great race track loved coming over from perth to race there

[@Paris_Charles]

Do you have any memories or photos you would like to share, always love to hear other people's stories

[@anthonystone7578]

What a shame like everything else good we get here in Adelaide. Gets left to rot away

[@downundarob]

It hasn't changed, it is exactly as I remember it in the late 80s, even timing clock looks unchanged, so much that I'm guessing its identical to the one I used to operate at Northline in the 90s.

[@Paris_Charles]

Yes, I believe that the Speedway City clock is identical to Northline Speedway clock.

[@MatthewMellorOfficial]

It's a shame was always good going to the speedway there on boxing day and other events

[@Paris_Charles]

Speedway City is filled with many fantastic memories and experiences for so many people. That is why I'm making these series of vignettes and hopefully a full documentary

[@RVK355]

I miss entering the local speedway burnout comps