Adelaide International Raceway
| AIR | |
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| Location |
Port Wakefield Rd, Virginia, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 34°41′57″S 138°33′53″E / 34.69917°S 138.56472°ECoordinates: 34°41′57″S 138°33′53″E / 34.69917°S 138.56472°E |
| Owner | Bob Jane Corporation |
| Operator | Australian Motorsport Club Limited |
| Broke ground | 1970 |
| Opened | 9 January 1972 |
| Major events |
ATCC Tasman Series Rothmans International Series Australian Drivers' Championship ANDRA Australian NASCAR Championship |
| Full Circuit | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.41 km (1.50 mi) |
| Turns | 8 |
| Banking | Turns 8, 9 - 7° Front straight - 0° Back straight (Bowl) - 3° |
| Lap record | 0:49.5 (Alan Jones, Lola T332-Chevrolet, 1977, Formula 5000) |
| Short Circuit | |
| Length | 1.77 km (1.10 mi) |
| Turns | 6 |
| Banking | Turns 5, 6 - 7° Front straight - 0° Back straight (Bowl) - 3° |
| Lap record | 0:43.9 (Mike Trengove, , ) |
| Speedway Super Bowl | |
| Length | 0.805 km (0.500 mi) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Banking | Turns - 7° Front straight - 0° Back straight - 3° |
| Lap record | 0:22.7017 (Terry Wyhoon, Ford Thunderbird, 1998, NASCAR) |
The Adelaide International Raceway (often shortened to Adelaide International or more commonly AIR) is a permanent circuit owned by Australian Motorsport Club Limited under the auspices of the Bob Jane Corporation. The circuit is located 26 km north of Adelaide in South Australia on Port Wakefield Road at Virginia, and is adjacent to Adelaide's premier car racing Dirt track racing venue, Speedway City. AIR is owned by the Bob Jane Corporation and run by the Australian Motorsport Club Ltd.
Adelaide International Raceway (AIR) was built by Surfers Paradise businessman Keith Williams in 1972. Williams also owned the Mallala Race Circuit and Surfers Paradise International Raceway. Williams owned the track, which remained in an almost 'raw state' until purchased in 1982 by the Bob Jane Corporation.
The race track can be used in four different configurations. The full circuit is 2.41-kilometre (1.50 mi), the short circuit is 1.77-kilometre (1.10 mi), the Speedway Super Bowl is 0.8-kilometre (0.50 mi), and the drag strip is 0.25-mile (0.40 km) long. The track is dominated by its 920 metre long main straight which is also the drag strip and the front straight of the Super Bowl. As it is a drag strip, the front straight of the circuit is wider than the rest of the track. Like most Australian circuits at its time of construction, AIR raced and still races clockwise, though the Super Bowl, with speedway meetings and NASCAR races in the 1990s, is the only part of the circuit to run state or national championship races anti-clockwise.
Both the Speedway Super Bowl (more commonly referred to as "The Bowl"), and the Drag Strip have the capacity to run night meetings due to the lights that run around the Super Bowl and down the circuits main straight. The spectator viewing areas extend from the final turn and all the way down the main straight. There are also spectator mounds from turn 3 around to turn 6, and then from the outside of turn 7 (the bowl) and all along the back straight. The proximity of the final turn of the bowl to Port Wakefield Road means that spectator mounds can not be placed there.
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