Mallala Motorsport Park, Racing Circuit

Mallala Motor Sport Park is a 2.601 km bitumen circuit near the town of Mallala in South Australia, around 55 km north of Adelaide. It was built in a hurry on the site of the former RAAF Base Mallala, after the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport ruled the existing Port Wakefield Circuit too short to host the 1961 Australian Grand Prix. Enthusiasts bought the disused airbase in 1961 and fashioned a circuit from its network of interior roadways, staging an inaugural meeting on 19 August 1961 before the Australian Grand Prix headlined its second meeting that October, won by Lex Davison. The original 3.379 km layout was shortened to its present 2.601 km in 1964 by moving the Bosch Curve closer to the Dunlop Curve. Mallala served as South Australia's home of motorsport through the 1960s but was closed in 1971 when owner Keith Williams placed a covenant on it to protect his rival Adelaide International Raceway. Sports Sedan racer Clem Smith bought the site in 1977, had the covenant overturned, and revived racing from the early 1980s, regaining a grade-A licence and hosting a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship each year from 1989 to 1998. Following Smith's death in 2017 the Peregrine Corporation, owners of The Bend Motorsport Park, took over and runs it as a grassroots venue alongside its flagship circuit. Its tight, bumpy character has long divided drivers while making for close racing.

Operated by: South Australian Motor Sport Board