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ADELAIDE RACEWAYNEW $130,000 SUPER COMPLEX FIRES OFFFull report from AUTO ACTION man-on-the-spot - Bob TrenordenACCLAIMED AS THE MOST MODERN RACING COMPLEX in the Commonwealth the $300,000 Adelaide International Raceway has seen its first competition.At the long awaited opening meeting an estimated 8000 spectators had a taste of things to come in South Australian motorsport.Long delays due to heavy unseasonal rain held up construction, which at one stage was hoped to be completed as early as July last year.Rain dogged organisers right up to race eve as manager Bill Pickett and contractors worked unceasingly towards opening.Spectators had an uninterrupted view of the 180- acre complex and were well catered for with brand new facilities.Delays in getting out of the grounds were reminiscent of early Mallala and will no doubt be rectified.The provision of the new Port Wakefield Road should help in this direction.Projects to be undertaken before the final round of the Tasman Championship on Feb. 27 are increased spectator mounds to go right around the circuit, and extended spectator facilities.Entrance to the pit lane will be tidied up with cars coming in from the back of the oval instead of the start of the straight as at present.Negotiations with the Government are also under way to allow racing to commence earlier than the current Sunday limit of 1 p.m.An earlier start (and finish) would help to east traffic congestion.The open stands from Mallala have been well positioned on the straight with covered seating envisaged later.Timing crew, officials, announcers and the press share the 100-foot-long Chesterfield Control Tower which tops the pit mound.The circuit layout has pleasantly surprised critics.Regarded by most, on paper at least, as being too fast and uninteresting, the 1.5-mile track has redeemed itself with racing cars working toward the 100 mph lap, a lap time of 54 seconds.Cars are in view of spectators at all times and no point of the track seems to be without interest.The long 6/10-mile straight encouraged slipstreaming behind faster cars; the two right handers after the straight both took their toll as did the "Esses."The treacherous left hander where cars come onto the reverse camber of the banked oval claimed its share of victims while at the other end of the oval, drivers sweeping down off the banking. are very conscious of the ever present concrete wall.Drivers generally were happy although Phil Moore admitted that "It's not my favorite circuit."Mai Ramsay was wishing for "200 more horsepower" while John Walker summed it up with "Easy, but one mistake and you're RS ! "As with any' other circuit, the saloons were favorite with the crowd.Event One, the Closed Car Scratch combined Improved and Series Tourers with Sports Sedans.The Escorts of Stilwell and Bassett (Globe Products), both running as Sports Sedans shared the front row of the 22-car grid with David Jarrett's Morris Cooper.Stilwell led from the drop of Glen Dix's starting flag, the first at the new venue.Bassett was slow away and it was John Lewis' blue Torana in front through turn one.Lewis held this position until lap four when Bassett took him on the inside as they entered the oval, going on to a six-second win.It was young Mike Stilwell' s turn in Race Five when he closed on Bassett in lap five after the Globe car had made a better start.City-State team man John Walker in the Torana is hard pressed by Clem Smith's Charger. The AIR is now home base for the prolific Chargers from the SA maker. Orange Photography photo.Stilwell went around the outside of Bassett at the bottom of the straight, crossing the line with the other Escort less than a car's length away. Event Six saw the debut of the ex-Geoghegan Mustang in the hands of Victorian Clive Green.Green was still feeling his way in the big white car and was led at the end of lap one • by Lewis in the Torana.Green crept past on lap two but was unable to shake free of the Torana which came in 2/ 10 sec. behind for second.Trickiest bend on the course is reverse camber /eh hander onto banked oval. John Lewis (XU-1}, John Basset (Globe Products Escort} and Mike Stillwell (Escort} battle it out.Geoff Agar photo. Included in most of these events was a fantastic series battle between the Australian Motors Charger, now in the hands of Noel Hurd, Clem Smith and Barry Kirk also in Chargers, against the lone City State Torana of John Walker.The pattern was Hurd, well in front, with Walker desperately holding off the other two.RIGHT: Noel Hurd's Australian Motors Charger holds out Smith and Kirk through the banked oval section.Orange Photography. During hot pursiut, Kirk became a casualty when the Charger's crank haft napped.Interest in the 15-lap Touring event faded, when Lewis' Torana till snapping at the heels of the Mustang, broke the clutch pressure plate leaving Green to come in an easy winner ahead of Hurd and Walker.The race of the day turned out 10 be between a much depleted field of Six Cylinder Australian Cars.Bill O'Gorman has his first run in the Bob Jane T-Mart Matich SR5 but was outclassed by Phil Moore·s Elfin. Hurd once again went tc the front leaving Walker to battle Smith.The two appeared to touch both nose to tail and side by side on different parts of the circuit but once again Walker edged out Smith for second.Racing car fields were thin to say the least, made even thinner by Col Hyams damaging a piston at Saturday's practice.This left Mai Ramsay to do battle with the clock.Hi best lap first up was 58.3 sees. improving to 57.7 in his second race.Clive Green also first time out in the ex-Geoghegan Mustang fresh from Bay Park. Car was still in Geoghegan co/ors. Photos by Orange Photography. This is the outright lap record, a speed of 93.5 mph.Formula Yee racing was another pleasant surprise. Far from being painfully slow as imagined, the Vees can take a lot of the circuit flat out.The first race saw Vee ace Terry Perkins come in ahead of locals Geoff Davey and Ron Tansell with Paul Milner of Victoria fourth.The final event saw Perkins lose his lead to Tansell by going wide before the esses.He lost several places next lap with a spin and finally withdrew after again spinning.This time Milner shot to the lead on the last lap from Davey and Tan. ell.The front row of the sports car grids were filled by the 2.5-litre Repco powered Elfin 360s of Phil Moore and Henry Michell along with the IWO-lilrC' Waggo1-Mat1('h SR5 nt'wly acquired by Bill O'Gorman.It was Michell who moved away in the straight to lead all the way from Moore and O'G.Michell favors a different line through the Eastern banking to most by keeping up high until halfway through so straightening the second half of the curve.Unfortunately the Repco refused to come to life for the longer race and it was left to Moore to lead throughout.The meeting was a successful lead up 10 the Rothman's IOO, the final round of the Tasman Series when South Australians will see, for the first timt:', a full international meeting.
