The New Standard

The Bend Motorsport Park has set a new standard for permanent racetracks in Australia and is a welcome addition to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship schedule.

- Adrian Musolino

Walking into entrance of The Bend Motorsport Park is a unique experience in Australian motorsport. It’s in the middle of pitlane, the foyer for a Rydges hotel and the base for what’s being called Australia’s first motorsport theme park.

This is the base of the $110-million motorsport precinct at Tailem Bend in South Australia, 100km south-east of Adelaide, now the second largest motorsport circuit after the Nordschleife, Nürburgring, in Germany.

The scale of the precinct can only be appreciated from the top of the paddock/ hotel, so much so that the track stretches to the horizon beyond one’s view.

The Bend Motorsport Park features four different circuit configurations, including the 7.7km ‘GT Circuit’. Supercars race on the 4.95km ‘International Circuit’ (see page 56 and 57), more manageable but nonetheless challenging.