A Tailem of two Bends

Muscle Maniac ‘The Bend’ motorsport complex at Tailem Bend (recently renamed Shell V-Power Motorsport Park, see below right) is an impressive facility, to say the least. It’s surely the biggest and most lavish motorsport complex in the entire southern hemisphere. It’s that kind of place that’s almost on an other-worldly scale: you can’t properly appreciate the sheer size and grandeur of it unless you experience it in person. It has put the sleepy rural South Australian town of Tailem Bend, population 1850, on the world motorsport map. But Tailem Bend has long been a well-known name in local South Australian motorsport circles, because the place has a racing past. Back in 1975 a group of enthusiasts got together to form the South Australian Motor Racing Club (SAMRC), with the aim…

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