The SA Labor party, led by Peter Malinauskas, devastated the incumbent state government in today’s state election.
Malinauskas will take over from Steven Marshall as the SA premier, and should he make good on his election promise, the Adelaide 500 will return to close out the 2022 Supercars season on the first weekend of December.
The famous event was controversially cancelled by the Liberal government in late 2020 off the back of several years of declining crowds.
Its axing came as a surprise to Supercars, which had planned to shift it from its traditional season opener slot to the season finale in 2021.
As quickly as it was axed the SA opposition began campaigning for its return, Malinauskas signing a memorandum of understanding with Supercars to return the event if he won power at the next election.
Those plans firmed as the election drew closer, Supercars and Labor eventually confirming that the revival will happen this year, with a December 1-4 date earmarked to close out…
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