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Rowley Park was named after Mr. Enoch Procter (Ted) Rowley. It was opened from 1949 to 1979. It was home to many famous racing car drivers Joe Braendler, Ray Huppatz, Charlie Monk, Jim silvy with the slogan “Friday night is speedway night”. The speed way was closed due to complaints from the residence due to noise. There were around thirty deaths there due to lack of safety equipment. Joe Braendler was a racing Legend through South Australia with many wins he was a very good driver with a very good crash record. The owner of the track was Sir Kym Bonython a multi billionaire. Track Records in 1955-56. SOLO:     Jack Young - 3 laps Clutch Start, 49- 4/5 secs. SIDECAR:  Jim Davies - 3 Laps Clutch Start, 56- 2/5 secs. Don Willison - 4 Laps Clutch Start, 75 secs. SPEEDCAR: Joe Blow ( Gordon Schubert )- 4 Laps Rolling Start, 1 min 10-1/5 secs. Roy Sands- 10 Laps Rolling Start, 2 min 56-3/5 secs. STOCKCAR: Ted Fulgrabe - 20 Laps Rolling Start, 7min 23-3/5 sec.