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CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 1963
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1963 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. Solo's. Sidecar's. Speedcar's & Hot Rod feature. 7th February 1963.Marshall SargentDebut
Friday night the 14th of February we welcomed our visitor from America, Marshall Sargent who treated tonight as a shakedown for next Friday night's International Hot Rod Championship. The racing display they put on was great, but it didn't go all Sargent's way. In the 15 lap feature Sargent had his colours lowered by the hometown boy in Eric Dyson, Sargent was second and Jimmy Matta was third.
Jost in the Speedcar'sThere were no shocks in the 8 lap Speedcar feature tonight with some of the usual back markers in there Holden powered car moving through the field to the front and ending up on the podium.
1st across the line was Bill Jost, followed by
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Ken Hopkins while 3rd place went to Ray Clarke. All local competitors. The rest of the nights entertainment was provided by the Stoch and Solo Bike's and Sidecar's.
Vintage Speedway Programmes Australia facebook Pictorial feature
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(Program Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1963 - DAYLIGHT TELEVISION MEETING
Kevin Park in the 66 car at Claremont
Kevin Park from NSW leads unknown
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Solo action at Claremont Speedway
Charlie West from WA
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1963 - Photos: Ken Devine collection.
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1963 - HIDYUKI "HAPPY" HIRANO. Speedcar's.
Rick Yates recalls: Hidyuki "happy" Hirano ran at Claremont Speedway around 1963 and toured the country in the Bill Reynolds owned Repco Holden as Japan 1.
Bill himself was 3 times NSW Speedcar Champion and 1956 Australian champion, He was also a speedway promoter, a real showman that new what the paying public wanted, the grandstands were always full.
Lincoln Castle recalls: I remenber high fiving Happy along the back straight on this night at Claremont Speedway when I was about twelve, and then actually meeting him in Japan twenty years later on one of Peter Whites speedway tours.
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1963 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 6th December 1963. |
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1963 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. HOT ROD DERBY. 13th December 1963. |
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