PERTH (WA)
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CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 1967
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1967 - DON COLLINS Stock Bike's
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1967 - KEN RIGBY Stock Bike's
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1967 - UNKNOWN Stock Bike's
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1967 - JIM PHILLIPS Solo's
1976 - Jim Phillips on his 500 JAP. Photo: Tony Forsyth.
1967 - Jim Phillips and Colin Nickisson both on the 500 JAP powered machines. Photo: Tony Forsyth.
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1967 - BOB LEISK & KEN CREEDY Solo's
1967 - Bob Leisk and Ken Creedy locked in battle. Photo: unknown.
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1967 - LES SHARPE Solo's
1967 - Les Sharpe in the all white leathers leads Dave Warrington from New Zealand. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
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1967 - BILL WATSON Solo's
1967 - Bill Watson leads Ross McNicol. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
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1967 - HERB WATSONHerb Watson was well known through out the motor cycle community in Perth, He was the owner of a motorcycle repair shop in Victoria Park.
Herb was concidered by many to be the best Jawa, JAP and Goldstar BSA mechanic in West Australia.
He was a very much loved man who was known to be very generous, When the visiting solo test teams visited Perth, Herb would allways give them the run of his workshop.
Chum Taylor was very fortunate to have Herb maintain his bikes during the time he raced, International rider Les Sharpe who grew up in Perth, was another rider that was assisted by Herb, Les has very fond memories of working with Herb in his racing days at Claremont.
Herb also sponsored riders in other codes, one of them being Johnny Rover who road raced a fuel injected Triumph to success.
1967 - Les Sharpe and Herb Watson in the pits at Claremont Speedway prior to the nights racing. Photo: Les Sharpe collection. |