PERTH (WA)
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CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 1968
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN SPEEDWAY WORLD MAGAZINE REPORTED
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21st January 1968
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1968 - SPEEDWAY WESTSIDE MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK MAGAZINE REPORTED
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4th October 1968 |
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1968 - The Flying Dave Warrineer from New Zealand powers on around the Showground. Photo: Peter Roebuck
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1968 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY SOLO SLIDESHOW
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK REPORTED
4th October 1968
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1968 - SPEEDWAY WESTSIDE MAGAZINE REPORTED ON BILL BROWN
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1968 - SPEEDWAY WESTSIDE MAGAZINE REPORTED
1968 - Typical sidecar action from WA backmarkers Graeme Harris and swinger Johnny Watkins on the Bill Brown 650cc Triumph. Photo: unknown.
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1968 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE
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1968 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY SIDECAR SLIDESHOW
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK MAGAZINE REPORTED
4th October 1968
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK MAGAZINE REPORTED
4th October 1968 |
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN SPEEDWAY WORLD MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1968 - GEORGE MARKOVICH Speedcar's
1968 - George Markovich in his Holden powered Speedcar at Claremont Speedway. Photo: unknown.
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1968 - LAURIE MATHEWS Speedcar's
1968 - Laurie Mathews. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
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1967 - BILL JOST Speedcar's
1968 - Bill Jost checking out his new ride while his mechanic Ken Neilson looks on. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
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1968 - CLARMONT SPEEDWAY WEST AUSTRALIAN SPEEDCAR CHAMPIONSHIP 1968It was a skillful drive by Geoff Stanton on Friday night when he took out Speedcar Championship at Claremont Speedway. Geoff took the final flag from Howard Revell from New South Wales and Perth's own, Noel McDonald.
1968 - Geoff Stanton and Bill Jost catch up. Photo: Peter Roebuck.1968 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY WEST AUSTRALIAN TQ CHAMPIONSHIP 1968-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The West Australian Tq Championship was also run the same day.
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1968 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY SPEEDCAR SLIDESHOW
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1968 - PETER VAN DER VORD Stock Car's
1968 - Peter Van Der Vord in the 199 machine possible out classed on the big Claremont Speedway circuit by the lightweight 48 series Holdens
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1968 - SPEEDWAY WESTSIDE MAGAZINE REPORTED
9th Febuary 1968 |
Slim OBryan
Ray Hunter & Brian Shugg
John Fenton & Ray Hunter
John Tonduit
Ray Hunter leads Bob Currie |
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1968 - SPEEDWAY WESTSIDE SLIDESHOW
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1968 - PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1968 - JOHN FENTON
John started racing go carts at the age of fourteen and later hot rods at Claremont Speedway. in 1964 John moved into Super Modifieds, but it would be in 1968/1969 Johns speedcar carear would start, this would be the same start date for two other Perth drivers in Keith Mann and Charlie West.
John would go on to purchase a Sesco from Hank Butcher and show his versatility by winning National titals on the Rowley Park dirt circuit in 1975 and on the Liverpool asphalt track in 1976, prior to this John was runner up in 1971 and third in 1972, 1973 and 1974.
Johns record includes seven West Australian titals and runner up on five occasions, he had also won fifty nine feature races at Claremont Speedway, the most for any speedcar driver, this included ten in one season,also the 1977 one hundred lap feature race in Brisbane.
In 1976 the ex AJ Foyt Volkswagon was purchased and John went on to win the Bob Tattersall memorial race from America's Larry Rice and then finished second to him the following week at the World Speedcar Derby.
In 1976 John also won the Northern Territory speedcar tital and then again in 1980.
John retired from full time racing in ???? and with help from his farther Ken took over the running of the Bunbury Speedway, this period would see the intrduction of moto cross racing under lights in WA.
During Johns time at Bunbury he played a major roll in getting a young man by the name of Ron Krikke his introduction into sprintcar car racing, John would later move on to focus more on motor cross and mentor his son Tony.
John would go on to purchase a Sesco from Hank Butcher and show his versatility by winning National titals on the Rowley Park dirt circuit in 1975 and on the Liverpool asphalt track in 1976, prior to this John was runner up in 1971 and third in 1972, 1973 and 1974.
Johns record includes seven West Australian titals and runner up on five occasions, he had also won fifty nine feature races at Claremont Speedway, the most for any speedcar driver, this included ten in one season,also the 1977 one hundred lap feature race in Brisbane.
In 1976 the ex AJ Foyt Volkswagon was purchased and John went on to win the Bob Tattersall memorial race from America's Larry Rice and then finished second to him the following week at the World Speedcar Derby.
In 1976 John also won the Northern Territory speedcar tital and then again in 1980.
John retired from full time racing in ???? and with help from his farther Ken took over the running of the Bunbury Speedway, this period would see the intrduction of moto cross racing under lights in WA.
During Johns time at Bunbury he played a major roll in getting a young man by the name of Ron Krikke his introduction into sprintcar car racing, John would later move on to focus more on motor cross and mentor his son Tony.
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK REPORTED
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1968 - WEST AUSTRALIAN SUPERMODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP
