BUNBURY (WA)
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BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 1972
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1972 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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5th October 1972 |
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1972 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY
Brian Moyle recalls: All was prepared, The venue was ready to roll, a very exhausted team of volunteers and contractors were all getting ready to take there families out for a night of World Class racing, The nominations list was star studded, many compared our new venue to the best in Australia, and then the rains came and a massive feeling of loss drifted across Bunbury, The club acted fast and a new opening was planned for the 11th of November 1972.
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1972 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
November 1972
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1972 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY Opening Meeting 11th November 1972 |
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Peter Roebuck Photo feature
1972 - A freshly prepared track surface awaits the C Grade Solos for the 1st ever race at the new bunbury Speedway. Photographer: Peter Roebuck.
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1972 - PETER ECCLESTONE Solo's
1972 - Peter Ecclestone in full flight at Bunbury Speedway in its opening year. Photo: South West Times newspaper.
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1972 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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14th November 1972 |
Published 14th November 1972 |
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11th November 1972 - Les Sharpe fresh back from an English series riding for the Hallifax Team swept all before him at Bunbury's opening night. Photographer: unknown.
Solos
1972 - Bob O'Leary |
Junior Rods
Jenny Turnor
Robert Turnor |
11th November 1972 - Glyn & Chum Taylor
Supermodifieds
11th November 1972 - Alf Barbagallo
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11th November 1972 - Graham Wheat
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11th November 1972 - Colin Resta
Production Cars
11th November 1972 - Richard Hartzer.
11th November 1972 - Rod Watson |
Robbie HardingRobbie Nicholson |
11th November 1972 - Rod Watson
11th November 1972 - Allan Nylander.
Sidecars
11th November 1972 - Graeme Harris and Murray Grant
11th November 1972 - Dennis Nash and Ray Barber
Speedcar's
11th November 1972 - Graeme Werner in his Holden grey powered Speedcar. Photographer: unknown.
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BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 2nd Meeting 25th November 1972 |
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1972 - JUNIOR ROD RACING
Junior Rod racing had already taken of in Collie by the time the new Bunbury Speedway circuit had opened in 1972, big fields flocked to the new speedway under light venue at Bunbury.
Phil receives one of his many trophy's from juniors |
Phil BakerBunbury Car clubPhil had already started racing juniors at the new Collie Speedway track that had just opened in the previous year, his first car an Austin A40 was discarded for the more favourable Ford 100E Prefect.
Some older cars were racing at the time such as Jim Liddle and Greg Jones sharing an old grasshopper Ford Prefect and Peter May in an Austin A50, They struggled against the more modern 100E Prefects,
The 100E Prefect would domininate the results until the Triumph Herold arrived later,
Phil would later move into a Triumph Herald with success.
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1972 - JENNY TURNOR Junior Rod's
25th November 1973 - Jenny Turnor's choice of car a Ford Prefect. Photographer: unknown.
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1973 - JIM WILLIAMS Junior Rod's
25th November 1973 - Jim Williams from the Donnybrook Club in the Ford Prefect. Photographer: unknown.
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1972 - BILL BARR Stock Production
1972 - Bill Barr was a champion stock production driver from the blicks Raceway days who continued onto the Bunbury Speedway, Bills choice was a FC Holden ute, station wagons and utes' were quite popular up until the 1973 1974 season when they were banned. Photo: unknown.
1972 - Bills ute hooked up behind Lloyd Bickertons ute. Photo: Barr family collection.
1972 - Off to the race track on a saturday afternoon. A very young Suzi and Peter Barr with unknown. Photo Barr family collection.
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1972 - COLIN HARPER Stock Production
1972 - Colin hailed from the Donnybrook club a club that boasted a lot of very competitive drivers, Colin won a lot of races in his S Series Valiant. Photo: unknown.
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1972 - ALF BARBAGALLO Supermodified's
1972 - Alf Barbagallo leading Martin Laughton during the feature event. Photographer: unknown.
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1972 - BRYAN SHUGG Speedcar's
1972 - Brian Shugg, A speedcar driver from Claremont Speedway in the pits at Bunbury Speedway. Photo: Speedway and Road Race History collection.
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1972 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY SUPERMODIFIED ACTION
1972 - Ken Marks in the Wagin number 20 car. Ben Ludlow Junior in number 9 and Graham Wheat with a broken front end. Photo: South Western Times.
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1972 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 3rd Meeting 12th December 1972 |
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1972 - LEN BOWES & BOB SIERP Sidecar's
1972 - South Australian Sidecar Champion Len Bowes in the Claremont pits the night before Bunbury with his Mechanic Kevin, Tom Dillon from Bunbury Speedway and Lens swinger Bob Sierp. Photo: unknown.
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1972 - RON JOHNSON Sidecar's
1972 - South Australian rider Ron Johnson suits up while his swinger David Rose fills up the sidecars fuel tank in the Bunbury pits. Photo: South West Times.
1972 - Ron Johnson and David Rose on the high line while B Payne runs the curb. Photo: Speedway and Road Race History collection.
Harold Thomas recalls: Ron visited Bunbury Speedway in 1972 its opening season. After easily winning a heat i found him sitting on his outfit in the pits, i spoke with him and he asked me to get a large screwdriver from his tool roll. He had his trailing foot run over, and the steel cap was just about severing his toes. A quick twist with the driver, his toes were free. It looked like he had done this many times before. What a Legend. RIP.
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1972 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
Ron Johnson (left) and Neil Munro who with Len Bowes form Australia's three greatest sidecar drivers. On Saturday night they will be taking on the cream of WA sidecar stars in a series of five match races at the Bunbury Speedway. Aspecial weekend of entertainment has been arranged for the Australian aces by the Bunbury Car Club Inc. The visiting drivers and their sidecar passengers will be guests of honour at a party, will sample some of Bunbur's tasty crabs and will go water skiing, that will be something to see, for Johnson is 6ft 4ins tall and weighs 17 stone.
Track manager Tom Dillon said yesterday, We promised Bunbury enthusiasts the best in speedway entertainment, but to bring over stars of the calibre of Johnson Munro and Bowes is an expensive venture. It would not of been possible but for the generous gesture of many Bunbury business firms, too numerous to mention, who together have subscribed $700 towards expenses and prize money, A local car dealer is providing cars for the convenience of our star guests. On behalf of the club I offer sincere appreciation to all these good hearted people.
Neil Munroe on the curb under Dennis Nash.
Ron Johnson heads down the back straight at Bunbury.
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1972 - PETER MAY Junior Rod's
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1972 - BILL BARR Stock Production
1972 - Bill Barr in his FC ute took many checker flags in this number 56 ute, Season 2 would see the banning of utes, panel vans and station wagons in all classes. Photo: Speedway and Road Race History collection.
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1972 - ROBBIE HARDING A Production
1972 - Rob Harding makes a move under John Hudson in the VC Valiant V8. Photo: South Western Times.
1972 - Originally built for drag racing in a 48 series Holden. This engine built by Bill Lydiate was fitted into Rob Hardings EH Holden. Photo: Bill Lydiate collection.
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1972 - STAN STARCEVICH A Production
1972 - Stan the Man Starcevich did run number 1 on the car for a reason. Photographer: unknown.
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1972 - LAURIE MALONEY A Production.
1972 - Laurie Maloney from the Collie would often run both Division 1 & 2 Sedan's. Photographer: unknown.
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1975 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 4th Meeting 26th December 1972 |
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1972 - JEFF ELLIOT Junior Rod's
Peter Roebuck Photo feature
26th December 1972 - Jeff Elliot of Bunbury leads Frank Figliomeni from Harvey in a tight Junior event. Photographer: Peter Roebuck.
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1972 - MURRAY JONES Stock Production
26th December 1972 - Local Bunbury driver Murray Jones on the pole line, while Chas Thompson runs the high line in his FC Holden ute. Photo: Speedway and Road Race History collection.
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1972 - Dennis Lamp Supermodified's
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Program Research: Mark Heeler.
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1972 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 5th Meeting 30th December 1972 |
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