BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 1976
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West Australian Solo Champion Peter Thompson is recovering in Bunbury Regional Hospital from injuries he suffered in a smash at Bunbury Speedway on Saturday night. Wishing him well are speedway manager Allan Blake (right) and Bunbury rider Alan Mitchell, who suffered a foot injury in the same accident.
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 24th January 1976
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REORTED
29th January 1976
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1976 - WESTERN HERALD NEWSPAPER REPORTED
1976 - Bunbury Car Club Supermodified Champion Colin Resta is awarded life membership by club president Harold Thomas at the end of season presentation ball. Photo: South West Times newspaper.
June 1976
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(Editorial and photo South West Times)
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1976 - JOHN BOULGER & JOHN TITMAN Solo's
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES REPORTED
left: Phil Myers under current state champ John Hudson
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY SEDAN CAR SLIDESHOW
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With the opening of the new bunbury Speedway on the North Boyanup Road in 1972, Mick had moved on and secured at ride in a very fast EJ Holden owned by local sign writer Ray Freeman, Micks ability in the Holden would catch the eye of a local Bunbury Business man in Kevin Russell from Bunbury TV Services, Kevin brought the ex Gene Welch Camaro off Alf Barbagalo who had only raced the car briefly, The Camaro proved to be very fast but Mick was for ever struggling with the set up in the car and he and the car never reached there full potential.