BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 1976
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported. 20th January 1976.
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.
20th January 1976
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported. 24th January 1976.
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported. 29th January 1976.
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 31st January 1976. |
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 14th February 1976. |
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 13th March 1976. |
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 27th March 1976. |
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1976 - WESTERN HERALD NEWSPAPER. Reported. June 1976.
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.
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported. 9th October 1976.
1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 9th October 1976.Bunbury Speedway opened on the 9th of October 1976 for the 1976 - 1977 Season.
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported. 21st October 1976.
Collie ace Peter Thompson races at Bunbury Speedway on Saturday night for the second time since he was severely injured on that track last season. |
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 23rd October 1976. |
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1976 - JOHN BOULGER & JOHN TITMAN. Solo's.
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1976 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER Reported.
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Colin Harper Falcon XB coupe
Darrel Thomson Honda Civic
Laurie Malony Torana XU1
Phil Hawkins Falcon XB hardtop
above: Alan Nylander Ford Falcon Hardtop
above: Big Bad Bert Vosbergen |
above: Stan the man Starcevich in the Ford Mustang |
above: Laurie Hardie outside of Phil (Flyers) Myers |
Allan Blake Holden Torana
Phil Myers under current state champ John Hudson. Photographer: unknown.
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. Saloon Cars.
1976 - Paul DeLacy in the AJN Automotive Services Turbocharged Rocket. Photographer: unknown.
1976 - Bert Vosbergen with his latest monster in the form of a Chev Camaro. Photographer: unknown.
1976 - Ben Ludlow takes the feature win in his Rambler Gremlin. Photographer: unknown.
1976 - John Dudda in the GTR-XU1 Torana knows how to win. Photographer: unknown.
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Brian Moyle recalls: Farther Brian Morrison was perhaps one of the most colourful characters involved in Bunbury Speedway. He was a very generous man who devoted his life to helping out the needy and Destitute.
So it was no surprise when someone floated the idea of plonking Farther Brian into a Demo Derby Car and scaring the shit out of him. So the plan was all the drivers were tuned in. Dont Smash the priest up, he will get scared and just hide in behind the grader, But he didn't, He got stuck into it in his old Worsley. in fact he ended up taking out some cars.
Once the remaining drivers had twigged to Allan Blake's devious plan they turned on Farther Brian and beat the crap out of that poor little car. So i'am fairly sure that the preacher didn't do anymore Demo Derby's he just went away to spread the good word and become famous with charity work. R.I.P Farther.
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1976 - MICK BAYLISS.Mick Bayliss was a driver who spent a lot of time driving race cars for car owners.
Firstly during the 1960's Mick drove a Red FJ sedan named Wild Child for Allan Worrol, first around the Boulder Oval track and then throughout the South West .
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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.
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1976 - WESTERN HERALD NEWSPAPER. Reported. 4th November 1976.
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. Sprintcars.
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 6th November 1976. |
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Vintage Speedway Programmes Australia facebook Pictotial feature
(use controls to pause - forward or reverse 12 images)
(Programme Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 20th November 1976. |
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 4th December 1976. |
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 18th December 1976. |
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1976 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 26th December 1976. |
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