COLLIE (WA)
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COLLIE SPEEDWAY 1977
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1977 - ALAN WORROL. Formula 500.
1977 - Alan Worrol tuning the Honda CX500 prior to a race meeting at the Collie Speedway. Photo: Woroll family.
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1977 - COLLIE SPEEDWAY. 2nd April 1977. |
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1977 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED. 13th October 1977.
1977 - COLLIE SPEEDWAY. OPENING NIGHT.
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1977 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER. Reported.
The speedway season gets under way this Saturday night and a number of new cars including Bill Claizie's new super modified [pictured above] will be taking part in the nights racing.
Claizie who competed for the first time last season, has completely rebuilt his car at a cost of over $3,000 and is keen to improve on the good first up performance since last season.
His machine, which is powered by a 302 Ford engine is being sponsored by Fotak Studios, Collie Toyota and Southern Districts Real Estate.
1977 - Bill Claizie upgrades his sprintcar for the upcoming season. Photo;s Claizie family.
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1977 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported. 27th October 1977.
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1977 - COLLIE SPEEDWAY. West Australian Saloon Car Championship (round 4) 10th December 1977.Laurie Hardie is ChampionTonight here at Collie Speedway the fans were treated to the third and final round of the 1977 / 1978 West Australian Saloon Car Championship.
Round one was run at the Claremont Speedway on the 25th of November 1977, while Round 2 was at Bunbury Speedway on the 3rd of December 1977.
Eack round featured heat races and a final, with the top twenty point scorer's across the previous round's earning the right to race in the 35 lap final tonight.
First across the line here tonight, Laurie Hardie in his number [34] Sydney Ats
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HG Monaro is this years Champion. In second place was Allan Blake the current Australian Champion in his GTR-XU1 Torana, with third going to Phil Meyers in his number [38] Red Bull, Karquip GTR-XU1 Torana.