Bunbury: WA.
BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 1978
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1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 14th January 1978. |
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14th January 1978 - John Cardy from the Perth Club with the Harrison Motors HQ Holden at Bunbury Speedway. Photographer: Peter Roebuck.
1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 21st January 1978. |
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1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 28th January 1978. |
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1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 15th February 1978.STAN the MANHas Won The.
Bunbury Toyota National Grand Prix |
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1978 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES. Reported.
15th February 1978. Stan Starcevich in the Anderson Ford Mustang. Photographer: South West Times.
15th February 1978 - Tony Nicholas from Victoria in the Torana at Bunbury Speedway. Photographer: South West Times.
15th February 1978 - Paul Delacy driving the Allan Nylander built Ford Cortina running the Turbocharged engine. Photographer: South West Times.
1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. West Australian Standard Saloon Car Championship. Division 1 & 2 Saloon Car's. Solo's. Junior Saloon's & Supermodified's. 25th February 1978. |
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25th February 1978 - Cliff Langridge from the Donnybrook club is here tonight to contest the West Australian Standard Saloon Car Title with his beautifully presented HR Holden . Photographer: South West Times.
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1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 11th March 1978. |
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11th March 1978 - Martin Laughton a regular at Bunbury who travels down from Perth. Photographer: unknown.
1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 25th March 1978. |
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1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 8th April 1978.Phil Hawkins win's Division 1 featureClaremont Speedway regular Phil Hawkins in the big Falcon coupe has tonight won the Division 1 Saloon's feature race held over eight laps of the big Bunbury dirt oval.
Second to the line was Bunbury Speedway former Manager Allan Blake in the Turbocharged Torana GTR-XU1. with third place going to Bob Folley from the Waroona club who was behind the wheel of the ex Johnny Hudson GTS Monaro. Foley also won a heat earlier in the programme as well as Barry Blake from Claremont and Colin Harper from the Donnybrook club.
The Nights programme was suppurted by Junior Saloon's, Standard Saloon's, Division 2 Saloon's and Sprintcar's.
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8th April 1978 - Robert Harding with his Division 1 Torana that he prepares himself. Photographer: unknown.
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1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 15th April 1978. |
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1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 24th June 1978. |
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1978 - THE VATRI FAMILY. Junior Sedan's
1978 - The Vatri family from left Mark - Maureen - Tony and Julie, right behind juniors. Photo: unknown.
1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 22nd July 1978. |
1978 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES. Reported.
Ready and rarin' to go. Outstanding Bunbury driver Ivan Burke, who has won most major standard saloon car races in his famous Mini in recent years, will move into the division two field this year, again with a mini and should still be a top contender.
1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 30th September 1978. |
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1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 7th October 1978. |
1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 21st October 1978. |
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1978 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES. Reported.
26th October 1978
1978 - CHRIS BILSBY.
1978 - The end result of Alan Nylander and Laurie Hardie getting together. Photographer: unknown.
Allan Blake recalls: This Torana was built in Bunbury by Kim Abbott and myself, This car was fitted with the turbocharged 202 engine, The paint job was applied by Lloyd Bickerton, Bunbury's leading spray painter at the time and a big supporter of Bunbury Speedway.
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD TO RACING DRIVER
AUSTRALIAN : Speedway star Allan Blake is the 1977 South Western Times Bunbury Sportsman of the year.His win was announced last night at a reception in the Mayors parlour when he was presented with the AJ (Tod) Buswell Memorial trophy by Bunbury Mayor Mr Pat Usher.
Blake also received a replica of the perpetual cup and the Times "Oscar" as Sportsman of the month for Febuary last year.
He was one of 11 Bunbury sportsmen and women who received the Times "Oscar" as Sportsman of the month for 1977, and in doing so became eligible for the Buswell trophy,
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1977 Bunbury Sportsman of the yearALLAN BLAKE (Australian Champion) |
1988 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES. Reported.
1978 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES. Reported.
Spivey & Rees set to race a Fiat sports car ana its'u fastu too !!!
1978 - Fiat has joined the standard saloon car ranks at Bunbury Speedway this year, only the second time such a car has raced on a WA Speedway. Photo: South Western Times Newspaper.
1978 - BRIAN LEE. Standard Saloon's.
1978 - Brian Lee in the Valiant Charger gets a hurry up from Dave Perkins in the Fiat at Bunbury Speedway. Photo: Mal Cooper.
1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 2nd December 1978. |
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2nd December 1978 - Ivan Burke has made the from Standard Saloons up to Division 2 Saloons, His already flying brick has received several upgrade's to the Engine and Suspension. Photographer: South West Times.
1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 23rd December 1978. |
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23rd December 1978 - Laurie Hardie, a man never prepared to take a step back on the race track or in the Boxing Ring. Photographer: Peter Roebuck.
1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 30th December 1978. |
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