BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 1978
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1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 21st January 1978. |
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1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 11th March 1978. |
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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.
Vintage Speedway Programmes Australia facebook Pictorial feature
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(Programme Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1978 - BUNBURY SPEEDWAY. 30th September 1978. |
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Vintage Speedway Programme Australia Pictorial feature
(use controls to pause - forward or reverse 10 images)
(Programme Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 21st October 1978. |
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1978 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
26th October 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.
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1978 - CHRIS BILSBY.
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1978 - CLIFF LANGDRIDGE.
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1978 - JOHN CARDY.
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1978 - The end result of Alan Nylander and Laurie Hardie getting together. Photographer: unknown.
1978 - Tony Nicholas from Victoria in the Torana at Bunbury Speedway. Photographer: South West Times.
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1978 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. 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.
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1978 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported.
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1978 - ALLAN BLAKE HOLDEN 202 TURBOCHARGED TORANA
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.
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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) |
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1988 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER. Reported.
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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.
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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.
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1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 2nd December 1978. |
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1978 - BUNBURY CITY SPEEDWAY. 23rd December 1978. |
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