PERTH (WA)
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CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 1978
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY SOLO SLIDESHOW
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY SIDECAR SLIDESHOW
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1978 - GEOFF PILGRIM Speedcar's
1978 - Geoff Pilgrim overseas the salvage of his Volkswagon Speedway after contact with the fence. Photo: unknown.
1978 - AUSTRALIAN SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIPClaremont Speedway hosted the 1977 1978 Australian Saloon Car Federation production car championship over the 10th and 11th of February 1978 to a packed showground.
Grenville Anderson from New South Wales would win the event from pole on a over watered track for the feature, second place went to Frank Ashmore from Victoria and third went to the home town boy Ben Ludlow from West Australia.
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1978 - West Australian driver Leo Gommers qualified out of two for the feature.
1978 - West Australian flyer Phil Meyers qualified out of four on the feature grid.
1978 - A very quick 48 series Holden in the field of late model entry's.
1978 - THE VICTORIANS
Ray Read feature
The top six Victorian qualifying cars and drivers that made there way across the paddock for the National title were, Dennis Cockerill from Melbourne in a GTR-XU1 Torana number 27, Tony Nicholas from Euroa in a supercharged GTR-XU1 Torana number 50, Frank Ashmore from Ballarat in a SLR500 Torana number 42, Ian Clarkson from Melbourne in a EH Holden number 18, Jim English from Hamilton in a GTHO Falcon number 13 and Barry Hall from Euroa in a SLR5000 number 22.
1978 - Barry Hall from Euroa in his SLR5000 Torana at scrutinering. Photo: Ray Read collection.
1978 - Tony Nicholas from Euroa Supercharged GTR-XU1 Torana in the Claremont pits. Photo: Ray Read collection.
1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY PRODUCTION SEDAN SLIDESHOW
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1978 - CON MIGRO & ALLAN BLAKE
1978 - Claremont Speedway manager Con Migro with our new National Sedan Car Champion Allan Blake. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
1978 - WEST AUSTRALIAN SPRINTCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
1978: 1st Alf Barbagallo - 2nd Noel Bradford - 3rd Terry Hudson - 4th Tony Matta. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
1978 - DON "DIESEL" MORRIS - Supermodified's
1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 13th October 1978 |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 10th November 1978 |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 17th November 1978 |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 15th December 1978 |
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