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CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 1978
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 6th January 1978. |
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6th January 1978 - Les Leisk. |
6th January 1978 - Mick McKeon. |
6th January 1978 - Lloyd Cross. |
6th January 1978 - Mark Williams. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 13th January 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 20th January 1978. |
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20th January 1978 - Geoff Pilgrim overseas the salvage of his Volkswagon Speedcar after contact with the fence. Photographer: unknown.
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 3rd February 1978. |
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3rd February 1978 - Brian Dyson and Mick O'Shea leading Ryan Flint and Ian Jones. Photographer: Peter Roebuck.
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. Australian Saloon Car Championship. 10th & 11th January 1978.Claremont Speedway hosted the 1977 1978 Australian Saloon Car Federation Saloon Car championship over the 10th and 11th of February 1978 to a packed crowd.
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.
10th February 1978 - Defending Champion Allan Blake trying for back to back.
Bill Mann with Grenville Anderson. |
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1978 - Paul Delacy 2nd in the Championship. |
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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 from the East coast in the field of late model entry's.
Ray Read feature on the Victorian's
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 and his very fast Supercharged GTR-XU1 Torana in the Claremont pits. Photo: Ray Read collection.
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. GOVERNORS CUP. 17th February 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. West Australian Formula 500 Championshi. 3rd March 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. West Australian Solo Championship. 10th March 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. CITY'S Saloon Car Championship final. 25th March 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. West Australian Speedcar Championship. 31st March 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. Stadium Motocross. May 1978.
The inaugural Stadium Motocross event and Perth Motorcycle Show was held at the Claremont Showgrounds in May of 1978, three months earlier than what was believed to be the first ever Stadium Motocross in Australia, which was held at the Paramatta Raceway in New South Wales on the 16th July 1978.
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. WEST AUSTRALIAN SPRINTCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
1978: 1st Alf Barbagallo - 2nd Noel Bradford - 3rd Terry Hudson - 4th Tony Matta. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
1978 - things are about to get real. Photographer: Peter Roebuck.
1978 - Ray Geneve on the outside of Tony Matta. Photographer: unknown.
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1978 - DON "DIESEL" MORRIS - Supermodified's
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 13th October 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 20th October 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 27th 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. 1st December 1978 |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. 8th December 1978. |
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 15th December 1978 |
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