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CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 1997
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
1997 - STEVE JOHNSTONReigning European grass track champion, West Australian Steve Johnston, is well advanced with his preperations to defend his title in 1997, Johnston is presently competing in the Speedway Masters Series, following which he will return to Europe for a year of competition that will see him compete in more meeting than last season, "I raced at 85 meetings last year, but will be doing significantly more this year" said Johnston. |
3rd January 1997 |
The big news for me though is that i'll be switching from GM to Jawa machinary for the new season, "in 1997 the long and grass track world titles will be combined and conducted over a five round grand prix style championship.
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
6th January 2019
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1997 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY USA v WEST AUSTRALIA SPRINTCAR SPEEDWEEK 10th January 1997 |
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN REPORTED
10th January 1997
1997 - Night ? Sprintcar Speedweek Darrel Krikke Kenny Jacobs and Mark Wells. Photo: unknown.
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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31st January 1997
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1997 - GARY HIGGS Super Sedan's
1997 - Gary Higgs or Dusty as he is known makes a move on Big Bad Bert in the rear engined Pantera. Photo: Peter French.
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1997 - ROBBIE GRAY Super Sedan's
1997 - Robbie Gray the Meekatharra Missile. Photo: Peter French.
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1997 - LANCE FERGUSON Super Sedan's
1997 - Lance Ferguson. Photo: Peter French.
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1997 - KINGSLEY JONES Super Sedan's
1997 - Kingsley Jones. Photo: Peter French.
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1997 - BARRY GARTRELL Super Sedan's
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
28th February 1997
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1997 - LEE REDMOND Solo Action on and off the track
Photo: Peter Roebuck. |
Photo: Peter Roebuck. |
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1997 - SIDECAR ACTION
Photo: Jason Sutton.
Peter Mortimer - Alby Hunter. |
Shane Shields - Mathew Reese. |
Tony Shields - Bernie Dunn. |
Photo's Bruce Russell.
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1997 - SMARTER THAN SMOKING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
1997 - Ion Robinson accepts 1st place while 2nd place Jason Moyle looks on and 3rd Veronica McCann.
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1997 - JASON MOYLE Junior Sedan's
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1997 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY
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1997 - The Bunbury Bullet Ron Krikke. Photo: Peter French. |
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1997 - GARY SARTORI Sprintcar's
1997 - Gary Sartori the man they call the Hombre. Photo: Anthony Loxley.
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1997 - SPEEDWAY RACING NEWS MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
29th May 1997
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1997 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 360 SPRINTCAR SILVER CUP 31st October 1997 |
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1997 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. Little Indy SPEEDCAR CLASSIC. 14th November 1997. |
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1997 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. WEST AUSTRALIAN Speedcar Championship. 21st November 1997. |
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1997 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. AUSTRALIAN Sprintcar Series. 28th November 1997. |
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
5th December 1997
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1997 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY RON JOHNSON MEMORIAL CLASSIC 5th December 1997500cc Motorcycles the oldest division in speedway were in the spotlight at Perths Claremont Speedway with the running of the sixth Ron Johnson Memorial Classic.
Current State Champion Lee Redmond won the classic with a points score or 18 from Greg Bartlett on 12 points and Steve Johnson on 10 points.
The 3 Lap final was won by Steve Johnson.
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1997 1998 - WEST AUSTRALIAN 500cc SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP 12th December 1997Claremont Speedway hosted the 1997 1998 West Australian 500cc Speedway Motorcycle Championship on Friday night the 12th of December 1997 to a packed stadium.
Riders such as Lee Redmond, Steve Johnson, Frank Smart and Greg Bartlett headlined the show along with many regular riders at the Showground.
The star studded nomination list included as Con would call him the master of going faster Glenn Doyle who is making a come back,
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1997 - WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED
