ACACIA RIDGE (QLD)
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1965 - ARTHUR PARK SPEEDWAY.Arthur Park Speedway or Acacia Ridge as it was also known as was the realization of a long term plan of Frank Arthur to build a one mile speedway circuit in Queensland.
The one mile oiled dirt short circuit oval was situated on fifty seven acres of land at Acacia Ridge, the track was one hundred foot wide which made it possible for a six wide grid on the starts.
The speedway officially opened on the 19th of September 1965, Solo motorcycles headlined the opening meeting but there life was very short lived, it was deemed the track did not suit the bikes and only one more solo meeting was ever held. two notable riders on the big circuit were brothers Bob and Ray Sharpe.
The circuit was very fast, in fact it is recorded that speedcar great Len Brock reached speeds of 130mph around the track in his Berco Holden speedcar.
The track only had a short life, closing its gates to the public in or around 1970.
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West Coast Speedway News Photo feature
Len Brocks machine ready for another race around the massive oval. Photo: Allan Baker collection.
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1965 - JACK WHITE.
OZ Classic Dirt Track facebook photo feature
1965 - Jack White on his number 14 Eso powered machine that he broke the 100mph barrier. Photo: Chris Murphy.
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1965 - RUSS HOFMANN. Production Car's.
1965 - Russ Hofmann finds himself in a Zephyr sandwich up front. Photo: Allan Baker collection.
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1965 - ALEX NISSEN. Production Car's.
Classic Speedway Association of Queensland facebook pictorial feature
1965 - Alex Nissen enjoyed his Speedway racing and was never too far away from the podium. Photo: Alex Nissen collection.
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1965 - Alex Nissen , you gotta take the good with the bad. Photo: Alex Nissen collection.
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1965 - CEC STEINHARDT. Production Car's.
Classic Speedway Association of Queensland facebook photo feature
1965 - A very young Alex Nissen concidered Cec Steinhardt to be his mentor. Photo: Alex Nissen collection.
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1965 - BOBBY PRYCE. Production Car's.
Classic Speedway Association of Queensland facebook photo feature
1965 - Bobby Pryce on the High Line and Alex Nissan down low both looking for traction. Photo: Allex Nissen collection.
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1965 - TREVOR GREENALSH. Production Car's.
Classic Speedway Association of Queensland facebook photo feature
1965 - Trevor Greenalsh rolls his EK Holden near the dam. Photo: Alex Nissen collection.
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1965 - SPEEDCARS.
The venue was very popular attracting speedway and road cars to its meetings, The sheer speed of the track led to problems with accidents, Barry Harrison was one driver that hit another stationary car and was knocked out, his car carried on over the embankment and running over two spectators that had made there way into a restricted area, the end result being both drivers and spectators were taken to hospital.
Johnny Stewart - Len Brock - Barry Valentinne at Acacia Ridge Speedway Photo: unknown.
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1965 - JOHNNY STEWART. Speedcar's.
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1965 - LEN BROCK. Speedcar's.
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1965 - RON WANLESS. Supermodified's.
Ekka Speedway Glory Days facebook photo feature
1965 - Ron Wanless in the number 9 Modified with the inside line on Eric Davidson. Photo: Steve Magro collection.
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Ghost Speedway Tracks of Queensland Facebook Photo feature
Photo's: Tony Woods.
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Classic Speedway Association of Queensland facebook Photo feature
Photo: Greg Mathieson collection.
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1966 - RON WANLESS. Supermodified.
1966 - Ron Wanless at full noise in his number 9 at Arthur Park Speedway. Photographer: unknown.
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1968 - ARTHUR PARK SPEEDWAY. 8th September 1968. |
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Vintage Speedway Programmes Australia facebook Pictorial feature
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(Programme Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1968 - PAUL QUINLAN. Saloon Car's.
Aussie Speedway Memories facebook Photo feature
1968 - Paul Quinlan in his 48 series Holden after a big win in the Production Cars feature at the big 1 mile Oil sealed dirt track. Photo: Paul Quinlan collection.
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1968 - AUSTRALIAN HOT RODDING REVIEW MAGAZINE REPORTED.
1968 - Yet another car goes swimming at Brisbane's Arthur Park Speedway, This time Super Modified driver, John Belcher, gets a dunking in the dam. Photo: unknown.
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1969 - ARTHUR PARK SPEEDWAY. August 1969. |
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1969 - ARTHUR PARK SPEEDWAY. QUEENSLAND SEDAN CAR CHAMPIONSHIP.Drivers came from far and wide to compete in the Queensland Championships at Arthur Park.
Trevor Greenalsh in the tow truck. Photo: Alex Nissen. |
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1969 - Peter Reid 3rd Alex Nissen 2nd Errol Scriven 1st in the Queensland Championship. Photo: Alex Nissen.
1969 - Errol Scriven takes out the Queensland title in his EH Holden. Photo: Alex Nissen.
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1970 - AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY WORLD REPORTED.
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1970 - BOB DOMJAHN.
Speedway Sedans facebook Photo feature
1970 circa - Bob Domjahn take the sedan car feature race on the day at Arthur Park. Photo: Jason Geraghty collection.
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1970's - PETER REID. Production Car's.
MINI's in Australia on Speedway facebook pictorial feature
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1970's - Peter Reid in the number 172 Mini at Arthur Park. Photo: Wayne Glassborow collection.
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1980s mid - ARTHUR PARK SPEEDWAY. Walkabout.
Queensland Old Time Speedway facebook pictorial feature
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1980's mid - Photos: Gary Johnston.
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2020 - ARTHUR PARK SPEEDWAY. Location.
