MARGARET RIVER (WA)
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1964 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY
The Augusta Margaret River Hot Rod Club inc, opened its track in March of 1964, The track was built in an old gravel pit on Wallcliffe Road near the Margaret River townsite, originally the race track was surounded with dirt embankments and no fences, it was simular in shape to today but because it was built in dence bushland non of the trees were removed from the infield so spectators would loose sight of the cars down the back straight.
Photo: Nifty Rodgers collection.
Over the years the club has grown strong and had to fight off many attempts to shut the place down, Today in 2011 the track is still situated in the same gravel pit, only now the venue would rival any other track in Australia, The club has put a priority on safety, Spectator comfort and catering along with a world class clay track surface.
The Augusta Margaret River Speedway Club has hosted many state titals for various divisions over the years and produced many local champions that have had huge success at a state and national level, Richard Nelson, Lester Minchin, Clint and Matt Noakes, Lee Watt, Kevin Bell and Sid Streetfield just to mention a few.
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1971 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1972 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1976 WESTERN HERALD NEWSPAPER REPORTED
4th November 1976
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1975 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SEDAN CAR ACTION
John Hudson in the HQ Monaro and Merrick Tripplet in the Datsun 1600 take on the locals. Photo: unknown.
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ROSS McKENZIE PRODUCTION SEDAN
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1983 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1984 1985 SOUTH WEST SPEEDCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
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1984 1985 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME
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1985 > 1986 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME
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AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER PRESENTATION
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1987 GEOFF PILGRIM SPEEDCAR
Photo: Hilgy.
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1989 > 1990 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME
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1992 MIKE COLES DIRT HOT ROD
1992 Mike Coles Holden 192 powered Mini.
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1992 > 1993 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SEASON PROGRAMME
During the 1992 - 1993 racing season the Augusta-Margaret River Hot Rod club used a standard programme cover for the entire season and filled it with information for that particular meeting.
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1993 > 1994 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SEASON PROGRAMME
During the 1993 - 1994 racing season the Augusta Margaret River Hot Rod Club used a standard programme cover for the entire season andfilled it with information on that particular meeting.
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1995 > 1996 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SEASON PROGRAMME
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1996 > 1997 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY (inc) PROGRAMME
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1997 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1997 > 1998 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME
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Brian Moyle recalls: This tittle snippet appeared at the end of Gavin Watts Presidents report in the meetings programme.
The story behind the comment is myself, Jason. Gavin and Lee while staying at the farm one weekend, decided to go catch some Marron, So with 1 torch and a scoop net in hand, Me and Gavin three parts pissed and two sober kids to look after us, headed for the dam. After a brief attempt by me and Gavin to get the job done, it was soon decided that Lee would take control of the scoop with Gavin holding the torch.
Lee had stepped down onto a small ledge at the edge of the dam ready to scoop, Gavin had positioned himself directly behind with the torch shining onto the back of Lee's head, get down here next to me Lee shouted and shine the torch into the water.
So Gavin doing as was told stepped to the side onto the reeds and down to a shelf he believed was there, and there you go what we saw next was a stream of bubbles streaming to the surface in a light beam pointing up at us, The torch then went out and we were plunged into darkness, This was followed by a cough and several splutters, through the moon light we could see a very angry diver clambering up through the reeds and back onto dry land.
With that I asked Gavin did he see any marron in the dam, he replied NO and I had a good look, further to that he tried to pick me up and throw me in, Power to weight ratio was wrong, never happened.
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1999 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1999 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2000 WEST AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The Augusta Margaret River club hosted the West Australian Production Sedan Championship on the 5th of March 2000 at the Margaret River Speedway.
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2000 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2001 WASCF MODIFIED SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The Augusta Margaret River speedway club hosted the 2000 - 2001 West Australian Modified Sedan Car Championship on the 3rd and 4th of March 2001, A drivers Calcutta was conducted for the event on the Friday night prior to racing, The Saturday saw scrutineering, practice and each driver contest three ten lap heats, With a support program, On the Sunday night each driver contested one more ten lap heat, After the points were tallied the top eighteen cars went straight into the A main, A twelve lap B main was run over twelve laps with the first two finishers going into positions nineteen and twenty.
The winner of the thirty lap feature was Ben Ellement in an XE Falcon followed by Local driver Lee Watt in a Sigma to Mick Ricetti from Carnarvon in a XF Falcon.
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2001 CHASE KAPENKO
Chase Kapenko was a 16 year old Street Sedan driver from Darwin who was rapidly making a name for himshelf within the sedan car ranks, I had previously had the Kapenko family stay at my place during the Australian Street Sedan Championship at Collie Speedway in January, Chase impressed me so much during that event that I organized for him to fly in and race my car in the West Australian Modified Sedan Championship here at the Margaret River track in March.
Chase struggled initially with his hammer down driving style, and after a spin out or two he found himself as the 1st reserve for the feature after all the heats had been run.
As the field circled the track for the start of the feature Chase sat suited up and strapped in on the infield waiting for a miracle, The greens came on and the field made its ways through one and two, down the back straight were all hell had broken loose, This caused a red light stoppage so the carnage could be cleared from the track.
With the racetrack cleared the cars began to once again roll around, Then over the PA it was announced that Kim Jollys car from Carnarvon would not be restarting because of major damage, Chase was then ordered to join the field at the rear, The spectator erupted with clapping and cheering as he made his way around.
The Greens once again came on and field settled into a freight train procession with very little passing going, Chase started picking them off one at a time and made his way up into the top six at half race distance, Then an on track problem brought on the yellows, With the ruling from the chief steward that Chase was the primary cause of the stoppage he was sent to the rear.
With Chase gaining more and more confidence as the race went on he once again worked his way through the field to end the race in fifth place right on Greg Freeman's Bumper
(Editorial Brian Moyle)
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2003 WEST AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
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2003 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2004 BARRY REWELL STREET SEDAN
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2005 WASCF MODIFIED SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
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2005 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2006 WEST AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
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2006 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2007 WEST AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
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2007 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2010 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER LATE MODEL ACTION
Brad Blake (The "O" Show)
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2010 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2011 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2012 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER MODIFIED SEDAN FEATURE
Nominations
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2012 WAYNE ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL
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2013 WAYNE ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL
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2014 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER 50 YEARS
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2014 LATE MODEL RACING WA PRO DIRT SERIES Round 16
Heat Wins
Night 1 prelim feature results
Night 2 feature grid
Feature Results
Local charger Lee Watt struggled with traction after half race distance in the feature but still finished 4th |
Jason Moyle 3rd - Craig Vosbergen 2nd - Jac Dolmans Jnr 3rd
Craig Vosbergen well and truly at the top of his game
Current Australia 1 Brad Blake another victim of the lack of traction |
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2014 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER JUNIOR SEDAN SLIDESHOW
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2015 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPPEEDWAY PROGRAMME'S
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2016 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDCAR FEATURE
CHRIS TELENTA BACKS UP PREVIOUS WIN
Perth Speedcar driver Chris Telenta has backed up his previous round win with another at the Augusta Margaret River Speedway.
2016 Chris Telenta. Photo: Peter Roebuck.
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12th November 2016 Speedcar results: 1st Chris Telenta - 2nd Nick Rowe - 3rd Justin Grant USA.
Peter Roebuck feature
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2016 AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER SPEEDWAY LIMITED SPRINTCAR FEATURE
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