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1970 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY
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1970 - BRIAN HODDER'S AMBITION
Brian Hodder was a local canefarmer that had a ambition and desire to promote speedway in the Burdekin, along the way Brian suffered many disappointments in trying to find a suitable site.
In 1970 Brian found his dream site and work started on building the venue, this would be a long drawn out exercise as this was not going to be just a race track but a super speedway to rival any track in Australia.
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1974 - THE GRAND OPENING
At last it was 1974 and roar of engines racing around the 365 metre circuit was heard for the first time, the official grand opening was on the 13th of April 1974.
During the first ten years at Pioneer Park Brian can be justifiably proud of his archievments, Highlights were many with visits of British test teams, European and Australian internationals, interstate stars and teams.
Brian allthough an owner and a promoter was also blessed we the backing of a very proud supporters club.
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Old Time Speedway facebook Pictorial feature
Photo's: Terry Bowen.
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1979 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP. 28th July 1979.Miflin & Vent are ChampionsRoss Miflin and Terry Vent are the 1979 Pioneer Park Speedway Sidecar Champions,
Runners up in this years Annual event were Brian Rockhouse and Brett Smith, with third place going to the Trevor Denman and John Plath team.
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Pioneer Park Speedway Memories facebook photo feature
28th July 1979 - Ross Miflin and Terry Vent in the chair leading Roger Greenwood and his passenger during the Pioneer Park Championship. Photographer: unknown. Photo: Rod Muir collection.
Vintage Speedway Programmes Australia pictorial feature
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(Programme Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1985 - AUSTRALIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP
Pioneer Parh hosted the 1984 / 1985 Australian solo tital on the 5th of January 1985 and the Australian best pairs tital on the 12th of January 1985, The winner of the solo tital was Steve Regeling.
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1985 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY AUSTRALIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP 5th January 1985 & AUSTRALIAN BEST PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIPS 12th January 1985 |
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1985 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY Flyover.
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1986 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY Flyover.
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1986 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY AUSTRALIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP 4th January 1986 |
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2013 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY Walkabout.
West Coast Speedway News feature
In 2013 Allan Baker from West Coast Speedway News embarked on a road trip from the west coast of Australia to the east coast and up to Queensland and returned some 4 months later, on the way he visited and documented as many tracks as he could, one of these tracks was Pioneer Park Speedway, at the time Allan was unable to gain access to the venue within his time allowance, so he had to photograph from outside the perimeter fence.
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2015 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. Walkabout.
Abandoned Brisbane (Urban Exploration) facebook feature
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2017 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. THE REBUILD.
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2018 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. REOPENS.
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2018 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. QUEENSLAND SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP. 2nd & 3rd November 2018. |
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2018 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. FORMULA 500 CANE CUTTER CLASSIC. 24th November 2018. |
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2019 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY FOR SALE
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2024 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. 25th May 2024 |
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2024 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. Open Wheel Event. 22nd June 2024.
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2024 - PIONEER PARK SPEEDWAY. 27th July 2024. |
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