BATHURST (NSW)
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BATHURST MOUNT PANORAMA 1934 > 1940
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1934 - BALD HILLS
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1934 - MOUNT PANORAMA AUSTRALIAN TOURIST TROPHY RACES 31st March 1934 |
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1938 - MOUNT PANORAMA AUSTRALIAN 150th CELEBRATIONS TT 16th April 1938Mount Panorama Street Circuit opened to the paying public on the 16th of April 1938 with the running of the Australian TT for motorcycles, followed two days later by the Australian Grand Prix for cars, the original gravel road circuit of 3.861 miles or 6.213 km was entirely run on public roads just outside the town of Bathurst.
By the running of the second meeting on the eighth and nineth of April 1939 the gravel surface had been bitumised.
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1938 - WESTERN ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1938 - Harry Hinton on his Norton down through the esses. Photo: David Keith Lewis.
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1938 - MOUNT PANORAMA AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 18th April 1938
18th April 1938 - A young Peter Whitehead with his crew in the pits about to take on the mountain. |
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WINNER OF 1938 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
Young Englishman, Peter Whitehead at speed in his famous ERA. car, who brilliantly won from scratch the first road race field on the Mount Panorama circuit in 1938. The performance and appearance of this car which Whitehead specially brought from England for the race, undoubtedly gave a great boost to motorsport in this state. Photographer: unknown.
(Editorial 75 years Mount Panorama)
Full Throttle Publishing Photo feature
1938 - Pit Straight looking towards the left handed Hell Corner. Photo: Tony Loxley collection.
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook feature
18th April 1938 - The race control tower that held the officials and the timing people. Photo: Gary Blayney collection.
1938 - starters in the Australian Grand Prix. Photo: John Blanden collection.
Old Australian Photos facebook pictorial feature
1938 - FJ Foss from New South Wales in his Ford V8 Special at Forrest Elbow. Photo: Dan Wills collection.
1938 - The crowds decended on the mountain for this great race. Photo: Dan Willis.
1938 - Australian Grand Prix lineup at Mount Panorama. Photo: Dan Willis.
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook photo feature
1938 - Down the mountain. Photo: Bob Williamson collection.
1938 - PETER WHITEHEAD (England)
1938 - Peter Whitehead from England won the 1938 Australian Grand Prix. Photo: Dan Willis.
1938 - Peter Whitehead leading down the main straight (later conrod straight) in his ERA R10B. Photo: Doug Grant collection.
18th April 1938 - The post and rail structure with some hession sheets for shade along the pit straight added a touch of glamour to this rural street circuit. Photo: Bill Pearson collection.
1938 - Australian Grand Prix winner Peter Whitehead on the dirt roads of the Bathurst course, no seat belts and no helmet. Photo: unknown.
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1939 - MOUNT PANORAMA AUSTRALIAN MOTOR CYCLE GRAND PRIX 8th April 1939 |
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1939 - MOUNT PANORAMA NEW SOUTH WALES GRAND PRIX 10th April 1939Mount Panorama hosted the New South Wales Grand Prix over the Easter long weekend on the Monday.
A note-able at the meeting was the re-naming of the main straight to Conrod Straight after Frank Kleinig's Hudson threw a rod out of the engine on the main straight.
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1939 - The event winner J O Sherwood in his number 18 MG NE rounding Murrays Corner. Photo: unknown.
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1940 - MOUNT PANORAMA NEW SOUTH WALES MOTOR CYCLE TT 23rd March 1940 |
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1940 - MOUNT PANORAMA 150 mile BATHURST ROAD RACE 25th March 1940 |
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1940 - ALF BARRATT
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1988 - MOUNT PANORAMA BOOKLET
1988 - PAST & FUTURE AS REPORTED IN BOOKLET
(Editorial Fred Smith - Photos Fred Smith and George Reed)
