BOORT (VIC)
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1969 BOORT SPEEDWAY
Lakeside Speedway Club, located in a small community in Western Victoria established an effective speedway, launched by Jack Hackshaw and Ron Whykes, Jack was the inaugural president and Ron Harrison the secretary.
The track was a quarter mile speedway with a railway sleeper fence and a clay/sand race surface, the club and speedway lasted about 10 years after it opening.
(Editorial Ray Reid)
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BOORT SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1970 AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY WORLD REPORTED
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BOORT SPEEDWAY SUPER MODIFIED SLIDESHOW
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Ron Williams (Rochester)The Lakeside Club actively encouraged visiting drivers and ran many successful meeting because of this.
Ron Williams from the Rochester Club and an ex-national Saloon Car Champion at the time created a degree of infamy for himself by crashing spectacularly into the fence along main straight and largely destroying his lightweight EH Holden.
(Editorial Ray Reid)
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