BRISBANE (QLD)
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BRISBANE EXHIBITION SPEEDWAY 1976.
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1950 - BRISBANE EXHIBITION SHOWGROUNDS SPEEDWAY.
Research Allan Baker - Published: 27th January 1950
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1953 - BRISBANE TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER REPORTED.
David NicholsonNicholson was born at Mikimiki a suburb of Masterton on the North Island of New Zealand, He arrived in Australia in 1926 as a touring profecianal cycling representative and a motor cycle stunt rider.
Nicholson took up speedway racing at Maroubra and Penrith in New South Wales in 1933, He became the first person in Australia to ride the wall of death.
Nicholson entered the Queensland political system in 1950 and served as the 23rd speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly until May of 1972, He was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1972, He passed in 1997.
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1961 - JOHN HARVEY. Speedcar's.
1961 - John Harvey Speedcar champ wins the 1961 Speedcar Grand Prix. Pre racing in the Ekka pits. Photo: Gordon Hogarth.
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1962 - Winner of the 1962 / 1963 Queensland Speedcar Championship Kev Jefferson in the Mulcahy Bros Repco Holden Speedcar. Photo: unknown.
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1963 - BRISBANE EXHIBITION SPEEDWAY. Speedcars.
Ekka Speedway Glory Days facebook Photo feature
1963 - Roy Didlock in the [4] cars spins while Bill Roberts in the [19] heads high. Looks like Bill Goode in the [5] got the best deal. Photographer: Gordon Hogarth.
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1963 - KEV JEFFERSON Speedcar's
Kev Jefferson passed away in North Brisbane General Hospital on Monday the 13th of May 1963, after an accident at the Brisbane Exhibition Speedway on the previous Saturday night, the 11th of May 1963.
Jefferson suffered a fractured scull, as well as a broken arm and leg in the accident, when during the running of the second handicap heat, Jefferson collided with Brian Finglas and flipped onto the safety fence.
1963 - Kev Jefferson in the Mulcahy Bros Repco Holden Q60 prior to his passing in North Brisbane General Hospital two days after his accident at the Brisbane Exhibition track. Photo: unknown.
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Vintage Speedway Programmes Australia facebook Pictorial feature
(use controls to pause - forward or reverse 14 images)
(Programme Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1964 - BRISBANE EXHIBITION SPEEDWAY. Supermodified's
Racing Back in the Day facebook Photo feature
1964 - Marshall Sargent from the USA and Keith "The Count" Blicharski in battle at the Exhibition Speedway. Photographer: unknown. Photo: John Harriss collection.
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1965 - RAY SHARPE Solo's
1965 - Ray Sharpe would loose his life on the track at the Exhibition Speedway in September of 1965. Photo: unknown.
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1965 - Marshall Sargent pictured here with his South Aussie mate Ray Skipper. Photographer: unknown.
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1965 - BRISBANE EXHIBITION SHOWGROUND SPEEDWAY AUSTRALIAN 50 Lap HOT ROD DERBY 6th March 1965 |
1965 - Marshall Sargent's Hi - Tec monster of a racecar from the states. Photographer: unknown.
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1965 - BRISBANE EXHIBITION SHOWGROUND SPEEDWAY AUSTRALIAN 30 Lap SPEEDCAR CHAMPIONSHIP 20th March 1965 |