BUNBURY (WA)
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BUNBURY AROUND THE HOUSES 1938
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1938 - BUNBURY CENTRAL CIRCUIT
Around the houses racing started in Bunbury in 1938 with the running of the Bunbury Flying 50, the racing was held on the large town circuit as it was known, run in a anti clockwise direction, on the day the events included car and motorcycle events, The race was run again eight years later in 1946 on the same circuit but in a clockwise direction.
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1938 - Car and Motorcycle racing events. Photos: from the Ray and Brad Repocholi collection taken from Koombanna House.
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Outside the Koombanna House on Victoria Street in Bunbury. Photo: unknown.
1938 - Jack Nelson in the Ballot round the corner ahead of Roy Sojan in Silverwings. Photo: Ken Devine collection.
1938 - Bill Smallwood in the number 3 MG. Photo: Ken Devine.
1938 - BUNBURY FLYING 50
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1938 - unknown Rider and passenger on the outfit. Photo unknown.
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The Old Timers Race on the streets of Bunbury. Photo: Richard Rigg.
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1938 - E Harris in the Hudson Terraplane takes the left hander at the base of Boulters Heights. Photo: Lost Perth facebook.
1938 - E Harris slides through a corner in the Terraplane Special near the Railway yards. Photo: Edward James Rigg.
1938 - E Harris in the number 2 Hudson Terraplane charges towards the finish line while the crowds cheer him on. Photo: Ray & Brad Repocholi collection.
1938 - Photo: Terry Walkers Around the Houses
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1938 - The finish line out side Victoria House. Bunbury's high rise tower now sits on this spot. Photo: Deon McCellan.
1938 - Race winner Allan Tomlinson in his MG with Clem Dwyer and Bill Smallwood at Bunbury. Photo: Ken Devine.
