BUNBURY (WA)
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1969 - BLICKS RACEWAY
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1969 - BLICKS RACEWAY
Speedway and Road Race History library photo feature
1969 - Nanette Melvin - Jan McDermott (behind) - Jan Almond and Nolleen Wheat enjoying the sun. Photo: Brian Moyle collection.
1969 - The Hot Rods on the edge of the River were an attraction for many locals on the Sunday avo. Photo: Brian Moyle collection.
1969 - Jan McDermott from Bunbury often at Blicks. Photo: Brian Moyle collection. |
1969 - Getting into Hot Rod racing at an early age. Photo: Brian Moyle collection. |
1969 - The entire family got along to Blicks Raceway. Photo: Brian Moyle collection. |
1969 - The public came along and enjoyed the hot day. Photo: Brian Moyle collection. |
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1969 - ERNIE READING Stock Production
1969 - Ernie Readings 48 series Holden with the bonnet trimmed back to allow for a bigger radiator. Photo: Ivan Burke collection.
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1969 - BRIAN ALLEN Stock Production
1969 - A big move from Brian Allen in Lil Dasher as he runs the highline around Bill Barr. Photo: Brian Moyle collection.
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1969 - WENDY LANGE Ladie's Racer
1969 - Wendy Lange rips up the surface at Blicks, these girls were not afraid of the speeds. Photo: Lange family collection.
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1969 - RICHARD HARTZER Hot Rods
1969 - Richard Hartzer in his 34 Ford coupe built by his farther Dick Hartzer senior, the car featured a set back Y Block V8 engine and a Vangaurd diff along with an upgraded front end from a 1936, a real Hot Rod ahead of its time maybe. Photo: Brian Moyle collection.
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1969 - LAURIE MALONEY Hot Rods
1969 - Collie superstar Laurie Maloney raced this 48 series ute throught-out the south west winning many events, the ute featured a red motor upgrade and the ultimate in diffs out of a Vangaurd. Photo: Brian Moyle collection.
Brian Moyle photo feature
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John Bartley recalls: Caveman was a racer who came from a family who loved hot rod racing but they did not have a lot of money,in those days its was acceptable to tow your race car to the track on a ridged bar, now because Caveman could only afford one good engine it was fitted to the race car and the race car would push the tow car to Blicks.
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1969 - LLOYD BROCKMAN Modified
LLoyd Brockman photo feature
1969 - LLoyd Brockman in his Holden modified in a street parade outside the Rose Hotel. Photo: Brockman family.
1969 - As Brocky had done many times before rolls out of the pits at Blicks to take all on. Photo: Brockman family.
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BLICKS RACEWAY PROGRAM SLIDESHOW
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John Bartley Recalls: racing at Blicks one day while racing around the outside of Arnold Casagranda the two cars clipped sending me over the dirt embankment and coming to rest on the other side, as I was about to exit the car Brian Mcrae in the Honda scamp followed me and landed on top of me.
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1969 - BUNBURY CAR CLUB PRESENTATION DINNER 3rd May 1969
Kim Reid photo feature
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1969 - At the Bunbury Car Club presentation dinner is rear Des Lehmond - George Lane - John Hudson - Mick Bayliss - Garnet Lane - Colin Resta - Dave Blythe - front Brian Kennedy - Kim Reid - Graham Wheat and Darrel Thomson. Left table Eric Jeffery - Jucy Jeffery - Chrissie Jeffery, Right table Pat Blythe. Photo: Kim Reid collection.
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1969 - SOUTH WEST TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1969 - SOUTH WESTERN TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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BOIL OVER - Steam pours from the radiator of the number 16 Hot Rod during the meeting at Blicks Raceway on Sunday afternoon, There were several who experienced mechanical failures during the meeting including George Lee who blew an engine.
1969 - Geoff Prosser's twin engine super mod still in its drag racing trim. |
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1969 - GEOFF PROSSER
Geoff started his mechanical apprentiship in Bunbury at Flanagan Motors in Spencer Street in the mid sixties.
Even at this early age Geoff had aspirations to build an engineering empire so he started his own business that he worked at night and on weekends while also serving his apprentiship, by the time Geoff was nineteen he had completed nearly four years of his apprentiship and also had a flourishing business.
Geoff first built a modified hot rod to drag race, it was based on a stretched Super Modified with 2 Holden grey motors in line, running four carburettors with single wheels all round.
Even at this early age Geoff had aspirations to build an engineering empire so he started his own business that he worked at night and on weekends while also serving his apprentiship, by the time Geoff was nineteen he had completed nearly four years of his apprentiship and also had a flourishing business.
Geoff first built a modified hot rod to drag race, it was based on a stretched Super Modified with 2 Holden grey motors in line, running four carburettors with single wheels all round.
Over time Geoff' was instrumental in starting the South West Drag Club, the club went on to organise drag meetings on the streets of Bunbury's which was a huge success.
Drag racing specifications at the time required that cars that raced on street strips be licienced for the road, Geoff fitted duel wheels to the back of the twin engine racer and enlisted the services of local speedway champion Terry Hudson and they went dirt hot rod racing at Blicks Raceway.
Drag racing specifications at the time required that cars that raced on street strips be licienced for the road, Geoff fitted duel wheels to the back of the twin engine racer and enlisted the services of local speedway champion Terry Hudson and they went dirt hot rod racing at Blicks Raceway.
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1969 - JUDY JONES (ne Doig)
Judy began racing in 1965 at the age of 16 in a mark one Ford Zephyr, much to the disgust of her farther. she raced the car through to 1967 when Judy retired the car and her dad gladly cut the car up with an axe and took it to the tip. not ready to retire Judy then replaced the Zephyr with a Ford Customline V8 that she raced until 1969 when she married and gave Speedway away, today 2011 Judy has been envolved in the Bunbury City Council on council and also serving as deputy mayor.
Judy Jones's Ford Customline that she stripped out to race at Bunbury's Blicks Raceway.
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1969 - SOUTH WEST TIMES NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1969 - THE SOUTH WEST TIMES NEWPAPER REPORTED ON THE SEARCH FOR A NEW RACE TRACK
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1969 - THE COLLIE RIVER BRIDGE
A early photo of the Collie River Bridge area with Blicks Caravan Park and speedway on the left and the Scholhaven boat shed on the right
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Eddie Gobby recalls: as a young fella I loved the hot rod racing at Blicks, so each Sunday along with my mates we would head out to Eaton for the day, now as we didn't have a lot of money and what we did have we spent on a packet of smokes, we could not afford to pay the gate admission, so we had to all swim across the river, at the same time keeping the smokes dry to get in, and also dodge Cliff Hillman who was patrolling the edge of the river and pushing us gate crashers back in the river.