BUNDABERG (QLD)
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1923 - BUNDABERG MOTORCYCLE CLUB
The Bundaberg Motorcycle Club was formed in 1923 with the intension of building there own race track.
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1924 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY 22nd March 1924The Bundaberg Motorcycle Club held there first oval track speed carnival on the 22nd of March 1924, at the Bundaberg Race Course in front of a large crowd of spectators.
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1924 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 30th August 1924
The Bundaberg Motorcycle Club organised another speed carnival at the Race Course on the 30th of August 1924.
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1925 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 4th July 1925
On the 4th of July 1925 the speed carnival attracted around 3,000 spectators.
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1925 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 21st November 1925
A following meeting was held on the 21st of November 1925, for what ever reason the spectator numbers were well down to around 1,500.
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1926 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 22nd May 1926
In 1926 the Speed Carnival was advertised to be held on the 22nd of May but to date no results of that meeting have been discovered.
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1926 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 26th June 1926
Another Speed Carnival meeting was also advertised for the 26th June 1926 but to date no results of that meeting have been discovered.
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1926 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 27th November 1926
At the Speed Carnival meeting on the 27th of November, it was reported that Ernie Odium on his Indian and Geoff Hopper on his AJS dominated the results.
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1927 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 6th August 1927
The meeting on the 6th of August 1927 was a fundraiser for Dave Evans who had been injured at a Speed Carnival in 1926, There was a fair attendance to watch local rider Len Brasch who was one of the top riders in the state at the time.
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1928 & 1929 BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL'S
No newspaper reports have been discovered of any Speed Carnival meetings during 1928 or 1929.
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1930 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 1st March 1930
A Speed Carnival meeting was held at the Race Course on the 1st of March 1930, this appears to be the last meeting held prior to the events being moved to Hinkler Park.
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1935 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 9th November 1935It was the year of 1935 and the Speed Carnival had been moved from Hinkler Park back to the Racecourse on the 9th of November, This was the first mention of Sidecar racing in the press.
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1935 - J Langerbecker and H Fowler on the left are two of the leading riders competing in the Easter Trial. H Jensen, L Fowkes and R Neill also are in the picture. Photo: unknown.
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1936 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY SPEED CARNIVAL 16th May 1936On the 16th of May 1936 the Bert Hinkler Memorial speed meeting was hael with a crowd of 3,000 in attendance.
Frank Pearce won the ten mile championship on his Douglas.
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1938 - BUNDABERG RACE COURSE SPEEDWAY 5th June 1938
The last reported Speed Carnival meeting was held on the 5th of June 1938.