CANBERRA (ACT)
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TRALEE SPEEDWAY 1971
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1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY 20th February 1971 |
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1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE
20th February 1971
Gary Patterson prangs at Tralee
Photo: Russ Voysey
The man they call the Hostile Hippie "Gary Patterson" has aggrevated an old back injury in a production sedan invition race at Tralee Speedway, Patterson who was driving a borrowed Mustang owned by Bruce Maxwell for the race drove the car into the track wall on the seventh lap, Although he was well strapped in he still managed to jar his spine, The car was dragged infield were Patterson was removed from the car by rescue staff and treated by Ambulance staff.
As a result of the accident Doctors warned Patterson against racing for two months or more, this led to the cancellation of the rest of Paterson's tour of Australia and New Zealand.
1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY 6th March 1971 |
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1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY 13th March 1971 |
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1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY 20th March 1971 |
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1971 - EASTER SEDAN CAR ACTION
1971 - Geoff Bunder leads Peter Taunton at the Easter meeting at Tralee, check out the crowd. Photo: John Anderson.
1971 - AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY NEWS MAGAZINE REPORTED
7th May 1971
1971 - DAVE WIGNALL Production Sedan
1971 - Once more Dave Wignall failed to take the chequered flag in the A grade feature, The time he was second to Howard Revelle. Photo: unknown.
1971 - PETER PULFORD Production Sedan
1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY 8th August 1971 |
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1971 - 1972 AUSTRALIAN SEDAN CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
The first ever Australia Sedan Car Championship under the control of the Australian Saloon Car Federation was held at this venue for the 1971 1972 season and was won by Victoria's Kevin Dalton from Queensland's Alan Butcher and the home town racer David House.
Canberra & Southern NSW Speedway Hiistory facebook photo feature.
1971 - George Lodge in the number 3 Monaro Dave Bassett number 3 Volkswagon and Terry Richardson 41 Falcon. Photo: Mac Campbell.
1971 - TERRY RICHARDSON Production Sedan
1971 - One of the many Falcon GTHO Shakers that made there way onto the speedway, Terry Richardson at Tralee. Photo: Graham Daley collection.
1971 - MAX KENNERLEY Production Sedan
1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE'S
30th October 1971
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13th November 1971
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1971 - TRALEE SPEEDWAY NEWS REPORTED
1971 - PETER TAUNTON Production Sedans
1971 - ACT driver Peter Taunton in the Mini is being monstered by Neville Harper from Tasmania in the HR Holden.
1971 - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1971 - OLE OLSEN Solos
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