COLLIE (WA)
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1965 - MUNGALLUP HOT ROD TRACKThe Mungallup Hot Rod track opened on the 24th of October 1965, The track was built in a gravel pit on the Mungallup road on the outskirts of Collie,the track was renound for its uphill downhill layout with very long straight and a sharpe turn two, the pits were located on the infield and the spectator area and car park overlooked the race track.
The track came about when the Collie Police and Citizens Youth Club decided to build the track to keep the local kids in line, The race meetings were quite succesful and very well promoted and received, This arrangement continued until such time as the Collie Racing Drivers Association was formed, The new group sub-leased the property and continued the hold there race meeting, The RDA volunteer's ran the venue up until 1971 when they closed the track as they had been constructing the current venue on the Williams road. |
1965 COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1965 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1965 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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Garnett Lane recalls: During the sixtee's I had brought a Supermod from a Farmer in the Moora district who had to give up racing because of a bad back, The car ran a Ford sidevalve V8 engine, I paid 250 quid for the car (a lot of money in those days)
The first time I raced the car was at Collie, at the start of the day one official took a look at the car and thought it looked good enough to put me on a 100 yard handicap, I soon over came any thoughts of never raced the car and went on to win all 4 races, by the time the butchers picnic had come up my handicap was 250 yards, this race I finished one wheel behind bloody Ron Shultz, what a day.
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1967 MUNGALLUP HOT ROD TRACK SLIDESHOW
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Graeme Werner with unknown and unknown
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Laurie Maloney leads Wild Bill Sibbald
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1968 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK REPORTED
16th August 1968
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1968 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1968 - AUSTRALASIAN ROAD & TRACK REPORTED
1968 Colin Resta from the Bunbury club.
1968 Barry Williams from the Perth RDA.
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September 1968
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1968 - COLLIE 500
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WAYNE MILLMAN HOT RODS
1968 - 14 year old Wayne Millman racing his Pontiac with a Morris Body in the Hot Rod Class. Photo: Wayne Millman.
1968 - Wayne Millman is presented with the highest points award in the Hot Rod Class for the season by club president Bill Sibbald and Jim Malony, Wayne was 14 years of age at the time and destined for big things. Photo: Wayne Millman.
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1969 - GRAHAM WERNER A CLASS STOCK PRODUCTION
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1969 - Graham Werner from Collie raced a V8 Mark 2 Zephyr, very popular choice in the 60's. Photo: Wendy Buccanan.
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1969 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1969 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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4th December 1969
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1969 - WAYNE MILLMAN SUPERMODIFIED
1969 - Wayne Millman and his Supermod with his triditional Activ 8 number on the car, prepares his sidevalve V8 Ford powered car for another big days racing at the Mungallup track. Photo: Wayne Millman.
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1970 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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BROADSIDE
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1970 - GRAHAM WERNER STOCK PRODUCTION
1970 - Graham Werner's very quick Zephyr, a local that took on all the visitors, no problem. Photo: Wendy Buccanan.
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1970 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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1970 - MUNGALLUP HOT ROD TRACK PRODUCTION CAR SLIDESHOW
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1970 - WENDY WERNER
Wendy; wife of Collie champion Graham Werner and sister inlaw to Robert (Tiny) Werner was quite a racer in her own right, on the day this photo was taken at the big Collie Mungallup track, Geoff Fisher reported that she was too dam good for the blokes, she had a couple of roll-overs at the Easter meeting but just came back to drive better and faster.
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1970 - GRAEME WERNER B MODIFIED
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1970 MUNGALLUP HOT ROD TRACK SUPERMOD SLIDESHOW
Lane family photo feature
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1970 - THE MICK BAYLISS & ALLAN WORROL COMBINATION
Allan Worrel Wild Child feature
1971 - Photo's: Allan Worrol
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1971 - COLLIE MAIL NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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14th January 1971
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9th December 1971
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2009 - MUNGALLUP HOT ROD TRACK WALKABOUT
The basic shape of the race track still exzists although small white gum trees cover the entire site, possibly an orginised program to regrow the area, the only reminder that the area was on of the states top motorsport venue's at the time is a few infield tyre markers and an asortment of car junk.