COOMA (NSW)
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1928 - COOMA POLO GROUND SPEEDWAY MEETING
A successful motor car and motorcycle sports event was orginised on a speedway track formed on the Cooma Polo Ground, and the programme attracted a good crowd, several competitors fell in the motorcycle race but there were no casualties.
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1969 - ALPINE SPEEDWAY
Alpine Speedway was promoted by the Cooma Auto Racing Club, the track was opened in 1969, as the track was built on the side of a hill it meant that the front straight was higher than the back straight, because the racing was in an anti-clock wise direction, this made turns one and two downhill, with three and four uphill.
Local councillor Rogan Corbett was one of the initial co-founders of the club and the speedway. The speedway closed in 1976.
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1970 - ALPINE SPEEDWAY SEDAN CAR ACTION
Canberra & Southern NSW Speedway History facebook photo feature
1970 - Photo's: Carol & Kevin Napthali.
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1971 - ALPINE SPEEDWAY
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1973 - COOMA SPEEDWAY TQ's
Tony Coles Pictorial feature
1973 - Sid Hart from the ACT with Darrell and Tony Coles at the Alpine Speedway. Photo: Tony Coles collection.
1973 - #2 Tom Kieger from the ACT - #72 Darrell Coles my dad - #32 me Tony Coles at Cooma's Alpine Speedway. Photo: Tony Coles.
Tony Coles recalls: Me and Dad, Darrell raced at Cooma on Saturday and then at Tralee Speedway on the Saturday night, Good times.
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1973 - ALPINE SPEEDWAY
1973 - Photo's: Tony Coles
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1974 - ALPINE SPEEDWAY PRESS RELEASE-----------------------------------------------------------Alpine Speedway-------------------------------John Owens of Young narrowly won the Alpine Speedway formula 500 championship at the Alpine Speedway, Cooma, recently. He finished just ahead of John Diamond of Canberra, with W Stansfield of Yass, finishing third and G Hart forth, only 1.5 seconds separated the four cars at the finish line.
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