DARWIN (NT)
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1982 - NORTHLINE SPEEDWAY
Northline Speedway opened on the 29th of May 1982 after the closure of Bagot Park, the race track is 400 metres in length and is of a dirt clay surface.
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1982 - PHIL KERR & JAN LEEPhil Kerr and Jan Lee were a sidecar team that competed on the Northline circuit.
====================================Angela Menzies recalls: Phil was seriously hurt on the the opening night of Northline Speedway's 2nd season on the 16th of October 1982, Phil was left a paraplegic from the accident, Phil and Jan married, not sure if before or after the accident, since Phil has still been involved with motorsport and has been a regular sponsor of competitors and still spectates at Northline Speedway on a regular basis.
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Photo: Ralphy Taylor collection |
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1989 - CLIVE BAXTER TQ/Formula 500
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Mark Riedel recalls: In 1989 Northern Territorian Clive Baxter became the tq Formula 500 Australian Champion with the final being held at Sonic Raceway in Swan Hill Victoria, an amazing feat, using hand controls and concidering that he was wheel chair bound as the result of a competition accident, You will most times find Clive in his rural Darwin workshop repairing and restoring motorcycles and when he is not there he can be found at the Darwin Speedway managing a Formula 500 team and more recently a Sprint Car team.
Clive is an inspiration to us all and testament to the fact that you can be severely disabled but still beat the rest against all the odds, Truly a true champion and the nicest bloke, you'll ever meet, Onya Clive.
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1993 - AUSTRALIAN SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP
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2013 - DARRYN BROMLEY Wingless Sprintcar's
2013 - Photo: Paris Charles.
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2015 - NORTHLINE SPEEDWAY TRACK MAINTAINANCE
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2015 - NORTHERN TERRITORY 360 SPRINTCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
2015 - West Australian Ryan Farrell takes out the 2014 - 2015 Northern Territory 360 Championship. Photo: Craig Raddcliffe.
WA's Ryan Farrell took out the 2014 2015 Australian 360 Sprintcar championship at Darwin's Northline Speedway on the 4th of September 2015, Farrell had to come from position seven in the feature race, and hit the lead at about half race distance. Second finishing Ben Atkinson led the race up until that point, Atkinson had to contend with with pressure being applied by Luke Dillon,This continued until three laps from home when Dillon spun in turn one.
Dion Billman from Victoria caused a major stoppage after clipping the wall and rolling on the back straight, Danny Pontu, Luke Dillon, Corey Lincoln, Troy David and Jason Gebert rounded out the top ten.
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2015 - Jason Pryde set up a display for the event in the days leading up to the title.
2015 - Ben Atkinson placed 2nd in the Championship. Photo: Nakita Pollock.
2015 - Ryan Farrell in the Keens Driver Training car won the Australian and NT 360 Championships in 2 weeks. Photo: Nakita Pollock.
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2016 - JAMIE McINNES 410 Sprintcar's
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2009 - NORTHLINE SPEEDWAY. Location.
The speedway venue is situated within the 94 hectare Hidden Valley Motorsports complex, The entire complex is located 12 kilometres from Darwin itself.