ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY 1996 > 2000
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previous years www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/ellenbrook-speedway-1991--1995.html
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1996 - LINDA PLECAS Production Sedans.
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1996 - ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY MODIFIED ROD DERBY
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1996 - Alan Meakins. Photo: Peter French.
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1996 - ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY LADIES CLASSIC
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Once a common event at most race tracks around Australia. not often seen now days.
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1996 - BRAD BLAKE Sprintcar's
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1997 - ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY BACKS LATE MODEL SEDANS
At a time when the Australian Sedan Car Federation, The Perth Sedan Car Club, Claremont Speedway and NASRA was bitterly opposed to the Idea of Late Model sedan Cars racing in Australia, But as it was a small group of West Australian drivers led by Allan Nylander were not listening and had set about forming an association and building these USA style cars,
Thankfully the forward thinking committee of the Ellenbrook RDA saw the merit in backing this new division and programmed the Late Models into there 1997 season.
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Allan Nylander the inspiration behind Late Models |
And so history will show that after some demonstrations at country tracks, The first full on race meeting for these left hand drive, unlimited engine size monsters was a Ellenbrook Speedway.