LAUNCESTON (TAS)
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1958 - JOHN YOULJohn was a regular competitor at the Baskerville circuit that opened in 1958, He also was the owner of a farming property known as Symmons Plains, John leased a paddock on the property to the Light Car Club who built and ran the Symmons Plains International Raceway.
**************************************************************1960 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY GRAND OPENING MEETING 13th March 1960Symmons Plains Raceway opened on the 13th of March 1960 and operated succesfuly even though the Longford and Baskerfield circuits were operating
Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1968, Symmons Plains Raceway has been the premier motor racing facility in Tasmania. The circuit is one of the longest serving circuit's of the combined history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Super Car Championship series, Since 2005 it has hosted the Tasmania Challenge for V8 Super Cars.
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Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook Photo feature
1960 - Opening meeting at Symmons Plains with Leo Geoghegan's Holden in the pits. Photo: Shaun Geoghegan.
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1960 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACING CIRCUIT 27th November 1960 |
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Geoff Wiseman Pictorial feature
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1961 - NORM BAKER
1961 - Norm Baker in his MG.TD with the Buchanan body fitted. Photo: unknown.
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1964 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 22nd March 1964 |
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1964 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY
1964 - Photo: Reg Dalwood collection
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1965 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 28th November 1965 |
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1966 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 27th March 1966 |
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1967 - MAURIE PRICE
Historic Racing Car Club of Tasmania facebook photo feature
1967 - Maurie Price getting some air under his 48 series, following is Peter Lockley and then the thundering Customline of the "Wild Man" Ray Alford. Photo: unknown.
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1967 - NEVILLE QUINN
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1967 - BARRY CASSIDY Sports Sedan's
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook Photo feature
Barry Cassidy recalls: I was fortunate to have a steer of David Hallam's EH Holden which at the time was Tassie's first "Real" Sports Sedan.
Very quick car in its day, the cylinder head was a work of art, managed to win this race and hand the car back unscathed.
Was the first time id ever driven with proper race tyres, Goodyear Blue Streaks, you had to be cashed up to afford those, ha ha.
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1967 - SYMMONS PLAINS SEDAN CAR ACTION
Historic Racing Car Club of Tasmania facebook Pictorial feature.
1967 - Photo's: unknown.
Darryl Boyd very sideways in his very hot 48 series Holden at Symmons Plains. Photographer; unknown.
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1967 - EARL WEBSTER
Historic Racing Car Club of Tasmania facebook photo feature
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1970 - GRAHAM PARSONS
Historic Racing Car Club of Tasmania facebook Photo feature
1970 - Graham Parsons in the GT Cortina getting some air time at Symmons Plains. Photo: unknown.
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1971 - NORM BEECHEY
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook Pictorial feature.
1971 - Norm Beechey engaging with the fans at Symmons Plains. Photorapher: John Browrigg.
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1971 - ALLAN MOFFAT
Official Allan Moffat facebook Photo feature
1971 - Another one for the Trophy Cabinet. Photographer: unknown.
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1972 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 30th April 1972 |
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1972 - SYMMONDS PLAINS RACEWAY SEDAN CAR ACTION
1972 - Allan Moffat in the Mustang hole shots Bob Jane in the Camaro then Geoghan in the Mustang and Beechey in the Holden Monaro. Photo: unknown.
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1972 - NORM BEECHEY
Historic Racing Car Club of Tasmania facebook photo feature
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1972 - Norm Beechey took on all the top drivers in the American built Mustang's and Camaro's in his Australia built HT Holden Monaro, and won many of those races. Photo's: Greg Feltham.
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1972 - Norm Beechey in his monster Monaro at Symmons Plains. Photo: Greg Feltham collection.
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1973 - JOHN HARVEY
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook photo feature
1973 - John Harvey in Bob Janes Repco V8 powered GTR-XU1 Torana at Symmons Plains. Photo: Mark Williams.
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1973 - HARRY FIRTH
Historic Racing Car Club of Tasmania facebook Photo feature
1973 - Harry Firth about to send Peter Brock out in the Holden Dealer Team Torana at Symmons Plains. Photographer: unknown.
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1973 - GENE COOK
Historic Sports Sedans Australia facebook Photo feature
1973 - Gene Cook in the light weight Falcon Sports Sedan at Symmons Plains. Photo: @oldracephotos.
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1976 - JOHN HARVEY
Historic Racing Car Club of Tasmania facebook pictorial feature
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1976. Photo's: Bruce Smart. |
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1977 - JOHN HARVEY
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook photo feature
1979 - John Harvey takes the ATCC round win at Symmons plains for the HDT. Photo: ARCCT archives.
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1982 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 1982 |
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1985 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 10th March 1985 |
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1987 - BARRY CASSIDY
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook Photo feature
Barry Cassidy recalls: Symmons Plains 1987, driving my friend Phil Howe's turbo Pacer, 500 + hoarse power it was a weapon, a lot of people snickered about the car when we turned up to race it, especially one particular commentator, however they crawled back in their boxes when we blew the field away, it would wheel spin in top gear through the sweeper on the back straight, stoping it, yeah that was another matter ha ha.
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1990 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 10th & 11th March 1990 |
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1991 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 3rd March 1991 |
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1991 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 9th & 10th March 1991 |
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1992 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 15th March 1992 |
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1993 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 14th March 1993 |
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1993 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 14th March 1993 |
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1993 - SYMMONS PLAINS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY HQ NATIONALS 10th & 11th April 1993 |
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1994 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 13th March 1994 |
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1995 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 26th February 1995 |
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1995 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 7th May 1995 |
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1996 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 17th March 1996 |
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2004 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 12th > 14th November 2004 |
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2008 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY 21st > 24th November 2008 |
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2010 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY TASMANIA CHALLENGE 12th > 14th November 2010 |
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2022 - SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY V8 SUPERCARS 27th March 2022 |
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