LEONORA (WA)
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LEONORA KART TRACK
Leonora's first Kart track was asphalt sealed circuit situated on the outskirts of the town.
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Frank Violo recalls: When I lived and worked in Leonora as a teacher in 1986 - 1987, I met a chap who worked at the local garage, He had a Super Kart parked in the workshop, I already owned a kart and asked where he used the kart while in Leonora.
He told me about the bitumen track just outside town, so I went and found it, It was in reasonable condition, but needed a few patches.
I contacted the shire to ask if they could help and they of course said no, I attempted to get some help to fix the old girl up, but no dice and that was that.
Thirty odd years later and I was re-checking aerial imagery of the area north of Leonora and realised the reason why I could not locate the old bitumen track, was simply because I was looking in the wrong place, It is under the more modern dirt kart track, I did find parts of the bitumen track still intact to the North West and to East of the current circuit.
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LEONORA DIRT KART TRACK
The Dirt kart track was built partially over the top of the original sealed circuit.