LITHGOW (NSW)
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1915 - HARTLEY VALE CIRCUIT
The Hartley Vale Circuit was originally marked out on public roads in 1915 just South of Lithgow NSW, The circuit was first used by the Canberra Motorcycle Club (a Sydney based club) to hold its first annual 100 mile race. The circuit measured 6 kilometres in length and was a gravel surface.
Racing was conducted in a clockwise direction and at a later date was controlled by the Western Suburbs Motorcycle Club, the circuit would close in 1936.
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1915 - THE AUSTRALIAN MOTORIST REPORTED
(Research Peter Shannon)
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1917 - PRESS RELEASE
4th April 1917
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1936 - HARTLEY CIRCUIT NEW SOUTH WALES GRAND PRIX 5th October 1936
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Editorial published 6th October 1936 |
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1937 - HARTLEY DIRT TRACK
Oz Classic Dirttrack facebook Photo feature
1937 - Arthur Jones and Norm Milne on there 596 Norton outfit at the Hartley Dirt Circuit in the Blue Mountains. Photo and Research: Benny Pankhurst collection.
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2013 - A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT TRACK
While traveling through New South Wales Allan Baker came across the Full Throttle Dinner on the Great Western Highway in Hartley, there he discovered this tribute on the walls to this once great Dirt Road Racetrack.
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