LITHGOW (NSW)
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1926 - LITHGOW MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN THE MAKING
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1926 - LITHGOW MOTOR SPEEDWAYLithgow Motor Speedway was programmed to open in December of 1926, how ever that meeting was postponed until the 27th of January 1927 when the speedway opened to a large crowd, Len Jones won the championship of the west and some fine racing was witnessed.
10th December 1926Lithgow Motor Speedway was a short lived venue operating between 1926 through to 1928.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------1926 - LEN JONESThe star of the show was Lithgow's own Len Jones, Jones also travelled and raced at other venue's such as Dubbo and Bathurst, Jones is also reported to have won a Golden Gauntlet at the Sydney Showgrounds in 1926.
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1927 - LITHGOW MOTOR SPEEDWAY
27th January 1927 |
18th February 1927
28th Febuary 1927 |
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1928 - LITHGOW MOTOR SPEEDWAY
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1928 - LEN JONES
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1928 - KEN HATCH
(Research John Campbell & Allan Baker)
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1936 - BOBBY BLAKE
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2002 - LITHGOW SHOWGROUNDS SPEEDWAY LOCATION
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1960's - DONNYBROOK SHORT CIRCUIT
In the 1960's Lithgow had a short lived Short Track circuit named Donnybrook, This venue ran through to the 1970's when it was replaced by another short circuit venue called Marrangaroo.