MOUNT BARKER (WA)
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1965 - MOUNT BARKER SPEEDWAY
The Mount Barker TQ and Hot Rod Club was formed in 1965, For a nucleus of seven men who gathered at Les Gormans place to form the club, it was a hard task to eventually hold their first meeting in November 1965. Those early days comprised of around a dozen TQ's now formula 500's and a large selection of Hot Rods, The initial meetings were on Saturday's, in later years the race meetings was transfered to sunday making it easier for those who worked on Saturday mornings to get to race meetings. The first track was built in an old gravel pit on the side of a hill, it had a S bend in the middle and the car raced in a clock wise direction. In 1975 it was decided to upgrade the track, no longer did the club want a kidney shaped track, They wanted a proper Speedway and so they sent a delegation to Bunbury to inspect the track over there. In December of 1976 Mount Barker opened its new track, For years the club prospered and held many big meetings, its open and closed annual championships were always popular with both competitor and spectator.
(Editorial Allan Baker)
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Daniel Smith for old perth cars n rust recalls: I followed my brothers and built a supermod. Then sedans where safer and more fun and just as fast, pictured is my supermod on the left and brother Noel's on the outside of me at the Mount Barker Hot Rod track.
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1965 - RUSSELL PEARSON
Aussie Speedway Memories facebook photo feature
1965 - Russell Pearson at full noise in his 48 Series Holden at Mount Barker. Photo: Harvie Ramsden collection.
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1966 - NOEL SMITH & RUSSELL PEARSON
1966 - Russell Pearson in the 48 series Holden climbs over the front wheel of Noel Smiths Red Barron. Photo: Noel Smith collection.
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1960's - MOUNT BARKER SPEEDWAY HOT RODS
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Claremont Speedway facebook photo feature
1978 - Dennis Nash with Russell Hearn, Ken Semmens with Dennis Mortimer and Brian Dyson and Mick O'Shea. Photographer: unknown.
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1979 - MOUNT BARKER SPEEDWAY FIXTURES
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1979 - WEST AUSTRALIAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Division 1 Sedan
Mount Barker Speedway hosted the forth and final round of the West Australian Production Sedan Division 1 Championship in February of 1979.
Laurie Hardy in the Sydney At's Holden Monaro at the West Australian Championship final round. Photographer: Mal Cooper
Paul De Lacey in the AJN Turbo Charged Cortina being monstered by the big Hardy Monaro. Photographer: Mal Cooper.
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1979 - WEST AUSTRALIAN SUPER SEDAN DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Mount Barker Speedway hosted the West Australian Division 2 State Championship on the 4th of November 1979, supporting the feature event was a championship for the Standard Saloons and a full support program.
1979 - Merv Robinson from Kojonup leads John Singleton, both in Mustangs, unknown Torana Photographer: unknown.
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1981 - IVAN BURKE Standard Saloon's
1981 - Ivan Burke from the Bunbury Car Club takes out the blue ribbon event at Mount Barker Speedway in the Mini. Photo: Ivan Burke collection.
1981 - Barry Thomson from the Bunbury Car Club is fully committed into the turn, in his number 100 AP6 Valiant while Ivan Burke in the Mini is snapping at his heels. Photo: Ivan Burke collection.
1981 - The two Bunbury champions going at it as usual, Barry Thomson in the Valiant an Ivan Burke in his trusty Mini. Photo: Ivan Burke collection.
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1982 - MOUNT BARKER SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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LES GORMAN
Les was a foundation member who held the post of President for four seasons, Les was later to awarded Life Membership.
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JOHN BUNKER
John provided trucks and tractors in those early years so the club could prepare the track, John was a long time member of the club and also received Life Membership.
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1980's Late - WEST AUSTRALIAN Division 2 State Championship.
OLD AUSSIE Super Sedans facebook pictorial feature
Jones in the Corvette awaits a race start.
Cook Corvette and Rab Hambley in the SLR5000. |
Phil Jones from Albany in the Mazda RX7. |
Photo's: Glenn Piper.
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2014 - MOUNT BARKER SPEEDWAY MODIFIED SEDANS FEATURE 29th March 2014 |
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2016 - MOUNT BARKER SPEEDWAY WEST AUSTRALIAN SUPER SEDAN FEATURE5th March 2016 |
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2018 - MOUNT BARKER SPEEDWAY KEN TAYLOR MEETING 10th November 2018 |
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