NARROGIN (WA)
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previous years www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/narrogin-showgrounds-speedway.html
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1961 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY
During the period the Narrogin club was racing at the Greater Sports Ground track, it was nogotiating with the Narrogin Roads Board to lease the current 20 acre site on Williams Road.
The club would set about building the new track while it continued to race at the Greater Sports Ground Track.
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1962 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY CONSTRUCTION
The track was peged out in Febuary of 1962 and the area burnt off in March the same year, development of the new speedway continued during 1963 and 1964, In mid 1963 work had begun on erecting the first building, which housed the original clubrooms and the refreshment facilities, the latter operated by the ladies committee.
In November 1963 the track was surfaced with metal dust from Richie Wiese's dump.
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1964 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY OPENS
The first official race meeting to be held at the new Narrogin Speedway is beleived to have been held on the 14th of June 1964, when the Perth Hot Rod Club was invited to take part in the days racing.
By the 21st of October 1964 at an extra-ordinary meeting the club would become incorperated and the name changed to the Narrogin tq and Hot Rod Racing Club inc.
(Editorials Julie Stevens)
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1966 - NARROGIN OBSERVER REPORTED
1st September 1966
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29th September 1966
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27th October 1966
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1968 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY
Australasian Road and Track magazine Pictorial feature
1968 - Fred George walked away from this big wreck. photographer: unknown.
1968 - The TQ's always put on an eventfull display of racing. Photographer: unknown.
1968 - Handicapers, left Eric McDougall, Ron Edwards and Colin Borgas setting out the days racing. Photographer: unknown.
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1968 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY
1968 - Malcom Carburry leads a very competitive field in the Super Modifieds. Photographer: unknown.
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1969 - NARROGIN OBSERVER NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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Julie Stevens recalls: The announcement that the Narrogin tq Racing Club was to host the West Australian championships was made on the 4th of June, 1969. This resulted from the fact that Stan McEntee of Narrogin was ellected as foundation president of the Western Australian tq association when he and a fellow Narrogin Delegate, Peter Huitenga, attended the inaugural meeting earlier that year.
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1969 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY WEST AUSTRALIAN TQ CHAMPIONSHIP 12th October 1969 |
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1970 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY 5th November 1970
Lost Narrogin facebook Pictorial feature
1970 - and Stock cars on the raceway. Photo: Phyl Barrett.
1970 - Unknown driver in the Roadrunner number 4 Holden 48 series. Photo: Phyl Barrett.
1970 - Photo: unknown.
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1970's - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY Sedan Cars.
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1970's - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY SUPERMODIFIED SLIDESHOW
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1975 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY REPORTED
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Barry Gartrell in the number 5 Triumph Herald is being spun in the junior event by Allan Hartree. Photo: own.
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1976 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1978 - LLOYD HARTREE PRODUCTION SEDAN
Lloyd Hartree in his Ford 351 V8 powered sedan turning in laps around the Narrogin circuit. Photo: Hartree family.
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1978 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY SUPERMODIFIEDS
front: Doug Harrington - Arthur Farr. 2nd Paul Carrotts - John Major. Red 5 Barry Gartrell - unknown.
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1979 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY SPRINTCAR SLIDESHOW
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1981 - AUSTRALASIAN SPEEDWAY STAR REPORTED
12th November 1981
1981 - JOHN ANDERSON TQ's
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1981 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1982 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY SUPERMODIFIED SLIDESHOW
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1982 WA JUNIOR SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP SLIDESHOW
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1982 - BILL WOOD Production Sedan
Narrogin Speedway Club facebook pictorial feature
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1983 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PRODUCTION SEDAN SLIDESHOW
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1983 - WA DIRT HOT ROD ASSOCIATION TITALDirt Hot Rods were nothing new to WA Speedway but this was the year that the association ran their first state tital and it just so happened at Narrogin Speedway a track that had promoted hot rod racing for years, a list of nominations is listed in the programme slideshow with the exception of Max Pilmar, the top 3 race results were as follows.
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Rod Betts 302 Ford powered Karman Ghia. |
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1st David Evans2nd Barry Hunter3rd Mark Peel |
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Heat 1 B |
1st Graham Higgs2nd Peter MacPherson3rd Brian Carr |
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1983 - WA DIRT HOT ROD ASSOCIATION TITAL SLIDESHOW
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1983 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY 1983 |
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1985 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY SUPER SEDANS
1985 - Derrick Borgas SLR5000 Torana - Frank Kulker 7 car.
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Photo's Barry Gartrell collection
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1986 > 1990 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1989 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY 4th February 1989 |
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1991 - WEST AUSTRALIAN DTHRA CHAMPIONSHIP
Max Farrell takes out the West Australian Dirt Track Hot Rod Association Championship for 1991.
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1993 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1994 > 1995 NARROGIN SPEEDWAY AUSTRALIAN HOT ROD CHAMPIONSHIP 4th & 5th March 1995.The 1994 > 1995 Australian Hot Rod Championship was held at the Hillside Speedway circuit in Narrogin on the 4th and 5th of March 1995.
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1995 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1996 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1996 > 1997 WEST COAST MODIFIED RODS WEST AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 12th April 1997
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The 1996 > 1997 West Coast Modified Rods West Australian championship was held at the Hillside Speedway Narrogin on the 12th of April 1997.
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2000 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY WEST AUSTRALIAN STREET STOCK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 19th February 2000. |
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2002 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY
2002 - West Australian Production Car Championship, Darren Blight. Photographer: unknown.
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2008 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY
2008 - Brad Blake, no stranger to winning races at Narrogin Speedway. Photographer: unknown.
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2009 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY MODIFIED SEDAN FEATURE 21st February 2009
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2009 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY DIRT LATE MODELS THUNDERHILL 30 21st March 2009 |
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2010 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2013 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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2015 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY MODIFIED SEDAN FEATURE
Nominations
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2018 - WEST AUSTRALIAN MODIFIED SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP 3rd & 4th March 2018
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Narrogin Speedway hosted the running of the 2017 -2018 West Australian Modified Sedan Championship on the weekend of the 2nd - 3rd and 4th of March 2018.
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2018 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY 8th September 2018 |
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2018 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY 1st December 2018 |
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2018 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY CHRISTMAS CUP15th December 2018 |
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