NARROGIN (WA)
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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
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1968 - NARROGIN SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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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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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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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. |
Heat 1 A |
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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