NEWCASTLE (NSW)
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1973 - JERILDERIE PARK SPEEDWAY.
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Jerilderie Park Speedway was the name given to Newcastle's Speedway long before it was known as the Newcastle International Motordrome.
Originally built and owned by the Laverick brothers (John Junior and possibly Don) who operated the nearby ship building operations - Carrinton Slipways, The original Promoter-Manager was one of their managers, John Lamb, Later on the management team of Alan Craig a keen motorcycle fan, and Terry Dangerfield took over, the track hosted many great riders and drivers through the early 1970's and up until November of 1976 when Peter Gurbriel took over.
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1973 - BOB CHRISTIE. Saloon Car's.
Bob Christie pours on the power in his Torana Production Car. Photographer: unknown
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1970's early - KEVIN COOK Production Car's
1970's early - Photographer: unknown.
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1974 / 1975 - BOB HUMPHRIES Solo's
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1974 / 1975 - KEITH KRUSER [USA] Solo's
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1974 / 1975 - JOHN LANGFIELD Solo's
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1974 / 1975 - BOB VALENTINE & BILLY SANDERS Solo's
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1974 1975 - JERILDERI PARK SPEEDWAY Sidecar feature
1974 / 1975 - Steve Rychvalsky and his passenger on there HRD Vincent. Photographer: unknown.
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1975 - JERILDERIE PARK SPEEDWAY. 1975 MATTARA CHAMPIONSHIPS. 29th August 1975. |
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29th August 1975 - Tony Field & Peter Tappel on the HRD Vincent at full noise. Photographer: unknown.
29th August 1975 - The Sidecar team of Bob Caslick and Duncan Fyfe. Photographer: unknown.
29th August 1975 - The Mini gang of Stu Robinson - Paul McKew - Brian Burrell beside the Burrell Mini. Photographer: unknown.
29th August 1975 - Paul McKew in the Mini current State Champion. Photographer: unknown.
Vintage Speedway Programmes Australia facebook pictorial feature
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(Programme Research: Brad Mitchell)
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1974 1975 - JERILDERIE PARK SPEEDWAY Production Car feature
1974 - Neville Harper from Tasmania in his Holden Kinswood Production Car. Photo: Newcastle Motordrome facebook Photo feature.
1974 / 1975 - John Cartwright from Wollongong in the GTR-XU1 Torana at Newcastle. Photographer: unknown.
1974 / 1975 - Bob Christie from Goulburn in the number 27 GTR-XU1 on the inside line. Photographer: unknown.
1974 / 1975 - Greg Hodges leads the pack through turn two at Newcastle. Photographer: unknown.
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1975 - JERILDERIE PARK SPEEDWAY SIDECAR Feature.
1975 - Terry Rooney & Gary Treloar at Newcastle. Photographer: unknown.
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1975 - BEN HOLLIS Saloon Car's
Mini's in Australia on Speedway facebook Photo feature
1975 - Bede Hollis in the 181 Mini makes a pass on the visiting Goulburn driver. Photo: Wayne Glassborow collection.
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1975 - JERILDERIE PARK SPEEDWAY SALOON CAR SLIDESHOW
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1976 - NEWCASTLE MOTORDROME SPEEDWAY
By November of 1976 Peter Gurbriel who had been running Tralee Speedway in Canberra had taken over the running of Jerilderie Park Speedway, The name was changed to Newcastle International Motordrome, a more fitting name for the direction that Peter and his family wanted to take the venue in.
With the change in management came many major upgrades to the venue, from the control tower on top of the grand stand to the installation of a state of the art electronic timing system and major improvements to the spectator facilities.
The Gurbriel's operated the venue very successfully up until 1998 when David Lander took over, David ran the speedway up until 2002 when the venue was closed and the land sold off as Industrial lots.
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1977 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME NATIONAL SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX 9th & 10th April 1977 |
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1977 - NEWCASTLE MOTORDROME NATIONAL GRAND PRIX ENTRY FORM
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Terry Sutherland recalls: I was a solo rider from 1973 through to 1978 and rode under the three promoters, Lamb, Craig&Danderfield and Gurbiel, Alan Craig is still around despite suffering severe burns at his motorcycle shop some years ago.
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1979 - DAVID SHIELDS Solo's
1979 - David Shields had to retire with injury problems after a bad crash at Mildurah. Photo: unknown.
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1979 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME SALOON CAR SLIDESHOW
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1979 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME USA v AUSTRALIA SPRINTCAR CHALLENGE 1979 |
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1980 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME AUSTRALIAN SPEEDCAR CHAMPIONSHIP 1980 |
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1981 - NEWCASTLE MOTORDROME AUSTRALIAN SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 24th & 25th January 1981Newcastle International Motordrome hosted the 1980 1981 Australian Saloon Car Championship over the weekend of the 24th and 25th of January 1981.
Allan Butcher from Queensland won the event from Adrian Anderson with John Leslight in third, both from New South Wales.
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Ludlow Racing facebook pictorial feature
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1981 - Photo's: Mark Collins.
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1981 - EAST COAST SPEEDWAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE REPORTED
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Alan Butcher under second placed Adrian Anderson
Grenville Anderson made the move to the V8 A9X Torana
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1981 - EAST COAST SPEEDWAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1981 - NEWCASTLE MOTORDROME PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISMENT
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1981 - EAST COAST SPEEDWAY MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1981 - TERRY BECKER Sprintcar's
1981 - Terry Becker leads Dick Briton at Newcastle. Photo: Mike Harding.
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1982 - EAST COAST SPEEDWAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1982 - EAST COAST SPEEDWAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE REPORTED
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1983 - NEWCASTLE MOTORDROME AUSTRALIAN SPRINTCAR CHAMPIONSHIP 14th & 15th January 1983. |
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1983 - GARY RUSH Sprintcar's
1983 - Australian Champion Gary Rush. Photo: Lance T Wilson.
1983 - LEE FOSTER WA Sprintcar's
Aussie Speedway Memories facebook pictorial feature
1983 - Lethal Lee Foster from the West Coast hit Newcastle with a big reputation. Photo: unknown.
1983 - BRETT LACEY Sprintcar's
1983 - Brett Lacey. Photo: Lance T Wilson.
1983 - BILL SUTHERLAND WA Sprintcar's
1983 - West Australian champ Bill Sutherland at Newcastle. Photo: unknown.
1983 - JOHN DEAN QLD Sprintcar's
1983 - John Dean. Photo: Lance T Wilson.
1983 - BARRY GUY ACT Sprintcar's
Photo's: Graham Daley.
1983 - BOB TUNKS Sprintcar's
1983 - Bob Tunks in the ex McSpadden Stanton. Photo: Lance T Wilson collection.
1983 - BILL BARROWS Sprintcar's
1983 - Bill Barrows from South Australia. Photo: Lance T Wilson collection.
1983 - Photo: Lance T Wilson.
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1983 - TEAM KINSER TOUR
1983 - Steve - Randy - Mark - Kelly Kinser at the Newcastle Motordrome. Photo: unknown.
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1986 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME NEW SOUTH WALES FORMULA 500 CHAMPIONSHIP 11th January 1986 |
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1986 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME SOLO SILVER SASH SERIES 20th December 1986 |
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1986 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME NEW SOUTH WALES SOLO & SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP 26th December 1986 |
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1987 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME SUPERBIKE WORLD CUP 1st January 1987 |
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1987 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME AUSTRALIAN GRAND NATIONAL SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP 14th February 1987
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1988 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME GRAND NATIONAL SEDAN CHALLENGE CUP 5th March 1988 |
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1989 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME AUSTRALIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP 14th & 15th January 1989 |
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1989 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA SOLO TEST # 2 24th & 25th November 1989 |
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1990 - NEWCASTLE MOTODROME. Speedcars.
Robs Race Photos Photo feature
1990 - Ron Liddell in his Volkswagon powered speedcar powers into turn 1 during a winter show at the Newcastle Motordrome. Photographer: Robs Race Photos.
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1991 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME.
Robs Race Photos pictorial feature
1990 / 1991 - Rod Bowen blasts his way around the Newcastle Motordrome in his Compact Speedcar. Photographer: Robs Race Photos.
1990 / 1991 - How close do you have to be ??. Barry Bundy and Steve Fortune at Newcastle International Motordrome. Photographer: Robs Race Photos.
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1996 - NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME AUSTRALIAN SUPER SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP 12th & 13th January 1996 |
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2000 - NEWCASTLE SPEEDWAY 22nd & 23rd April 2000 |
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NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL MOTORDROME. Flyover.
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2013 - NEWCASTLE MOTORDROME SPEEDWAY. Walkabout.
