Newcastle: NSW.
SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY.
Salty Creek Speedway was a former motorcycle long track that was used prior to the Jerilderie Motordrome, Salty Creek closed some time after 1975.
Jim Airey and John Langfield rode at Salty Creek on a a regular basis much to the concerns of Frank Arthur and John Sherwood, these two great riders were the heart and soul of the Australia Solo test team at the time.
1966 > 1967 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY.
1966 > 1967 - front row outside number 58 Wendy Carlan, David Bradley and Brian Burrell pole, at the rear is number 72 Darrell Coles and an unknown driver on the inside. Photo: Tony Coles collection.
SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY.
Alan Streader recalls: Salty Creek had a very large and strong membership, at one particular stage they had around 220 members.
Newcastle International Motodrome pictorial feature 1964 - 1968
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1970 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY. |
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1970 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY. In the wet.
F 500 Old Speedway facebook Photo feature.
1970 - A showrer of rain has the drivers all spread out on the slippery oiled Dirt Circuit that is Salty Creek Photo: Tony Coles collection.
1970 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY RAY BALCOMB MEMORIAL 25th October 1970 |
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1971 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY. Short Circuit Championship [round 3]
Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook photo feature
1971 - Sidecar riders Joe Cox and his passenger K Doyle after winning round 3 of the Short Circuit Championship at Salty Creek. Photo: Tony Coles collection.
1971 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY.
Tony Coles pictorial feature
1971 - Always a good days racing at Salty Creek with the Solo's, Sidecar's an Tq's Photo's Tony Coles.
1971 - TONY COLES TQ's
Tony Coles recalls: Miss Australia Rhonda Iffland presented tropies to all divisions, I won the Newcastle Lions Club Trophy for the Tq division. The trophy went straight to the pool room.
1972 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY. TQ's.
1972 - Brian Burrell was well known for acheivments in TQ'S at the Salty Creek track. Photo: Tony Coles.
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1972 - Tony Coles is pictured in both of these images. Photos: Tony Coles.
1972 - SALTY CREEK SPEEDWAY Solo's
2nd July 1972 - Chris Pusey in action testing the track limits. Photographer: unknown.
2nd July 1972 - Some Solo action through the esses with [373] S Mason leading. [325] G Primmer, [297] Keith Davies and [38] Chris Pusey from England. Photo: Tony Coles.
