PERTH (WA)
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1932 - BROOKLANDS SPEEDWAYBrooklands was a 1 mile (1.609 km) dirt tri oval track covered in cinders, initialy cars only raced on the circuit twice in 1932. The racing was in a clockwise direction.
The track was located in the suburb of Subiaco and was also refered to as Subiaco Speedway. Rushed in opening and no perimeter fencing many spectators chose not to pay, the venue lost money from day one and soon fell into dis-repair and closed.
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1932 - BROOKLANDS SPEEDWAY
1932 - Eric Armstrong leads Ossie Cranston in his car at the Brooklands track. Photo's: Terry Walker.
above 1932 - Allan Heales in his BSA front wheel drive BSA powered car. at Brooklands. Photo: Terry Walker.right 1932 - Ralph De Palma in front of his Triumph powered car. Photo: Terry Walker. |
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1932 - THE WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTED 25th July 1932
25th July 1932 - Just Prior to the start of the 2nd meeting a Monoplane practicing for a match race against a car hit two officials, injuring one of then seriously. Photo: West Australian newspaper.
1932 - During the speedway meetings being held, The Harley Davidson Club ran some club racing on the circuit. This picture shows as sidecar verses light car exhibition. Photographer: unknown.
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Murray Barnard recalls: As a lad in 1970 I used to ride around what was left of the Brooklands circuit on a motorcycle and remember it well.
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1980 - BROOKLANDS SPEEDWAY
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Year unknown: Brooklands Speedway Walkabout
(Research & content on this page are from the collection's of Ken Devine & Terry Walker - Editorial Allan Baker) |
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