PERTH CYCLE SPEEDWAYS
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BENTLEY NURSERY & KENT STREET WEIR TRACKS
Speedway cycle racing in Perth was controlled by the West Australian Amateur Speedway Association and was heavily inluenced by Speedway solo racing, as some of the names indicate, the young riders most often would come from either speedway families or they would go on to become latter day champions.
The teams of the day were: The Bentley Boomerangs, Welshpool Rangers, Bentley aces, Shenton Park Tigers, Wembley Lions, Bayswater Flashes, Manning Marlons, Manning Magpies and the South Perth Saints.
One of those riders who rode for the Welshpool Rangers was Les Sharpe, at the time Les was fourteen years old, he went on to ride solo's at Claremont and Bibra Lake speedways with huge success so much so that Aub Lawson arranged for Les to travel to England and ride for the Halifax test team.
Another of the riders pictured is Ron Tilby, son of Mick Tilby one of Claremont Speedways directors, Trevor Hobbs was another rider who went on to race sidecars until he lost his life in an accident at Claremont Speedway.
The teams of the day were: The Bentley Boomerangs, Welshpool Rangers, Bentley aces, Shenton Park Tigers, Wembley Lions, Bayswater Flashes, Manning Marlons, Manning Magpies and the South Perth Saints.
One of those riders who rode for the Welshpool Rangers was Les Sharpe, at the time Les was fourteen years old, he went on to ride solo's at Claremont and Bibra Lake speedways with huge success so much so that Aub Lawson arranged for Les to travel to England and ride for the Halifax test team.
Another of the riders pictured is Ron Tilby, son of Mick Tilby one of Claremont Speedways directors, Trevor Hobbs was another rider who went on to race sidecars until he lost his life in an accident at Claremont Speedway.
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1958 - LES SHARPE (Welshpool Rangers)
Les Sharpe a young lad that would go on to take on the best in the world |
Les Sharpe leads Alan Stobie from the Bentley Aces
Les Sharpe in modern day terms high siding the model |
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1958 - CYCLE SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1960 - Bentley Boomerangs opening
1960 - Ray Clarke with his number 5 Plymouth Speedcar. Photo: Iain Kahe.
1960 - Bob Leisk sitting on the bike with Jim Davies next to him. Photo: Iain Kahe.
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Iain Kahe recalls: I was involved in cycle speedway as a 16 year old in 1960, we opened a new track in Redcliffe and the management organised some speedway stars to attend that meeting, I took some photos on the day.
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Tony Wilton recalls: I was captain of the Manning Magpies, raced every friday at Claremont around that time.
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Darrel Manning recalls: I was with the Bayswater Flashes and remember racing against the Bentley Boomerangs, two of my team mates were Rodney Cutting and Ross McGregor, Silv Baker and Albie used to cart us all over the place, great times.
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1960 - COL BUFTON (Bentley Boomerangs)
Col like many other speedway racers started off racing Cycle Speedway for the Bentley Boomerangs, Later on he progressed to Hot Rod Racing at Forrestfield and then Supermodified's while working in the Northern Territory.
Col Bufton: The sash bearing champion after the race |
Col Bufton - Fred Seerey - unknown - unknown - unknown
Col's bike, sash and helmet in front of the family box browney |
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1960 - PERTH CYCLE SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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