ROEBOURNE (WA)
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1975 - ROEBOURNE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Like many other speedway tracks world wide, Roebourne International Speedway came from a need to have situation. Local owner of Roebourne Electrics, Colin Slater was having problems with apprentices, due to boredom, so the boys began drinking.
Over a two weekend period Colin built this large dirt oval track giving the young lads a outlet rather than the booze, Colin himself owned a Sprintcar and a Super Sedan.
The Roebourne track was considered very large at around 680 metres in length, it was just one of the many North West tracks that sprung up because of the rapid increase in mining workers living in north of the state.
As the speedway needed an Ambulance, Colin brought one to the town and that started up the local Roebourne Ambulance Service.
Driver's from other North West Clubs would ofter attend Roebourne, such as Port Hedland, Karratha, Tom Price, Parrabardoo, Onslow and Newman.
West Coast Speedway News facebook photo feature
Photo: Danny O'Donnell Snr
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Nicole Ettridge recall's: In the year's after dad built the speedway, we lost mum to a asbestos related illness, Dad decided to leave Roebourne in 1977. But he too passed away in 2023 from Mesaphilioma.
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1976 - TED CONNELLY Production Car's
1976 - Ted Connelly is thrown out of his production car onto the track. Photo: Cheryl Lambert collection.
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1976 - ROEBOURNE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
West Coast Speedway News facebook photo feature
Photo: Danny O'Donnell Snr
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1976 - THE MULE & HIS TEAM
1976 - unknown - George Kurilowski - Brett Burmister - Paul Riebel - David Francis - Bill Francis. Photo: Bill Francis.
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1976 - ROEBOURNE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
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1976 - NORTH WEST SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIPRoebourne International Speedway hosted the 1976 North West Saloon Car Championship at there track.
The winner of that event was Bill Francis from the Port Hedland Speedway Club.
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1978 - ROEBOURNE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
West Coast Speedway News facebook photo feature
1978 - Photo Matt Bourke
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Robbie Chalwell recalls: While working up North I spent a fair bit of time at most of the North West tracks, one particular meeting I recall a driver that the officials suspected as been drinking, in fact he was pissed, As the cars in his race drove out onto the track he was stopped and told to do up the strap on his open face helmet, This simple task turned into a major task as he could not do up the straps, so with that the officials shut the gate.
The problem was he had put the open face helmet on backwards and the straps were to short to do up.
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1989 - NORTH WEST TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER REPORTED
29th March 1989 |
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1989 - NORTH WEST TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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12th July 1989 |
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1989 - NORTH WEST TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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ROEBOURNE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Walkabout.
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2019 - ROEBOURNE SPEEDWAY Walkabout.
Scott Beattie Photo feature
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2009 - ROEBOURNE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Location.
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2017 - ROEBOURNE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Location.
