SPEEDCARS AUSTRALIA
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Midget racing or Speedcar racing as Australian's prefer to call it started in Australia back on the 15th of December 1934 at the Olympic Park Speedway in Melbourne Victoria.
By the following season Speedcar racing had also commenced at Sydney's Wentworth Park in early October of 1935.
Then came Camden Park in Adelaide in January of 1936.
Later other venues such as Newcastle and Brisbane programmed these very exciting four wheeled division cars, much to the pleasure of the crowds.
However it wasn't until the 31st of December 1946 that speedcars made there first appearance in Western Australia when they raced on the big Claremont Speedway.
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Above: 1947 Andy McGavin in the ex Ray Revell Speedcar at the famed Sydney Sportsground Speedway |
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AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
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1934 > 1935 |
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1st Bob Finlay?? |
Victoria?? |
1935 > 1936 |
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1st Les Gough?? |
Victoria?? |
1936 > 1937 |
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1st Bert Woodman?? |
South Australia?? |
1937 > 1938 |
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1st Harry Shaw?? |
Victoria?? |
1938 > 1939 |
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1st Ted Gray?? |
Victoria?? |
1938 > 1939 |
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1st Beal Simmons?? |
USA?? |
1939 > 1940 |
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1st Dinny Patterson?? |
New South Wales?? |
1940 > 1941 |
event not held |
1941 > 1942 |
event not held |
1942 > 1943 |
event not held |
1943 > 1944 |
event not held |
1944 > 1945 |
event not held |
1945 > 1946 |
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1st Ray Revell?? |
New South Wales?? |
1946 > 1947 |
event not held
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1947 > 1948 |
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1st Cal Niday?? |
USA?? |
1948 > 1949 |
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1st Jack Brabham?? |
New South Wales?? |
1949 > 1950 |
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1st Ray Revell?? |
New South Wales?? |
1950 > 1951 |
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1st Ray Revell?? |
New South Wales?? |
1951 > 1952 |
event not held
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1952 > 1953 |
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1st Ray Revell?? |
New South Wales?? |
1953 > 1954 |
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1st Andy McGavin?? |
New South Wales?? |
1954 > 1955 |
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1st Andy McGavin?? |
New South Wales?? |
1955 > 1956 |
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1st Andy McGavin?? |
New South Wales?? |
1956 > 19576th January 195620 Laps |
Rowley Park SpeedwayAdelaide SA |
1st Ray Revell?? |
New South Wales?? |
1957 > 1958 |
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1st Len Brock?? |
New South Wales?? |
1958 > 1959 |
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1st Andy McGavin?? |
New South Wales?? |
1959 > 1960 |
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1st Bob Tattersall?? |
USA?? |
1960 > 1961 |
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1st Andy McGavin?? |
New South Wales?? |
1961 > 1962 |
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1st Bob Tattersall?? |
USA?? |
1962 > 1963 |
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1st Jimmy Davies?? |
USA?? |
1963 > 1964
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National Series, final atSydney Showgrounds |
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1964 > 1965 |
Sydney ShowgroundsSydney NSW |
1st Peter Cunneen2nd Lew Marshall3rd Blair Shepherd |
New South WalesNew South WalesQueensland |
1965 > 1966 |
Sydney ShowgroundsSydney NSW |
1st Johnny Stewart2nd Len Brock3rd Blair Shepherd |
New South WalesNew South WalesQueensland |
1966 > 1967 |
Sydney ShowgroundsSydney NSW |
1st Johnny Stewart2nd Blair Shepherd3rd Bill Goode |
New South WalesQueenslandQueensland |
1967 > 1968 |
Sydney ShowgroundsSydney NSW |
1st Johnny Stewart2nd Howard Revell3rd Barrie Watt |
New South WalesNew South WalesQueensland |
1968 > 1969 |
Sydney ShowgroundsSydney NSW |
1st Blair Shepherd2nd Bill Goode3rd Barrie Watt |
QueenslandQueenslandQueensland |
1969 > 1970 |
Sydney ShowgroundsSydney NSW |
1st Bob Morgan2nd Blair Shepherd3rd Ron Wanless |
QueenslandQueenslandQueensland |
1970 > 1971 |
Sydney ShowgroundsSydney NSW |
1st Ronald Mckay2nd John Fenton3rd Ron Wanless |
New South WalesWest AustraliaQueensland |
1971 > 1972
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Claremont SpeedwayPerth WA |
1st Ronald Mckay2nd Charlie West3rd John Fenton
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New South WalesWest AustraliaWest Australia
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1972 > 1973 |
Sydney ShowgroundSydney NSW |
1st George Tatnell2nd Col Henning3rd John Fenton |
New South WalesSouth AustraliaWest Australia |
1973 > 1974 |
Redline RacewayBallarat VIC |
1st George Tatnell2nd Brian Dillon3rd John Fenton |
New South WalesQueenslandWest Australia |
1974 > 1975 |
Rowley Park SpeedwayAdelaide SA |
1st John Fenton2nd Ronald McKay3rd Greg Anderson |
West AustraliaNew South WalesSouth Australia |
1975 > 1976 |
Liverpool SpeedwaySydney NSW |
1st John Fenton2nd George Tatnell3rd Ronald McKay |
West AustraliaNew South WalesNew South Wales |