URALLA (NSW)
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URALLA DOUBLE A SPEEDWAY
Uralla Speedway opened on the 29th of July 1973 and was the home track of the Anderson brothers, Grenville and Adrian, being local residents they also attended most race meetings.
With the Andersons as mainstays of the club it was predominantly a super sedan venue, but some meetings saw Hot Rods and Formula 500's added to the programme.
The main annual event at Uralla was the New England Sedan Car Championships and won by the Anderson boys on numerous occasions.
On occasions the nearby Armidale Motor Cycle Club used the venue for bike meetings once the sedan racing club folded towards the late 1970's.
Motorsport maybe gone from Uralla but from time to time the Uralla Show usually throws in a Demolition Derby and the Vintage boys have been known to put together a speedway display to maintain Uralla's Speedway Heritage.
(Editorial Allan Baker)
29th July 1973
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1970 - PRODUCTION SEDAN ACTION
Greg Cooper. Photo: unknown.
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1974 - URALLA DOUBLE A SPEEDWAY PARK 6th & 7th October 1974 |
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1975 - JANUARY PIT TALK
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1975 > 1977 - JOHN CAMPBELL SEDAN CAR FEATURE
25th November 1975 - Above - C grade Stockie line up at Uralla Speedway
25th January 1976 - Above - Adrian Anderson in the Monaro leads leads brother Grenville, David House in the XU1, John Manvell in the Mini and Phil Waters in the XU1 |
22nd August 1976 - Above - Adrian Anderson takes out round one of the New South Wales ASCF Saloon car title at Uralla Speedway in his Centura.
1977 - Above - Garry Dunn in his FC Holden in third place pours on the power of the Holden grey motor up against to later model Holden Torana's |
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Uralla Speedway Memories facebook feature
Hilton Martin and Graham Mison recall: In this heat race pictured at the East Coast Grand National Adrian Anderson came from the rear, and passed them all including Australia 1 David House in the red Torana, Graham Mison added that Adrian ended up braking the fence at this meeting.
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1976 - URALLA SPEEDWAY NEW SOUTH WALES PRODUCTION CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
1976 - Fred Seery from Goulburn in his imaculate Holden Torana. Photo: John Campbell.
Fred Seery during the street parade. Photo: Darren McDonald collection.
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1976 - JOHN CAMPBELL Production Sedan's
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1977 - GRENVILLE ANDERSON Production Sedan's
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Photo's. John Eden.
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1977 - URALLA SPEEDWAY PARK 20th March 1977 |
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1977 - THE NEW ENGLANDER NEWSPAPER REPORTED
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LOU USHER Production Sedan's
Lou Usher in the number 3 Mini was a regular visitor at Uralla from the Lismore club. Photo: John Campbell collection.
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1978 1979 - URALLA SPEEDWAY PARK NATIONAL PRE 64 SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 31st December 1978 & 1st January 1979 |
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Uralla Speedway Memories facebook photo feature
1979 Col Smidt in the mark 2 Zephyr leads Gary Brazell in the FC Holden. Photo: Terry Cowell Uralla SWM facebook.
1979 - John Eden's daughter in her title T shirt on the day of the championship. Photo: John Eden. Uralla SWM facebook.
1979 - AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY NEWS REPORTED
1978 1979 - NATIONAL PRE 1964 SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME
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2012 - URALLA DOUBLE A SPEEDWAY WALKABOUT
Remains of the racetrack can still be seen just south of Uralla on the corner of New England Highway and Staces Road.
