WAROONA (WA)
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1978 - WAROONA SPEEDWAY
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1978 - WAROONA SPEEDWAY SLIDESHOW
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1978 - WAROONA SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME |
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1979 - BOB FOLEY Production Sedan
1979 - Bob Foley the home town champion charging through to banked turn at Waroona Speedway. Photo: unknown.
1979 - LES HUNTING
Photo's: Les Hunting collection
1981 - SUTTO'S TEAR UP NUMBER 1
Like many of our superstar drivers even Gary Sutton has torn up a bit of gear, here is one in his EH Holden production car riding and rolling down the bank on the back straight at Waroona Speedway, captured by Mal Cooper.
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1981 - SUTTO'S TEAR UP NUMBER 2
Whoops here we go again, this time on the front straight entering turn one also in the EH once again Mal Cooper was on the spot with the camera.
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1982 - WA DIVISION 2 SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
The Waroona club hosted a round of the West Australian Division 2 State Championship at the Waroona Speedway with a full field of drivers.
1982 - Jim Anderson.
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1982 - GARY SUTTON
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1983 - WAROONA SPEEDWAY PROGRAMME SLIDESHOW
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1980's - WAROONA SPEEDWAY PRESENTATION SLIDESHOW
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1984 - CASTROL SALOON CAR CHALLENGE
1984 - Mike Coles 22 from Perth with Garry Sutton outside 18 in EH and Kevin Green in the #10 at Waroona Speedway.
1984 - Multi West Australian champion Darrel Thomson in the Honda Civic
1985 - SOUTH WEST GAMES
1985 - Waroona Speedway Club held the Speedway Racing Championship events as part of the South West Games. Photo: Gary Burford.
1980's - MICK GUACCI
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1987 - ALLAN SMALLWOOD Snr
1987 - Metro Perth driver Allan Smallwood senior leads Garry Sutton from Waroona both in EH Holdens. Photo: Allan Smallwood Junior.
1987 - DAN HEWITT
Dan Hewitt recalls: The yearly Waroona Stock Car Championships were approaching and I didn't have an engine for my LC Torana stock car that I was racing at the time, So Foot Robinson lent me the engine out of his old Demo Derby car.
We got the meeting under way and I made it through the heats and into the feature, thats when the engine developed a horrible noise with a couple of laps to go, I saw Footy standing on the embankment waving me on, Then with half a lap to go, the engine spat a rod out the side, I managed to hold on for second in the B Stock Championship and drove the car back to the pits and turned it off, much to everyone amazement.
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1988 - SPRINTCARS
Brian Ellement recalls: In the late 1980's six sprintcars turned up for a Waroona meeting, It was a top day, Good people and the track was quick.
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1988 - GARY SUTTON - SUPER SEDANS
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1988 - WAROONA SPEEDWAY CLOSES
It had its final meeting in 1988 when it hosted the South West Games speedway event for the city of Mandurah, a very successful event. Unfortunately the club folded as the sport became over regulated and the costs skyrocketed for competitors. The ever increasing cost of insurance for small clubs made it impossible to continue. We still have people competing who originally called Waroona their home.
Outstanding Persons
Thanks to the people who had the courage to start it all in the first place, some of those being Bob Foley, Ross Woodley, Neil Twaddle, Vic Iseppi, (origial four members) Allan Butler, Jim Ward,Graham Twaddle, Geoff and Charlie Parker supported by their wives and many more.
(Editorial Robyn Sutton)
Life Members
Jim Hull |
Bill Rafferty |
Robyn Sutton |
Jim Ward |
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1995 - WEST COAST SPEEDWAY NEWS REPORTED
