December 7, 2025

SPEEDWAY CLASSICS #7 MAGAZINE LIFTS OFF THE LAUNCH PAD!

Australia, Latest News Australian Speedway

All Photos by Keith Nicholls

A big crowd was on hand to witness the launch of Dennis Newlyn’s Speedway Classics magazine #7 at Sydney’s Liverpool Regional Museum, Saturday, December 6.

MC for the day was Sydney radio station 2GB motoring correspondent and Royal Automobile Club of Australia (RACA) motoring committee chairman David Berthon.

Special thanks to former multi Australian Compact Speedcar Champion, Speedcar and Sprintcar star Rod Bowen for bringing the Warriner-Harvey-Freeman Mackay Offy for display and also the special guests for the day, 12 times Australian Sidecar Champion Darrin Treloar, ten times National Sprintcar Champion Garry Rush, and Liverpool Speedway sedan icon, Australia Test team member, multi state and national titleholder Peter Crick.

Some people made a huge effort to attend. No better example is former Sydney Speedcar driver Ray Redding and his wife Gail after flying back to Sydney the previous night from Hawaii especially to be on hand for the Classics magazine launch. Other people travelled considerable distances to attend.

Special thanks to the magnificent staff of the Liverpool Regional Museum for so much hard work behind the scenes to make the day a success.

Also to Perth’s former Claremont Speedway Director Con Migo, two times Australian Speedcar Champion John Fenton, speedway commentator Ben Bishop and Speedway of Nations Australian team world champion Brady Kurtz for the”best wishes” messages shown on the function room big screen in the countdown to the Classics magazine launch.

“It was a wonderful day, “ Liverpool Regional Museum Curator Tony Nolan said.

“We were very pleased with the attendance and the wonderful support shown by so many people. Thank you to everyone involved and we really appreciate the time and effort put in by David Berthon not only for a super job as MC for the day, but also for his Classics magazine pre-launch coverage on Sydney radio station 2GB.”