SPEEDWAY HISTORY
Speedway has a long history in Australia and around the world. Here you will find a collection of articles about speedway in general, drivers & classes and tracks.
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The Smell Of Speedway
If you could bottle it, you could sell it!
Speedway Racing Classics: GLORY DAYS
Speedway Racing Classics: GLORY DAYS. Featuring Peter & Brian Cunneen and Sid Middlemass in profile… and the men who ran the ragged edge. Also featuring Garry Rush. Narrated by Dennis Newlyn and David Tapp. All credit to Australian Video & Entertainment. Posted with the kind permission of Producer Tony Loxley.
SPEEDWAY’S HIDDEN HISTORY – UNTIL NOW!
As two-wheeled speedway revs up to celebrate their centenary at multiple events across New South Wales and Queensland, we ventured to a small suburb in in Melbourne to explore the history of four wheeled speedway!
Very few people know of the roots of Australian speedway on oval dirt tracks, but entrepreneur, race car builder and accomplished racer Jon Crooke has uncovered the foundations of our sport, in a suburb of Melbourne called Aspendale!
Join Speedway historian Dennis Newlyn, as he meets the Great Grandson of the founder of Aspendale Speedway, as well as a couple of well-known Victorian Speedway identities, Brett and Ray “Nippa” Lacey!
Nostalgia Sedans: Carina Classic - A-Main
Max Grosskreutz 1920s legend
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OUT NOW
SPEEDWAY CLASSICS #7 MAGAZINE AVAILABLE IN ALL MAJOR NEWSAGENTS ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND VIA MAIL ORDER
At a mammoth 136 pages, this issue is the biggest ever produced of the very popular high gloss, full colour Speedway Classics magazine.
The latest edition contains some great articles and many never-before-seen photos capturing the great history of our sport in Australia and around the world.
Solos, Sidecars, Speedcars, Super Modifieds are prominently featured, while there’s yesteryear stories on Australian and overseas competitors including one unlucky driver who went into Indianapolis Motor Speedway history for all the wrong reasons.
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In addition to the current issue (Dennis Newlyn’s Speedway Classics #6), back issues are also available via mail order service.
For further mail order purchase (total cost including postage) information, via either cheque/postal note money order or electronic banking payment, email Dennis Newlyn at: speedwayillustrated@optusnet.com.au
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SPEEDWAY HISTORY
Speedway has a long history in Australia and around the world. Here you will find a collection of articles about speedway in general, drivers & classes and tracks.