Assorted photos from Scarsdale Ballarat Victoria

[motomaniac]

Not sure when it shut down. Not long after those pics were taken I'd say (I imagine it shut in about '83).
A mate of mine (ex motocrosser) who was a boss for the shire that the land fell under went out to have a look at it about five years ago. The current owner found him having a peek and just about escorted him off with a shot-gun. He came out with some story about shire business and why he was there. Apparently the owners were none too happy that the area had ever been 'traumatised' by such an activity.....

yer I reckon your spot on Ross. Dont remember going there after 83 , maybe they continued on for a while with some district events but not opens.

[GMC]

The bush there is now so thick that i had trouble finding the track at all.Its all basically gone but we still have the memories .

That would explain why I couldn't see the track from Google earth a while back.
I was sure that quartz and clay would have been visible from the moon but I couldn't make anything out at all.
Spent some time searching for Owen Park on Google Earth as well but it wasn't visible either.

The club ran a vic title there in 83 or 84, 500's I think.
The track was still in use in the early 90's, I think we sold it around mid 90's.
I have some pathetic "race cam" footage of a lap of the track I will put up one day.

[holeshot buddy]

83 looks like john orchard
i would have picked 15 for ian crompton too

that was a cool track to race at

[Hoony]

The club ran a vic title there in 83 or 84, 500's I think........................

sounds about right, i remember pitting next to Leisky/Gary Benn when he was in Team Honda on a CR480 in about 1983.

[Stan S]

The club ran a vic title there in 83 or 84, 500's I think........................

sounds about right, i remember pitting next to Leisky/Gary Benn when he was in Team Honda on a CR480 in about 1983.

Yeah, I remember that meeting as I was the ACU steward that day. One of only three meetings that I agreed to do before I realised I couldn't put up with some riders and parents bullshit and would probably clock someone if I didn't give it away. Anyway I remember Vaughan Style there as well. I also remember as you would Hoony, helping to push Gary Benn in the team Honda van out of the pits when he got bogged. Great meeting Leisky was awesome.

Stan.

[GMC]

I think we only ran the one open event at Newtown.
Too many fees and too far from Melbourne to attract paying spectators.
We ran heaps of club day MX events as well as many Pony Express events over many years.

I bought my SLR camera in late 84 in readiness to go to the states in 85. Dave Hammond was praticing on his bike for the same trip so I was out with him practising with my camera.

The twin berms and the far end of the track which were followed by a small double





The last jump before the step up to the main staight




Around 1990 we went up there for a mid week practice
Dave on my KX 250



Sean Hamilton CR 500 over the drop off

[motomaniac]

I think we only ran the one open event at Newtown.
Too many fees and too far from Melbourne to attract paying spectators.
We ran heaps of club day MX events as well as many Pony Express events over many years.

I bought my SLR camera in late 84 in readiness to go to the states in 85. Dave Hammond was praticing on his bike for the same trip so I was out with him practising with my camera.

The twin berms and the far end of the track which were followed by a small double





The last jump before the step up to the main staight




Around 1990 we went up there for a mid week practice
Dave on my KX 250



Sean Hamilton CR 500 over the drop off

Geoff I knew that that was Dave before I readit . Ha!
No , many opens between 79 and 83 .I raced there once every year(when not injured) and sometimes two .