Classic Dirt Track Images.

[GD66]

Got any pics of Bob Humphreys there, lads ? He rode test and British league for years, and went through the mill in  NSW before that. He's still historic roadracing here in the west to this day, and is still quick. Bob's retired now, and while the papers say he's over 60, if you look in his eyes, you can still see a naughty little kid...

[Curly3]

Don, is that Barry Vanpraag at the Bullpens.

[Hollywood]

The rider hails from Wangi Wangi, just south on Newcastle. It is Grahame Magnell amd yes it is the Showground. This was taken in 1973, im my first year on speedway.

The other image is Jerilderie Park.

[Hollywood]

[Curly3]

Bump.

[JAP 454]

Hey Steve , I know its not Short Circuit but it's a Classic , from 1951


Foss

[Curly3]

All good Al, just trying to get the fires burning again.
We are entering the Dirt Track season.
Are you coming to Nepean next weekend?

[JAP 454]

This IS Short Circuit, Griffith 30/7/1972 , pic by David Klobe, St. George club team ready for the St George V The Rest test match


L to R Kevin Wright, Laurie Burns , Pat O'Malley, Alan Hill, the late Peter Daly, Danny Pratt, AND a hairy yours truly
On the bike is Bill Powell , current Sec, of VSRA, still has the little Beezer slider
Foss

[Freakshow]

Look a bit like Graeme Garden, there fossil , very ' The Goodies", just need that giant kitty to come up in the background...........

[JAP 454]

Ever since Hollywood posted that Pic of the big stroker in the slider frame I've been looking for a photo of a particular speedway bike , this is the only photo I can find of it , in the pits at Tralee when we raced on a 300 yard dolomite speedway on the center green of the asphalt car track , not much of a pic but if you look through the front wheel of Tony Days Hagon , you can see it doesn't have a Jap or Jawa fitted but an SC 500 Yammy , it was ridden by Bill Hameling and if he beat you out of the gate , it wasn't a good idea to try and round him up on the outside !!.
My Paul Sly framed 5 stud JAP is the yellow framed bike with the engine guard.


See you on Sunday if the creeks don't rise
Foss

[Curly3]

Who's the rider sitting on fuel drum? don't you love the streamlined steel shoe.
A work of art.

[JAP 454]

It's Tony Day , the skidshoe is a clunker  !!

[Freakshow]

What frame is the sc500 in ?

[JAP 454]

Freaky, I pretty sure it's a Jawa frame , itwas a very scary beast to ride against , and to ride  !!

Foss

[firko]

Jeez....my memory bank is working today. I remember the little guy in the top photo, Kevin Wright. He never looked old enough to race with the big kids! I also recall an SC500 powered speedway bike. Someone rode a 380 Greeves powered solo at the Showground during the late sixties, would it have been Bob Sharpe? I helped a guy with some fabrication on a 501 Maico powered speedway bike that never saw the track after he took it to Menai for some shakedowns and was scared shitless by it. The Jawa speedway frame was later converted to a swingarmed dirt tracker, sold to a guy in Mildura and never seen again.

 The Yanks experimented with two stroke speedway bikes in California during the seventies but they put a stop to the stupidity before someone got killed. During that time I remember a really young guy with a Maico 440 speedway bike at Ascot and he was all over the shop in qualifying. He then hopped on his Jawa and blitzed. His name was Bobby Schwartz and he did OK I believe.
I also remember the first Maely speedway bikes being ridden by a really young Scott Autrey. The Maely Mk1 was in reality a Honda XL350 top end on a Maely build crankcase and crankshaft. They were actually pretty well engineered and showed a lot of potential............Anyway, I'm getting off thread, sorry!