What Junior Club did you start motocross?

[090]

I rode the very first meeting held at Stanmore in '77.. it was like a flat track then.

Always wondered how far back the track went. I still haven't learned just to ask the walking mx encyclopedia !! 

[mainline]

Found the local track in '79 at the age of 12. Stanmore mx track which is still there but sadly will be gone very soon. Typically, people move into the area then start to complain about the noise.

which is what happened to the track at Narangba despite the fact it was right beside the Bruce Highway

[Davey Crocket]

Hey Mike52, I worked with Wally Pushkie in 83 and 84 at Ira Berk Datsun (Nissan) in Moorooka, he was a service advisor....was as fast with the woman as he was on the V8 bike...a real character the old Wal...had some good tales to tell.

[STW996]

John, did you ever ride at the old Caboolture speedway? it did have a motocross track (around and through it) but was not so good.

Another good track from the 70's was the Kilcoy track on the western side of Kilcoy (not the one now) it was a textbook natural terrian track and the first track I rode as a Junior on 125's in 78.

[Mike52]

Hey Mike52, I worked with Wally Pushkie in 83 and 84 at Ira Berk Datsun (Nissan) in Moorooka, he was a service advisor....was as fast with the woman as he was on the V8 bike...a real character the old Wal...had some good tales to tell.

Yep 350chev , no clutch , no gearbox . Put her on the axel stand , start her up and drop her.
Insane, but fun to watch.
Shewsberry had one too.

[yzhilly]

Waverly Junior motor cycle club ,A subdivision next door closed the track in 83.
Hey Smed if you buy Waiaa can we come up for a ride  ? Awesome track

[STW996]

Love them old shots with the tracks and half buried tyres (specially painted White).

As a kid was always great to turn up at a track that was like this.

[smed]

Shit yeah yzhilly,It,ll be on! Is that you on the 100j at waaia? If you have a look on my page on ning theres a couple of shots of me there in 85,ah those were the days!

[gilletty]

River Heads Track at Hervey Bay in 1979. Started on an RM 50. The club still going at a different venue.

[Rodpack]

Hey Mudguard, I also started racing at Lake Macquarie in 1980. Some fast guys came from the club in that period like Kevin Curtain and Todd Wiltshire. The track's still there but it's not a junior club anymore. The track is totally different to what it once was as well, except for the berm before the main tabletop. The main tabletop appeared in about '81 I think and started life as a set of doubles. The bottom part of the current track used to be a separate short circuit track. It was just recently used for a Heaven round and has been used to host rounds for the Australian Motocross Championship. Does anyone remember when the Leyland Brothers did a story about junior motocross at the track in the mid 70's?

[SUZUKI311]

Castlemaine and district minibike club, didnt actually get to race until early 1980, and also Bendigo minibike club. Castlemaine track still in existence, but a different layout. Some of the local Gun riders of the times were Peter Honebone and Simon Broad, the late Trevor Day, and several quick guys from Melbourne, Ricky Murphy, Troy Dorron(!), Glen McDonald, Glen Kambouris etc

[mudguard]

Hey Rodpack,
Thats what were looking for, vmx forum members from the same junior club. Wonder how many of us are out there?
Wiltshire, Curtin and another A-Grade rider Steve ? dont remember his last name, but were always the standout riders at junior level. I remember Steve rode a YZ80 and had a very modified XR80 that would smoke most of the 2 stroke 80cc, was entertaining to watch They were above my grade. I think Wiltshire went on to ride speedway solo's.

[Hoony]

Todd Wiltshire did indeed go on to ride speedway solo and was/is an exceptional international speedway rider. he had a bad accident and did some back damage and gave it away for a few years only to come back later to the same form. a great rider to watch and a very fast starter.

[yzhilly]

Yeah Smed thats me at Waiaa vic titles C grade 100cc 1982 .Awesome event and the track was even better the huge start straight was a buzz .

[number8]

Waverly Junior motor cycle club ,A subdivision next door closed the track in 83.
Hey Smed if you buy Waiaa can we come up for a ride  ? Awesome track]

Started at Waverley in about 1972 when the track was at Tally Ho on the cnr Burwood Rd then it moved down past the old Waverley Park AFL Ground near Scorsby? lot a guys came out of that club always a lot of fun

#8