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In August 2003 a plaque was placed at the Claremont Showground recognising the speedway which for 73 years operated on the site. CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 14 May 1927 - 31 March 2000 The world-famous Claremont Speedway operated on this site and is recognised as the longest running dirt track in the history of the sport in Australia.
2005 winner Michael Pickens. The Australian Speedcar Grand Prix is an annual dirt track racing meeting held in Australia for Speedcars.The meeting has traditionally been held in Sydney, but on occasions has been held on tracks in Victoria and in 2000 the race was held at Perth's Claremont Speedway, not long before the 1/3-mile Showground track closed.
Claremont Speedway: Perth Arthur Atkinson () 1930/31 - 1934/35 Not Held: 1935/36 Claremont Speedway: Perth Wal Morton () 1936/37 Claremont Speedway: Perth Mick Murphy: 1937/38 - 1949/50 Not Held: 1950/51 Claremont Speedway: Perth Wally Higgs: 1951/52 Claremont Speedway: Perth Wally Higgs: 1952/53 Claremont Speedway: Perth Ray Melville: 1953/54 ...
The 1982 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was held at the Claremont Speedway in Perth, Western Australia on 15 January 1982. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Sydney rider Billy Sanders won his fourth successive Australian Championship and his third consecutive title.
It is organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA) and is the oldest continuously running national speedway championship in the world, having been run since 1926 with the exception of 1942-1945 when racing was suspended during World War II and 1955-1961 when the championship was not held. [1] [2]
Holt, originally from Sydney, began racing Speedcars in the early 1960s and was one of the leading competitors at the Sydney Showground during Australian speedway's "golden era". Unlike other national championship meetings in Australian speedway racing, overseas drivers are permitted in the Australian Speedcar Championship.
In the Western Australian tradition of having longer tracks than most of those in Australia, [citation needed] the Motorplex Speedway is a 540-metre (1 ⁄ 3 mi), 500-metre (550-yard), [which?] dirt oval (in contrast to Claremont which was 586 metres or 641 yards in length), [1] and since its opening has hosted the Australian Sprintcar, Speedcar, Super Sedan and World Series Sprintcars ...
The 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was the 1991 version of the Australian Individual Speedway Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The final took place on 27 January at the Arunga Park Speedway in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory .