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Rosco McGlashan OAM was born on 23 August 1950 [1] in Subiaco, Western Australia.Rosco is an Australian drag racing champion, who currently holds the Australian land speed record at 500 mph (802.6 km/h). [2]
The 2025 Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series is an upcoming motorsport series for Aussie Racing Cars. It is the 25th year of national competition in the ...
The oldest Australian champion was Bob Holt who won the 1998–99 title at the Northline Speedway in Darwin at the age of 58. 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".
The category contests an annual Aussie Racing Car Series which is approved by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series. [2] Over its 20-year history the category has supported the biggest motorsports events in Australia including the Adelaide 500 , Gold Coast Indy 300 , F1 Australian Grand Prix and Bathurst 1000 .
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.
AUSCAR (Australian Stock Car Auto Racing) was an auto racing sanctioning body owned by Bob Jane, which ran American-style Superspeedway racing in Australia.The initial AUSCAR venue was the 1.801 km (1.119 mi), high-banked (24°) Calder Park Thunderdome Superspeedway in Melbourne, but over time the series expanded to include the Jane owned 1/2 mile (805 metre) Speedway Super Bowl at the eastern ...
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Initially races were held only at the high speed, 1.801 km (1.119 mi) Calder Park track, but soon also used the ½ mile Speedway Super Bowl located at the Jane owned Adelaide International Raceway as well as various road racing circuits on Australia's east coast. The NASCAR and AUSCAR series proved popular with crowds over the summer months ...