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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.
This is the complete list of official Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix medalists from 1936 to 2020. (n.b: Winners of Speedway World Championships between 1931 and '35, staged prior to FIM accreditation in 1936 are given elsewhere.) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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".
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 Australian Super Sedan Championship is a Dirt track racing championship held each year to determine the Australian national champion. The championship is held over a single meeting (usually on consecutive nights) and has run annually since the 1971/72 season and is awarded to a different state of Australia each year by the national controlling body, the Australian Saloon Car Federation (ASCF).
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.
The Speedway Grand Prix of Australia is a speedway event that is part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series. The inaugural event, run on a 400 metres (440 yards) long temporary track at Stadium Australia in Sydney , was won by American rider Greg Hancock , from England 's Scott Nicholls and Australian Jason Crump in 2002 .