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The Claremont Speedway was a racing circuit in the grounds of the Claremont Showground in the suburb of Claremont in Western Australia's capital city of Perth. The speedway held its first meeting on 14 May 1927, and its final meeting on 31 March 2000.
Claremont Speedway: Perth Fred Kirkpatrick: 1929/30 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 ...
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.
From 1927 until 2000, the 586-metre (641-yard) Claremont Speedway operated on a track around the edge of the arena. Its size made it the largest speedway in weekly operation in a state capital in Australia. [9] With the closure of Claremont, speedway in Perth moved to the 500-metre (550-yard) Perth Motorplex Speedway in Kwinana Beach.
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.
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 .
The combination won the 1976 Australian Title at Rowley Park, placed fourth a year later in Tasmania while also winning the NSW Title at Goulburn and took out features in Newcastle, Uralla, Lismore and Toowoomba.Anderson won his second Australian Title in 1978 at the Claremont Speedway in Perth and finished second in 1979 at Toowoomba bouncing ...