AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY HISTORY EPISODE 2

[@peterwade4029]

Those were the days OPEN COCKPIT MIDGETS (SPEEDWAY). NOTHING BEATS THOSE MAIN EVENTS AT THE SYDNEY ROYALE. VERY BRAVE DRIVERS IN 60s. HOW MORE DRIVERS WERE NOT KILLED IS BEYOND ME. NO ROLL CAGES THEN. GOSH I MISS THOSE YEARS. WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE THE ACTION IN THAT ERA. THANK YOU Mr SHERWOOD (PROMOTER) FOR STAGING THOSE EVENTS. WELL DONE JOHN. FROM A SPEEDWAY FAN. PETER WADE.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Uunfortunatly I also remember the fatalities, I personally knew a couple of them[ through my father] and ofcourse knew of the rest [here in SA] No rollbar was suicide!! Rollbar and harness was ,,, ok. Harness and a cage, still injured many, concussion was a major consideration. And I saw drivers dump hard, make the feature and do ok. Reflex actions as they clearly were not with it.

[@robertcameron3455]

I remember the speedcar s at westmead and the show ground Len brock. Freeman. Peers. Stewart. Great racing

[@nhulme1able]

Hi Robert I was wondering if you could help me out. My mother passed away a few years ago. She told me my biological father was Johnnie Stewart the race car driver from the 60's, I have been trying to find any information on him I can as he has no knowledge about me. I need to know if there are any pictures anywhere of this driver so that I can compare myself to him as I look nothing like any of my siblings and I do not have any of the health problems that my family has/had basically i want to know where i came from truth be told i have my doubts. My mother swears up and down that he is my real father, he was born in August 194? he had sandy blonde hair and killer blue eyes, freckles I have that and nobody else in my family does. i hope you can help me i've been searching for years i'm 57 and was told about him when i was 15

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

​@nhulme1able I hope that you find what you're looking for, and also find some piece. So in lue of the channels creator answering you, I hope that this message, at least, finds you in good health and spirits, and I sincerely hope that you find the answers you're looking for, for better or worse. With my best of wishes, Jim the Speedway fan!! Sydney, September 2024

[@warrenmurchie6599]

One of the all time champions of the sport wasn't even mentioned in this video. Barry Watt. He was one of the first drivers and still to this day is involved in the sport. Barry is my uncle, I saw him just two weeks ago and he is still working at 89.

[@triffidgrower]

All speedway racers are as game as they come. Saw all these guys at the time, when, for me, the cars were support to the motorbike programme. Growing up on speedway, sneaking in the back gate at Westmead as a kid, and the trip to the Royale for the big meets, is probably what makes me have little regard for our *V8 supercar heroes" of today. Give me an Australia / England solo test or a sidecar championship anytime. Max. regard for anyone who has "given it the berries" around the clay or cinders.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

One of those Supermod drivers of the 70s is father too a Stupidcar driver,,Jim Winterbottom

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@ldnwholesale8552 Not very fond of Sprintcar then, eh? Or just Jim Winterbottom? I used to see him race, oh, one or two years ago, when Sydney was blessed with three Speedway's ... those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end ...

[@allanrussack4143]

Midgets, The best looking racing cars ever!

[@tangoforsyth]

3:13 Barry Valentina (Q23). It is a 110cu inch Offenhauser in a Kurtis Kraft frame. I believe that I have the Second car he Imported from America still in it Race Colours of the day, as seen here with Yellow body and Black'n'Red garnishes. The first one is in New Zealand in another Paint Scheme.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

No mention of Rowley Pk? Speedcars were strong there too and promoter Kym Bonython brought in many Americans. As for Offys? Yes they were good but the good Holdens were as quick though working very hard to do it. There was quite a few other engines used as well, some very unlikely engines by Alec Rowe with s/c Prefect then the s.c Pugs and Renaults also by Alec. And by the end of the 60s Sescos were around and that style of engine is still being used where the Offys are purely historic.

[@cchriss_official]

4:15 did that car slide into his frickin head???

[@mikegodsell8537]

2:46 how good is the go pro mounted to the roll cage ;D

[@autophyte]

In those days, the 'go pro' was a spring driven Bolex 16mm silent movie camera with a two and a half minute run of film. That was high tech then.

[@yeahimere9631]

autophyte. Nah, in those days a "go pro" was what we went to King's Cross for on a Fridee night.

[@trill4907]

My friend raced a midget at Tracy's speedway Melbourne Frank nankaville I liked the smash up Derby they called it the butchers picnic

[@KennethWolfendale-fb6ni]

Great

[@FosterBobron]

4:30 Johnny 'Super' Stewart

[@isbelquiroz4427]

4:15 This was a fatal crash???...

[@SteveMagr]

No.

[@marknorris1381]

@Jim lastname Steve Magr is correct, the driver of car 55 was Bryan Cunneen - he survived. Lucky guy.

[@marknorris1381]

@Jim lastname kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3WudWl-qsyGbtk at 1.25

[@marknorris1381]

@Jim lastname No worries mate I was a speedway fan back in the 70's at the Exhibition grounds in Brisbane. Great times. Always worry when you see a crash like that but great he wasn't badly hurt.

[@MrSprocket2u]

what ever happen to brian or kelly linigen ...the great number 25

[@vivaldighislaine7490]

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