This production looks at the Golden Speedcar era of the 1960's throughout Australia..
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@peterwade40296 ай бұрын
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.
@robertcameron34552 жыл бұрын
I remember the speedcar s at westmead and the show ground Len brock. Freeman. Peers. Stewart. Great racing
@nhulme1able2 жыл бұрын
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
@allanrussack41435 жыл бұрын
Midgets, The best looking racing cars ever!
@triffidgrower6 жыл бұрын
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.
@ldnwholesale85524 жыл бұрын
One of those Supermod drivers of the 70s is father too a Stupidcar driver,,Jim Winterbottom
@frenzalrhomb6919 Жыл бұрын
@@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 ...
@ldnwholesale85524 жыл бұрын
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.
@KennethWolfendale-fb6ni Жыл бұрын
Great
@tangoforsyth5 жыл бұрын
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.
@trill4907 Жыл бұрын
My friend raced a midget at Tracy's speedway Melbourne Frank nankaville I liked the smash up Derby they called it the butchers picnic
@mikegodsell853710 жыл бұрын
2:46 how good is the go pro mounted to the roll cage ;D
@autophyte7 жыл бұрын
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.
@yeahimere96316 жыл бұрын
autophyte. Nah, in those days a "go pro" was what we went to King's Cross for on a Fridee night.
@FosterBobron9 жыл бұрын
4:30 Johnny 'Super' Stewart
@MrSprocket2u3 жыл бұрын
what ever happen to brian or kelly linigen ...the great number 25
@vivaldighislaine74904 жыл бұрын
ANIMATION
@isbelquiroz44277 жыл бұрын
4:15 This was a fatal crash???...
@SteveMagr5 жыл бұрын
No.
@marknorris13815 жыл бұрын
@Jim lastname Steve Magr is correct, the driver of car 55 was Bryan Cunneen - he survived. Lucky guy.
@marknorris13815 жыл бұрын
@Jim lastname kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3WudWl-qsyGbtk at 1.25
@marknorris13815 жыл бұрын
@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.