The day after the Cunneen accident, my older brother and I went to Max's servo on Forest Rd at Bexley, I can still picture car 55 and what a mess it was, max came out to see us and he was in shock and speechless, praise God that Brian survived , I was 9 at the time
@TheHandymanQld5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant footage. My uncle used to be one of Barry Pinchbeck's crew. I was a young fella when I steered one of his cars out onto the track at Sydney Showground Speedway sometime late 60s (I think it was).
@Holden3085 жыл бұрын
Kym Bonython (who was lapped here) is the same Kym Bonython who was the long time promoter of Adelaide's Rowley Park Speedway. He was actually the promoter when he raced in this. He wasn't bad at speedcars and did win the South Aussie title at Rowley in 1959/60. It was Bonython who originally brought Bob Tattersall to Australia when he contracted him to race at Rowley Park for the 1957/58 season. Bonython actually had to foot a lot of the bills himself because the other promoters around Australia hadn't heard of Tattersall at that stage and weren't prepared to front any costs to get him to race at their tracks. But by 1958/59 they all wanted a piece of him.
@121211495 жыл бұрын
My Uncle sponsored the 55 car,and my dad built the bodies for it.Linklaters garage on Forrest rd owned it.
@ldnwholesale85525 жыл бұрын
The Linklater Holden was a well known car. I think it survives as well. Playing in Classics? Brian Linegan ownership?
@asd36f6 жыл бұрын
The sad part about the "Golden Era" of speedway in the 1960's is that so little film or TV footage survives. I have been researching the history of the Windsor RSL Speedway for over 15 years, and i have managed to locate only approximately 20-odd minutes of action from the speedway.
@SteveMagr6 жыл бұрын
There is quite a bit of vintage speedway film around. Even a few documentaries have been made. Most footage is of Sydney, wheras other parts of Australia missed out, including Windsor.
@Holden3085 жыл бұрын
@@SteveMagr unfortunately you are correct. There is a fair bit of vintage footage of the Showground, some of the Ekka in Brisbane, but very little of Rowley Park in Adelaide (at least very little online. I have quite a bit), and very little of Claremont in Perth before the 1980s.
@ldnwholesale85525 жыл бұрын
@@Holden308 There is bits from Rowley but the quality is very poor. And clips very short. Probably from TV clips. On film. Which when they were made were probably quite ok but the film is dieng rapidly 50-60 years on. And this the late 60s early 70s
@Holden3085 жыл бұрын
@@ldnwholesale8552 that's part of the problem, the age of the footage.
@wendysw7143 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! And thanks, Dad. ❤️ Offy!
@raymamacat5 жыл бұрын
SHERMAN WAS KILLED AT CALISTOGA SPEEDWAY ON JULY 2, 1966 IN A SPRINT CAR. HE WAS TRULY A BAD ASS IN A MIDGET OR SPRINT CAR. RIP SHERMAN.
@aaronscalabrini8725 Жыл бұрын
My Dad was up all night building the car for Sherman to get ready for Indy that year. My Dads name was Jake Valenzuela… does anyone have any stories of that era???
@BornAgainCynic00867 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I used to go to the Royale every chance I got. Hanging off the fence and dodging the clods of clay! I remember the Water Truck tyring to break the lap record or so it seemed. One day it rolled over, god we laughed like drains! I also remember the punch ups in the pits between the drivers, amazing stuff.
@allanrussack41435 жыл бұрын
My dad, Allan “Marshall” Russack No 26 Jeep built 1947 by himself said one of the worst accidents he saw was when a drunk water truck driver at Parramatta speedway hit his own watery mud, lost control while he was on the running board steering, it rolled over and cut both his legs off. He said I’m a silly bastard! He died soon after in hospital. I’m