Welcome to Old Time SPEEDWAY, the Australian vintage speedway website dedicated to ALL of our racing heroes from the 1940s through to the 1980s.

Welcome to Old Time SPEEDWAY, the Australian vintage speedway

website dedicated to ALL of our racing heroes from the 1940s

through to the 1980s.

Within our photo albums you will find photos covering speedcars,

super modifieds, solos, sidecars, TQs, stock rods, stock cars,

GP midgets, sedans, hot rods & restored racers from days gone by.

Relive those great days that featured greats such as Johnny Stewart, Jeff Freeman, Bill Warner,

Dick Briton, Wayne Fisher, Ron Wanless, Bill Goode, Blair Shepherd, Bill Wigzell, Garry Rush and

hundreds more!

This website is a dedication to every competitor who ever pulled on a helmet and went racing.

Contributing to our site is easy, just email us here for assistance. Readers can add their

comments to the photos or help us identify those unidentified pics by adding or editing a

photos caption. Also, check out our new Guestbook with all its interactive properties.

As always, please enjoy your visit, and come back again, and again, and again........

RECOMMENDED SPEEDWAY READING & MERCHANDISE

PETER WHITE'S SPEEDWAY WORLD

www.peterwhitesspeedwayworld.com

In the July 2008 issue:

Crump Finishes 3rd in GP4 in Coppenhagen

National Super Sedan Series

SA Speedcar Presentation Night

Race Results from Around Australia

Overseas Sprintcar & Midget Coverage

Overseas Solo & Sidecar Coverage

Daniel Powell's Top Ten Sprintcar Drivers

Track Yack

Classifieds

The Chequered Flag

All Our Regular Columns & a Whole Lot More!

MABART

www.mabart.net

Mary Barnes has been involved in

speedway for many years and in recent years

has combined this with her extensive art

studies into producing a unique and exciting

painting style.

Many of Mary's original works have been

commissioned by the worlds leading sprintcar

competitors such as Americans Steve Kinser

and Joey Saldana and Australians

Max Dumesny, Brooke Tatnell & more.

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OLD TIME SPEEDWAY's FREE NOTICEBOARD Email us here to post your notice FREE for six months

Colour Information - posted 6 July, 2008

Can anyone assist Ian Olive with the colour of the numbers on Barry Butterworths orange number 91 Chevy II. Ian is building a model of the car. If you can help, please emal him at ian_rol@yahoo.com.au

VW Engine Parts - posted 6 July, 2008

Eric Klein is looking for old performance VW motor parts. He is especially chasing stroker cranks etc. You can email Eric at eklein@bigpond.net.au if you can assist.

Repco Crossflow Head - posted 24 June, 2008

Rod is in the process of remanufacturing the Repco Crossflow Head for the Holden Sideplate Grey Motor. Approx price, including GST, $5.500. If anyone is interested, please email Rod on rocket2rod@bigpond.com

Grand National Photos - posted 2 June, 2008

Mathew Burton is looking for any grand national photos from the late 1970's taken at Liverpool City Raceway for his collection. If any one can help, please contact Mathew at mbskart@bigpond.net.au

Peter Roggenkamp - posted 29 May, 2008

Graham Mison would like to contact Peter Roggenkamp from Qld regarding some pics and info he sent Peter, but due to a recent computer crash has been lost. Graham can be emailed at gmison@ihug.com.au

Walter Giles Grand National Sedan - posted 29 May, 2008

Mark Worboys is looking for any photos and infomation on Walter Giles in the 1980's in his Grand National days. Mark has just purchased one of his Chassis which is believed to be a JC Rayburn and will be restoring the car. Any information would be helpful etc, Engine size, wheels and what make the parts were (AFCO) etc. Mark would like to get it as close as possible to what he was running. Email Mark Worboys at mwo12522@bigpond.net.au if you can help

Kevin Sharkey - posted 16 April, 2008

Kevin’s daughter is trying to locate any information about her late Father’s Speedway driving days in Brisbane in the 60’s and early 70’s.

She remembers the smell of the fuel and the taste of the mud every Saturday night as a very small child and the excitement of seeing newspaper clippings of his victories. She would love to be able to document some of these memories for his Grand Daughter. Kevin Sharkey worked and drove for Blair Shepherd (Performance Cars, Windsor). His daughter has vague recollections of one of the cars he drove being green, as she used to refer to it as Dino (the Dinosaur). Any help would be most sincerely appreciated. Email Linda at mail@lindamaynard.com

Stan Lawrence Victory Lubricants VW - posted 14 April, 2008

Richard Stott is trying to locate the Stan Lawrence Victory Lubricants VW speedcar.

Stan sold the car in the early 1980's to an Adelaide driver whose name, Richard thinks, is John Atkinson.

The car was sighted at SA race meetings only twice and Richard has been unable to trace it since.

If anyone has information, Richard would be pleased to hear from them by emailing him at: rjstott@speedway.net.au

'Wild' Bill Reynolds - posted 8 April, 2008

Looking for any info about 'Wild' Bill Reynolds who raced speedway in Australia in the 40's and 50's.

Please email Kylie Reynolds

Bill Longley - posted 8 April, 2008

Would like any info on Veteran Speedway rider Bill Longley; anything would be appreciated by his Great Grand Children.

Please email Christine McPhail

Seeking Information - posted 13 March, 2008

Phil Clancy raced speed way in the Brisbane area in the early 1980s. Sponsored by City Hire, his car was a purple coloured midget #83 and was named ..THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM.

John Sluce is restoring this car and if anyone knows the car, or Phil's where abouts, please call John on (07) 4129 5897 or email at littleben2@westnet.com.au

New WA Vintage Speedway Website - posted 28 February, 2008

Ron Chell Jnr has just launced a new website with over 45 years of speedway history. Check it our at www.waspeedway.com

Paul Mahoney - posted 28 February, 2008

Kelvin Jobling is seeking information on Paul Mahoney who raced in either the 1960s or 1970s. Email Kelvin here if you can assist.

Jack Mathews - posted 2 February, 2008

Jim Thorton is trying to locate an old friend, Jack Mathews. If you can help, please email Jim at xr8ts50@optusnet.com.au

Windsor RSL Speedway - posted 31 January, 2008

Graham Clayton is researching the old Windsor RSL Speedway that was located in Sydney's west. If you have any information, stories, photos etc that you would like to assist Graham with his research, please email him at graham64clayton@yahoo.com.au

Sydney Stock Cars 1963-1964 - posted 27 January, 2008

Tanya Barnes is trying to find any information, photo's, program's etc of her father, Paul Francis Marsh, who was a stock car driver of #32 and raced the Sydney Showground and Windsor. He mentioned SCODA but Tanya is unable to locate any information.

If you can assist Tanya, you can email her here.

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Old Time SPEEDWAY is not associated with any official Vintage or Historical Speedway organisation. The photographs appearing in the Photo Albums are from personal collections and should not be copied without the approval of the contributor. All efforts have been made to correctly identify the photo subject. Visitors to the Photo Albums can edit photo identifications by joining (free) Picasa. Please email David Batten at dgnb@bigpond.com if you require any assistance with uploading new photographs or editing photo captions or comments.

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