The Speedway Bill of 1959 – The Day the Sport Stopped
The Kop Hill Climb, in Buckinghamshire, UK, had been happily hosting events on the 826 metre ascent since 1910 – a fun day out for the whole family, so to speak. Then on 28th March, […]
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Tracks in Time – Manfeild, New Zealand
Words by Terry Stevenson Images by Steve Green, Don Tustin, Dave Anson & Terry Stevenson collection Manfeild was designed with a singular, brilliant vision: to let spectators soak up every moment of the action around […]
The Arai 500 1979-1988: A brave experiment
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 101 – first published in 2022. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Phil Foster, Lou Martin, John Ford, Jeff Nield, Michael Andrews, Leon Faivre. The Easter Bathurst races had […]
Rowley Park Speedway: See you on Friday night
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 100 – first published in 2022. Tracks in Time, Rowley Park Speedway, Brompton, Adelaide Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Graham Longley, Brian Darby, Neil Burston, Ross Garrigan There […]
Tracks in Time: A leap into the unknown
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 63 – first published in 2016. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Gregory Heath In 1972, a South Australian entrepreneur decided to launch Australia into big-time motocross. It was an […]
Tracks in Time: Victoria Park, Ballarat
Ballarat is the only Australian city to be listed on the International Historic Cities register. Everywhere you go in Ballarat (or Ballaart to be more correct – from the aboriginal Balla-arat meaning resting place), are […]
Tracks in Time: Little River
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • With assistance from: Jenny Martinez • Photographs: Ray Kelly, Wes Brown, Noel Cheney, Ross Martin and other private collections. Like its more famous counterpart in the Irish Sea, the Australian TT was […]
Tracks in Time: Moorebank
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Alec Fisher, Michael Andrews, Greg Heath In the early post-WW2 years, the now-densely populated southern and western suburbs of Sydney were dotted with scrambles courses: Holdsworthy, Glenfield and the Southern Districts […]
Tracks in Time: Mount Druitt, NSW
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photographs Frank Shepherd, Bill Tricker, Charles Rice • Archival assistance: John Wicks Even though it closed almost fifty years ago, Mount Druitt is inevitably mentioned whenever a bunch of old timers get […]
Tracks in Time: Salty Creek – Hotbed of the Hunter
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Stan Shephard, Gary Reid, Ray Smith 9th December, 1957 was a grim day for motor sport in NSW. An amendment to the Metropolitan Traffic Act, 1900, and the Motor Traffic Act, […]
