Gilera Saturno Sanremo: Mistaken identity
Tony McAlpine had a reputation for being a forceful character, both on and off the track. From the time he first appeared as a teenager in Miniature TT (unsealed circuits) around Sydney in the late […]
Harry Hinton
Harry Hinton: A Racing Life
The Isle of Man mountain course is unique in its sheer abundance of natural hazards, which are rarely tolerant of errors of judgement or mistakes. Those who have taken on the Mountain respect it, for […]
Laurie Boulter: Cover up at Handley’s Corner
Like many aspiring racers, the war robbed Laurie Boulter of perhaps his best years. But despite being on the wrong side of thirty, the South Australian resumed his career after the war and had a […]
Hartley needed a big heart: Hartley Vale Circuit NSW
Six kilometres of flat-out dirt was a test of the brave in the 1930s…. and you can still try it any weekend. Reaching Lithgow, the first stop over the blue Mountains from Sydney, was an […]
The Twin Cold Shoulders: Gnoo Blas Circuit, Orange NSW
Rivalry in motor sport is not uncommon. But in the case of the long defunct Gnoo Blas circuit in Orange, 285 km west of Sydney, motor racing was simply the common factor in an intense […]
Lobethal – Big, bad and plenty fast
When it comes to road circuits, Lobethal had it all. Bumps, jumps, bridges and unforgiving corners through the hills east of Adelaide. Lobethal, in the Adelaide Hills, is half a world away from the former […]
