PERTH (WA)
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CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY 1978
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1978 - LES LEISK Solo's
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1978 - LlOYD CROSS Solo's
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1978 - MARK WILLIAMS Solo's
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1978 - MICK McKEON Solo's
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1978 - PETER THOMSON Solo's
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1978 - BRIAN DYSON Sidecar's
1978 - Brian Dyson and Mick O'Shea leading Ryan Flint and Ian Jones. Photographer: Peter Roebuck.
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1978 - GEOFF PILGRIM Speedcar's
1978 - Geoff Pilgrim overseas the salvage of his Volkswagon Speedway after contact with the fence. Photographer: unknown.
1978 - Ron "Sleepy" Tripp all the way from the USA, Great mate of Pilgrim. Photographer: unknown.
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1978 - AUSTRALIAN SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIPClaremont Speedway hosted the 1977 1978 Australian Saloon Car Federation production car championship over the 10th and 11th of February 1978 to a packed showground.
Grenville Anderson from New South Wales would win the event from pole on a over watered track for the feature, second place went to Frank Ashmore from Victoria and third went to the home town boy Ben Ludlow from West Australia.
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Bill Mann with Grenville Anderson. |
1978 - West Australian driver Leo Gommers qualified out of two for the feature.
1978 - West Australian flyer Phil Meyers qualified out of four on the feature grid.
1978 - A very quick 48 series Holden from the East coast in the field of late model entry's.
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1978 - THE VICTORIANS
Ray Read feature
The top six Victorian qualifying cars and drivers that made there way across the paddock for the National title were, Dennis Cockerill from Melbourne in a GTR-XU1 Torana number 27, Tony Nicholas from Euroa in a supercharged GTR-XU1 Torana number 50, Frank Ashmore from Ballarat in a SLR500 Torana number 42, Ian Clarkson from Melbourne in a EH Holden number 18, Jim English from Hamilton in a GTHO Falcon number 13 and Barry Hall from Euroa in a SLR5000 number 22.
1978 - Barry Hall from Euroa in his SLR5000 Torana at scrutinering. Photo: Ray Read collection.
1978 - Tony Nicholas from Euroa and his very fast Supercharged GTR-XU1 Torana in the Claremont pits. Photo: Ray Read collection.
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1978 - LEO GOMMERS Production Car's
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1978 - LAURIE HARDIE Production Car's
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1978 - BERT VOSBERGEN Production Car's
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1978 - BEN LUDLOW Production Car's
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1978 - LEO GOMMERS Production Car's
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1978 - TREVOR HENDERSON Production Car's
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1978 - ALLAN BLAKE Production Car's
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1978 - CLAREMONT SPEEDWAY. Stadium Motocross. May 1978.
The inaugural Stadium Motocross event and Perth Motorcycle Show was held at the Claremont Showgrounds in May of 1978, three months earlier than what was believed to be the first ever Stadium Motocross in Australia, which was held at the Paramatta Raceway in New South Wales on the 16th July 1978.