SPEEDWAY HUMOUR
"AND OTHER INTERESTING STUFF"
Who was "The Streak"? PCR first ever Modified Sprintcar feature race winner. BOB BLACKLAW
Who is Jump Jet? Spintcar driver Brett Loadsman.
Who was the Norgan Vazz Kid? Fender Bender ace, Bjorn Neilson.
Where was Tralee Raceway? Canberra ACT.
Who drove DODGE modifieds at Westmead Speedway? David Lander & The late Don Fortune
Who was Shirley at the Sydney Showground? Former PCR Manager Stuart Telfer.
Who is OLLY? Former PCR track announcer Allan Edworthy.
Who barrell rolled Garry Schroders LJ Torana down the length of the the PCR back straight and walked away unscathed? Sedan superstar Gordon Smee.
Who raced in the KK Offy under the name of "TWOGUN" at the Sydney Showground late 60s? BOB TATTERSALL.
Who is currently restoring that Kirchell KK Offy speedcar? Former Aust # 1 Bob Morgan.
Where did the singing group the BGs get there name from? They were at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground Speedway with Bill Goode, a young Barry Gibb the track announcer made the announcement "Oh look a group of BGs."
DID YOU KNOW? That in the 1960's some of the greatest music and songs ever, were played at Sydney raceways.
Songs played around the speedways were
"Shapes" By The Yardbirds.
"For what its worth" Buffalo Springfield.
"Lighting Keeps Striking Again" Lou Christie.
"Green Tambourine: The Lemon Pipers
"The Cheetah" Bob Kuban"
"SOORY" The easybeats
"Shout" JOHNNY OKEEFE
All Great Songs
Following on from the 1960's The 1970 Hits!
"Hozat" Sherbert.
"Come back again" Daddy Cool.
"Allmost Summer" Billy Thorp.
"Green Tambourine" The Lemon Pipers
"The Cheetah" Bob Kuban
Moving onto the 1980's
"Down Under" Men at Work.
"Boys light up" Australian Crawl.
"Take Me Back " Noise Works.
"Computer Games" Mi-Sex
"DID YOU KNOW!"
Who was the Parramatta City Raceway, Co - announcer who missed the ladder stairs back in 1977 when climbing down from the annoucers tower ??
Rob Murray of course - Only Rob Murry could miss ALL THE STAIRS!
Who was the "so called" USA sprintcar champion who tried to drive at the Sydney Showground in the early 80s and tried to get into a sprintcar from the right
hand side ??
Only a "yank" and his name is Al Orsillo
Who were the men who tried to open up Liverpool Showground as a speedway in the late 1970s?
The three Amigo's - Garry Schroder, Brian Callaghan, Jack Gillham,
Who was the driver who owned the former Bruce Maxwell # 68 1973 LJ Torana for less than 24 hours ?
Me, Lance Wilson, yep I owned the car for less than 24 hours.
Who was the former driver who attempted to climb into his old late model sedan after 20 years of being out of it?
Stand out driver LES KENNEWELL "stay off the Kentucky Les"
Who created an 8 lap track record the first time out in a brand new midget at Liverpool in the mid 80s?
Then sold the car the next day as it had NO ROOF !!!!
Brian Callaghan
Who was the USA sedan driver in the late 70s which named himself "Hash Brown" Yep! It was...
Mike Klien
Who was "THE PREACHER"? Sadly - The late
Garry Paterson
What driver changed his name for a while to "Jessie James? Sprintcar & Modified ace...
Ken Jenkins
Who campained the "$12.000.00" Lemon in the 70s?
GENE WELCH
What was the Windfield Wedge?
George Tatnells radical speedcar.
Who was the top Australian Speedcar driver who was towing his midget to Melbourne in the Mid 60s and the car trailer became unhitched?
Johnny Stewart.
Which USA Modified driver won the NSW title after he lost a right rear wheel and went over the line backwards?
Johnny Anderson.
Which Liverpool sedan driver was known as teh "Chicken Man"?
Paul Ash........... Tha tha..tha... thats all, fokes!... Until next time...
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