Old Speedway Photos

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The famous all alloy body Gurney Eagle behind a nice Mercedes Benz........ .....I like Mercs, good strong cars, fortunately.

I remember watching this car at Palmerston North Speedway.

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Pretty sure this one is at Whanganui

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Harrisville is a pretty cool friendly place, always some cool cars there too.

This one was a fresh import having it's first run, a pretty special car.

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Before "Big Bad" Charlie Bernsten took up Stockcar racing he was a pusher of Midgets. He was going to build one for himself before Stockcars came along.

This is outside Jamiesons Garage on Main Street in Palmerston North, just around the corner from my house. The garage is still there, but its just a petrol station now.







I was privileged to interviewCharlie at his home shortly before he passed away.

Here is the interview.. turn your sound right up. Hope you enjoy it, the original Stockcar Legend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3oMmvIB3gM&t=68s

[Steve Holmes]

From Ian Easton's personal collection"

Jac Jac: "That is my 1st sprintcar which I purchased off Warren..funny story when he was delivering it he managed to put the car and trailer in the drain at the end of my drive. (Remember that Warren)Pete that is the same car that I put the polished alloy panels on, which you have a photo of.."




The Gurney Eagle - from Ian Easton's personal collection - I know the reason why it's number 11, with Jac there's always a reason, or story, to explain everything. lol

Jac Jac: "This is the car when it was finally finished. It has now got the quick change diff, knock on front wheels and drum catcher."

Darian Reridder is restoring the car.





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Will it be restored with an alloy body?

[Roger Dowding]

I've been inspired to start a new thread, thanks to a batch of cool old New Zealand speedway dirt track photos posted on Facebook by Dale Mathers from the scrapbook he created when he was a young bloke. While The Roaring Season seems to cover many aspects of motorsport history, the glaring omission is speedway.

So, if you have any old speedway pics, be they dirt track, or paved oval, post them up here.

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This is a thread I have not really followed, went to Speedway with my father as a teenager, he was into the Motorcycles and loved it when the English Team came for a series at Western Springs.
The " Springs " as we know has been home to Rally Stages, and competition by other cars, Racing Sports and Saloons.
" Ten Years After " - needs to come to the fore again.

A couple - make it a set - of John Larry Lawton photos of NSCC event(s) at Western Springs from the 1960's











Notes on the photos are J L Lawtons own comments.

These have appeared on the NSCC thread but relate to this Story.