Vintage Speedway

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...a lot of us older, young chaps first glimpse of competition motorbike racing was down at the speedway track on saturday night and for a lot of us the seed was sown by this magnificent sport...a little history of the game down here in Christchurch follows...

http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac85/motorcycle-mania/Speedway1.jpg


http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac85/motorcycle-mania/Speedway2.jpg

[FruitLooPs]

Cheers, makes for an interesting read. I never knew about Monica in woolston - cool stuff. :2thumbsup

[pritch]

My parents used to take us kids to Aranui occasionally in the early fifties. I was wondering what happened to the track.
I've also been wondering why they chose speedway as an outing, neither were what you'd call petrol heads.

Guess if you have your first car it is appropriate to think of places to go in it.