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Motor racing

Subject

Oran Park

Australian Grand Prix

Australian Touring Car Championship

Historic Sports Racing Car Association of New South Wales

Barlow, Fred

Bartlett, Hope

Bartlett, Kevin

Brabham, Jack

Brock, Peter

Cooper, Alan E

East, Charles

Garlick, Reginald Gordon (Phil)

Gibson, Fred

Jane, Bob

Luff, Ian

Moffat, Allan

Moss, Stirling

Weber, Mark

Amaroo Park

Catalina race track

Liverpool Speedway

Mount Druitt Raceway

Olympia Speedway

Oran Park Raceway

Sydney Showground Speedway

Warwick Farm Raceway

Westmead Speedway

Car racing at Warwick Farm, New South Wales 1968

Olympia Motor Speedway, Fitzgerald Avenue, Maroubra 8 January 1930

Olympia Motor Speedway, late 1925

Western Sydney International Dragway 2008

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Motor racing

Oran Park

Dharawal country south west of Sydney that was taken and granted to Europeans who established country estates. Later development included a golf club and racing circuit. In the twenty-first century, suburban development has overtaken the area.

Australian Grand Prix

Annual Formula 1 car race first held at Phillip Island, Victoria in 1928.

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Australian Touring Car Championship

Touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested but the title is awarded to the winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

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Historic Sports Racing Car Association of New South Wales

Established in 1981 to promote the preservation and restoration of historic racing cars and organise race meetings.

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Barlow, Fred

Speedway driver who was killed on the track during a race in 1927.

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Bartlett, Hope

Commercial driver on the South Coast who enjoyed his passion for car racing for over 40 years.

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Bartlett, Kevin

Former open wheel and touring car racing driver who had success between 1966 and 1985.

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Brabham, Jack

Racing car driver and engineer who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966.

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Brock, Peter

Racing car driver who raced successfully for over three decades.

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Cooper, Alan E

Speedway driver who survived a crash at the Olympia Speedway which seriously injured his mechanic in January 1926.

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East, Charles

Motor racing driver who competed at Olympia Speedway.

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Garlick, Reginald Gordon (Phil)

Racing car driver tragically killed whilst racing at the Olympia Speedway.

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Gibson, Fred

Former racing car driver and race team owner.

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Jane, Bob

Racing car driver and businessman who raced competitively between 1956 and 1986.

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Luff, Ian

Racing car driver who used his skills to establish a driver education and training company.

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Moffat, Allan

Racing car driver who won the Bathurst 1000 four times and had many successes in the Australian Touring Car Championship.

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Moss, Stirling

English racing car driver.

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Weber, Mark

Australian Formula 1 racing driver now based in England.

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Amaroo Park

Motor racing circuit located in Annangrove which was developed as a housing estate after it closed.

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Catalina race track

Motor racing track in Katoomba used from the 1960s to the 1990s for many kinds of racing. The site was declared an Aboriginal place in 2002, recognising the prior occupation of The Gully as an Aboriginal summer camp.

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Liverpool Speedway

Dirt speedway at Green Valley which was converted to housing and a shopping plaza after it closed.

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Mount Druitt Raceway

Motor racing circuit near Whalan, now a park known as Whalan Reserve

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Olympia Speedway

Australia's first major motor racing venue financed by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen on 33 hectares of Crown Land at Maroubra. It operated for about 10 years but poor design, five fatalaties and reduced attendance lead to its closure and redevelopment as a residential area and Coral Sea Park.

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Oran Park Raceway

Motor racing circuit near Cobbitty which was redeveloped as the suburb of Oran Park.

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Sydney Showground Speedway

Dirt speedway venue at the former Sydney Showground in Moore Park.

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Warwick Farm Raceway

Motor racing track built in 1960 on the site of the Warwick Farm horse racing track with which it was to co-exist throughout its thirteen years history.

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