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17 Aug 2018, 00:17 (Ref:3844120) | #1 | ||
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What Was The First Motorsport Event You Attended, And When?
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17 Aug 2018, 04:50 (Ref:3844143) | #3 | ||
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I have been visiting daily and thinking the same thing. Im counting down the days to my bathurst visit TBH
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"Your biggest auto race may one day become a Camaro playground", Chris Economaki, Bathurst 1979 |
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Tasman Series race at Warwick Farm February 1969
Can remember sitting on a folding chair on the roof of my dad's EH wagon. |
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Punters Beer Fest. Indy 02, Clipsal 03, Winton 04, Paperclip 05, Darwin 06, Oran Park 07, Phillip Island 08, Sandown 09, Townsville 10, Symmons 11, Eastern Creek 12, Winton 13. Townsville 14. Paperclip 15, Sandown 16, Symmons 17, PI 18, The Bend 19 |
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I grew up rural so not much chance to go to big motorsport events but was at the speedway every second weekend over summer. (Does anyone remember Alan and Denise Butcher? I used love those pair!)
My first big motorsport event was the 1993 Lakeside ATTC round. The first year of the supercars at Lakeside. |
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17 Aug 2018, 07:39 (Ref:3844168) | #7 | |
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Alan and Denise Butcher, Logan Homes sponsored car were popular drivers on the east coast speedway circuit during the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Missed seeing them racing at the Australian sedan titles at Bridgewater speedway in Hobart 1984. They are on you tube racing at Lismore, Liverpool and few other venues. Check out Facebook and Tassie Speedway Memories. |
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17 Aug 2018, 07:41 (Ref:3844170) | #8 | ||
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Amaroo early 80's to see Bob Stevens (a neighbour) go around in his BBQ Galore Camaro
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17 Aug 2018, 07:56 (Ref:3844176) | #9 | ||
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1986 AMSCAR Meeting at Amaroo.
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Winfield Triple Challenge, '93.
Living only 15mins away at the time, meant I also heard the Gunners concert. |
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1988 ATCC round at Oran Park
I was a huge Dick Johnson fan but the main thing that sticks in my mind is Larry Perkins in the VL coming through esses before Suttons Corner "on it" every lap |
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17 Aug 2018, 11:09 (Ref:3844216) | #13 | ||
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My first 'car' race?
Around 1962 watching a pre high school John Bowe win his first(?) race, steering a 'Ferrari' look alike in a billy cart race on Best St hill in Devonport Tas. Been following JB's career ever since... My first real motor race was when, as a kid, I scrounged a ride with an uncle to Longford in 1968 to watch Chris Amon set the lap record in the magnificent Ferrari P4. And the bug bit. Hard. |
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First race was relatively recent but at a guess I’m a bit younger then some of you guys . Calder 1997 Supercars and from then on its been twenty years of love for all racing on four and two wheels. I’ve forgotten a lot since then but still have vivid memories of the night. The spectacle of night racing, getting John Faulkners autograph even though I barely knew who he was at that stage and watching Peter Brock trying to get from the HRT hauler to the garage but couldn’t resist signing and chatting with what seemed like an endless amount of people wherever he went. Is that Centurion tank still up on the side of the Thunderdome? Good times.
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Feeling a bit old as I write this and remember.
First motor race for me was the 1973 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, held at Bathurst over the Easter weekend. My first race as a crew member too - even if I was the gopher and cleaning wheels was one of my main jobs, it was great to be doing that as the young kid I was at the time. Addiction acquired. |
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I grew up on Phillip Island. My dad was the local police man. I can't remember how young I was. Len Lukey of Lukey Mufflers was the owner of the track. I reckon mid 60's
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18 Aug 2018, 00:56 (Ref:3844382) | #17 | ||
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a VERY Wet barbagallo in the last 70s I would think, or was it the early 80s who knows
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FWIW, the first motor race I attended was Mount Druitt, mid '50s. I was mid-6s, turning 7 next birthday. Now, it's 70 next birthday. |
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18 Aug 2018, 03:24 (Ref:3844399) | #19 | ||
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First race I remember was the Repco Round Australia rally.
First circuit meeting was the world touring car championship at calder park. |
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OP some time in thee sixties. During practise Leo Geoghan hit the wall turning left through Suttons to go over the hill and while he was waiting to get the car back someone took a Polaroid of the car and gave it to him. He looked at it developing, looked at all of us and said "it's getting worse" as the image got better. That is the only thing I can remember of that race meeting.
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First race I remember going to was at OP in 1983, Johnsons green XE v Brock, and the Mazdas of McLeod and Moffatt.
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Thunderdome 1988. The old man is not much of a motorsport fan, but as a 13yo. I managed to get him to take me to Calder 3 times for Nascar and once to the drag nationals.
Majority of the 90's was spent with a mates family following the Super Sedans around country Vic. Tickfords Rod Nash was around then and John Falkner would make the odd appearance. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk |
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19 Aug 2018, 03:11 (Ref:3844556) | #23 | ||
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funnily enough the Thunderdome in October 1988 was my second race meeting attendance, memorable for Mike Oliver in his bright orange Commodore dominating before crashing on the front stretch right in front of us.
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19 Aug 2018, 09:44 (Ref:3844573) | #24 | ||
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Mid 1950's at home as a young kid- one trip up the mount and I have been hooked ever since.
I loved the early Easter meetings as bikes ran for the first couple of days with cars following on the Sunday and Monday. Only ever missed a couple of meetings over the years and can recall sitting near the piggery at the Gnoo Blas track at Orange also at a very young age. |
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