Birthplaces of Australian Motor Racing

Birthplaces of Australian Motor Racing
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Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages : 446
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ISBN-10 : 9781398411357
ISBN-13 : 1398411353
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Book Synopsis Birthplaces of Australian Motor Racing by : Bill Pearson

Download or read book Birthplaces of Australian Motor Racing written by Bill Pearson and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book records and now preserves the history of Australian motorsport. Huge proportions of it were just on the very edge of being lost. By the time you have read this book, you will be unbeatable at Australian motor racing trivia around any race campground fire pit or BBQ. You will know what the deadliest day was trackside in this country, the speedway promoter who discovered and named one of Australia’s biggest international rock groups, the most extreme financial car racing venue disaster of all time, why many residential roads have names the people who live there don’t appreciate, and what venue built its own railway station which is still in use today. You will discover places worth dragging the family off to so you can take photos of rusting artefacts and sprout knowledgeable but boring nostalgic conversations. You’ll also be amazed at some of the historic car racing locations you’ve unknowingly been driving past. How do you locate old car venues when some were utterly demolished 90 years ago, an industrial complex built on the same spot, which was in turn torn down and replaced with a university, a lake or a multi-storey housing estate? This roll call of mine started out with two simple questions that most petrol heads in this country ask themselves sooner or later. How many car racing facilities have closed in Australia – and why?


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