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Speedway's Sensational Sixties - The Deadliest Decade

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By: Tony Loxley .

The sixties. What a decade. Vietnam, hippies, bee-hive hair styles, Elvis, the Easybeats, stovepipe pants – and Speedway.

Australian speedway in the sixties was huge. Tracks would pull up to 30,000 fans into their stands. There was live television coverage, and the print media regularly gave the sport front page news exposure.

Drivers and riders were as revered as those sporting stars on the football and cricket fields, and like them, they too were house-hold names. Drivers such as Stewart, Freeman, Tattersall, Shepherd, Goode, Brock and Bonython, possessed charisma and showmanship like no other, and were in essence, a promoter's delight.

They put their lives on the line week in, week out, with many suffering near fatal crashes at one time or another during their careers.

Speedway's deadliest decade will not be forgotten by the hundreds of thousands of fans who shared what was a unique period in Australian motor sport, and one that remains a treasured period for many almost 50 years on.

 

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Publisher Code:
BP53519
ISBN 10:
1876953519
ISBN 13:
 
Published:
2008
Dimensions:
295x230mm
Pages:
160
Illustrations:
Soft Bound, b/w ill
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9781876953519
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Condition Sync Code:
1000
Sync Category Code:
261186
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2 Reviews

  • 5
    Speedway's Sensation Sixties

    Posted by Guest on 11th Jan 2017

    Great book a must for any old fan. Brought back great memories for me some good some sad.

  • 5
    WHAT A GREAT BOOK

    Posted by Darryl on 16th Jun 2013

    THIS BOOK BRINGS BACK GREAT CHILD HOOD MEMORIES GREAT PHOTO'S GREAT STORIE'S MUST BUY FOR EARLY SPEEDWAY LOVER'S.

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