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Hey all
I have just spent some time looking at other postings showing some of the early years of speedway in Australia. I spent quite a large part of my young life at the Ekka speedway watching my farther do what he loved , which most of the time was go flat out at opposite lock. I was more of a two wheel nut so I really loved to watch the solos .
My farther started out in saloon cars and then went into midget sprint cars , he lost his life there one Saturday night in the early 70's and although that was a devastating time ,now looking at some of the old race pictures it brings back lots of great memories of my childhood and the good old days.
So I was wondering if any one out there has any old pics or literature from that era of the Ekka speedway ?

try here for a start, there's plenty of interest in the History of OZ Speedway
http://www.vintagespeedway.com/

Also the ' Old Time Speedway ' website where everything is neatly categorised into racing divisions and decades.
There are also some vintage speedway sites on Facebook.

Trove can be a good source. I've found numerous references of my grandfathers speedway results from the 1920's. Even a couple of blurred photos of the racing.

http://trove.nla.gov.au

If you're on facebook then try " Ekka Speedway Glory Days ".
Ken.

Better late than never.

Hunt down Tony Webb's books on speedway in Queensland. He has written about Davies Park (West End), Deagon and The Ekka, especially this one, a great read:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/226576894? ... BD60084235

You could also think about joining one of the historic clubs e.g. HSAA

http://www.historicspeedway.com/