Melbourne Speedbowl

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Melbourne Speedbowl
Location Brooklyn, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates 37°50′34″S144°47′03″E / 37.84278°S 144.78417°E / -37.84278; 144.78417
Openedcirca.1965

Melbourne Speedbowl (also known by several other names) was a motorsport venue, located on Geelong Road in Brooklyn, Victoria, Australia. The site today is industrial buildings on Fleet Street in Laverton North.

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History

The site which was originally a greyhound racing track was owned by a Mr. Wilson and he built a speedway track, which he named Brooklyn Speedway, with the intention of running Dirt track racing. In 1965, it was bought by three businessmen for A$ 250,000 and later opened for hot rods and stock cars. [1]

The venue then saw motorcycle speedway and sidecars introduced, the solo track record was set by riders such as Eric Boocock and Bert Harkins during 1968. [1]

Various promoters took over the track and it was renamed several times. [2]

The track became a significant venue for important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship starting in 1976 [3] [4] and the Victorian Individual Speedway Championship on eleven occasions from 1966 to 1981. [5]

Names and years

References

  1. 1 2 "Melbourne (Vic)". speedwayandroadracehistory. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "The History of the Melbourne Speedbowl". Optus. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Honor Roll since 1927/28". Speedway Champions. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2024.


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