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The programme from the first Stockcar meeting in Australia
Harold Barnes and the first Stockcar built in Australia, the # 3 1937 SV Ford V8.
The list of starters and results of the first Stockcar race in Australia.
Winner of the first Stockcar race, Ray Revell in # 1 a 1934 Ford coupe.
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Ray Revell accompanied by a young lady passenger in # 1.
Adrian "Beau" Guest in his 1940 Ford Sedan # 14
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Famous Motor Cycle road racer, Jack Ehret had a drive in Stockies in the early days in this 1937 Ford Sedan.
Neville Wills in the Bass Hill Spares 1934 Plymouth was a consistent runner.
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Fred Johnson from Woolongong in his 1940 Ford sedan was a big charger. Photo on the right is when they pulled Fred's car out of the safety fence in front of the Members Stand. He went right through it ! The fence was timber planks in those days.
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The one and only Jack "Gelignite" Murray in car 20, a 1936 Ford Sedans gets tangled up with Rocky Black in a 1942 ford Coupe.
Three big names here.! #5 Speedcar legend, Andy McGavin in a 1939 Hudson Sedan, # 21 Solo Champion Noel Thorley in a 1936 Oldsmobile Coupe and #15 Jack Ehret in a 1937 Ford sedan on the back straight in front of the old Coronation Stand.
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Reg "Basher" Laming gets towed off in his 1938 Ford sedan # 25.
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Bill "Curl the Mo" Reynolds in #23. a 1934 Ford Coupe puts Adrian "Beau" guest in # 14, a 1940 Ford sedan into the Bull Pens while Ern Meagher in # 30 a 1936 Ford Coupe and Rocky Black in # 35 a 1942 Ford Coupe slip past.
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Reynolds in 23 still has Guest pinned down in 14 while Noel Thorley in 21 gets through on the inside.
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Guest on the left and Reynolds against the fence supervise the salvage operation.
The start of one of the most spectacular Stock Car crashes ever seen at the Royale. # 3 Phil Davis in the Harold Barnes 1937 Chevrolet Ute runs outside #5 Andy McGavin in the 1939 Hudson
Davis and Mc Gavin have a confrontation.
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Out of the blue comes Neville Sheppeard in car 31 the 1936 Ford Coupe, rolls Davis and flatens the ute.
A bewildered Harold Barnes sits in what was the tray of his ute. Phil Davis says. "Geez!" "What happened ?"
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What's left of # 3 gets hooked up and towed away.
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It's 1960 at the Royale and Ralph Ellis in the 1936 Ford Coupe # 2 slips underneath an airborne Ray Coleman in the 1937 Oldsmobile # 122 while George Polley in the 1936 Ford charges through on the infield.
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STOCK CARS at the Royale
