Sydney visit Saturday

[David Hodgson]

Hi guy's, I'll be at a loose end in Sydney on Saturday night. Anyone want to show me their build and chew the fat a while or even suggest some attraction for me to check out?
No drag meet on - that would have been good.
Dropping the girls to a concert at Homebush so free from about 6 to 11.

Cheers Dave

[PeterAllen]

Dave

I'm across town but Parramatta Speedway is fairly close to Olympic Park. In the good old days you could have walked to 'The Brickies'.

Sydney's Valvoline Raceway

[David Hodgson]

Hey thanks Peter, terrific idea. I haven't seen a sprint car live in over 20 years. They closed Tralee speedway here about 18 years back. Noise complaints from encroaching suburbs.
They built another one here but I think it's pretty low key. Tralee was one of the premier tracks back in the day.

[PeterAllen]

We used to go to the Speedway Royale - now Fox Studios - in the 50s and 60s. I'm sure it was the smell of methanol that got me addicted to cars for the remainder of my life. I've been back to a Speedway only once and that was to Parramatta about 15-20 years ago, but the red flags came out every couple of laps and there was no continuity - I wasn't all that impressed. However, when they got running they were pretty impressive.

[David Hodgson]

Thanks Peter for this suggestion. Had a fat time - watching those sprint cars never gets old. 900hp on a 1/4 mile dirt oval; simply incredible.