Suddenly speedway was groovy. As strange as it may seem today, back in the seventies speedway ranked among Australia’s top spectator sports, serving up a mixed grille that was interesting enough to score regular coverage in the mainstream media.
Variety was the keyword. They raced on bikes and in cars, on dirt and bitumen, and wherever you lived there was probably a track somewhere nearby. If you lived near a major city, it was possible to see international test matches between teams of solo riders, some no-holds-barred interstate sidecar challenges, Australian championships for supermodifieds or speedcars, or teams of Americans battling Australians in freaky, V8 powered Grand National Sedans. This was world-class racing, served up week by week in summer, and the crowds came in droves.
So what went wrong?
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