Stockcars -Hear the noise, smell the dirt Wanganui Traditional Cache
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Stockcars -Hear the noise, smell the dirt Wanganui
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Ocean Speedway, home of Wanganui Stockcar and Speedway Club. This area is noisy andf busy during meetings usually on a Sunday during summer.
The roots of Ocean View Speedway were formed back in 1971 when Roy Eaton and Paul Carrick hatched the idea to develop a stockcar track at Landguard Bluff, adjacent to Wanganui Airport and overlooking the Wanganui River and Tasman Sea - hence the name Ocean View Speedway.
Eaton had raced successfully in Palmerston North since 1963, being a member of the Palmerston North Panthers in his Valiant powered stockcar with the cut -down Jowett Javelin body. Carrick had also previously raced stockcars but had long given away competitive driving.
The work on developing the track was completed by a local contractor with the help of the Wanganui Stockcar Club and other keen competitors. Estimates of the cost to build the track seem to have settled in the region of $20,000.00. People like Warwick Sisson were co-opted to grade the track and Charlie Berntsen helped build the toilet block. The biggest problem in the early development was the weather - being too hot for the grass to take properly resulting in a bare, dusty terraced surrounds and a dusty track. But with all the work completed Ocean View Speedway was ready to run under the banner of Ocean View Speedway Ltd promotion under the control of Eaton and Carrick.
The 1st Meeting
Sunday 29th October 1972 saw the running of the first meeting of the Ocean View Speedway. Roy Eaton took responsibility as Clerk of the Course while his father was Chief Car Scrutineer.
In the 2000’s the club has slowly re-emerged on the national Stockcar scene during this decade, started by Richard Watkins as virtually playing a sole hand on the national scene.
Wanganui Stockcar & Speedway Club celebrates its 40th year in operation with a special
40th Anniversary Meeting.
2-dayMeeting on Sunday 21st October & Monday 22nd October 2012.
Parking: Park on Landguard Bluff Road outside the grounds
Cache is a small flat container with room only for log so bring your own pencil. This will be very difficult to find if it is an event day as it’s at the entrance to the grounds. The rest of the time it’s deserted. Please conceal and check that it cannot be seen. |
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