Liverpool City Raceway: The Place of Pace 1967 - 1989- buy the book from the Automoto Bookshop
This edition is limited to 1000 copies individually numbered and signed by Tony Loxley.
Book Description
The colour, the excitement and the magnificent contribution Liverpool City Raceway made to Australian speedway history has been captured in a new book soon to be released by author Tony Loxley.
Titled Liverpool City Raceway: the Place of Pace 1967-1989, this book covers the incredible era of the venue in 352 gloss pages of words and superb photos.
"Originally I only wanted to do 220 pages, but soon found that the quality of images and fantastic interest from former competitors ensured that more pages needed to be added ... and more, and more," Loxley explained.
"There was something unique about Liverpool that no other track was able to duplicate ... and I've been to most of them.
"No racetrack matched Liverpool in relation to the publicity it gained throughout its lifetime. It may have run for only 22 years, but it had an impact around the world like no other... and it was a quarter-mile track in the outskirts of Sydney.
"Who would have thought this track in a place called Green Valley could have pulled such enormous crowds week in, week out right up until it closed its gates in 1989?
"The Sydney Showground Royale was the most cherished of Australia's speedway venues, but in all honesty, Liverpool was right behind it. The fact that it went from a flat dirt track, to a high-banked pavement surface, and then back to a high-banked clay surface -and stayed successful, will never be repeated again."
"Mike Raymond's words are just brilliant ... he has told the Liverpool story just like it was.
"The Place of Pace - in my opinion - is the finest work ever put together on Australian speedway racing, and is certainly my favourite book thus far. The track had an enormous impact on my life, and was the source of some of my most cherished childhood and teenage memories," Loxley concluded.
- Total images within publication: over 900 - all scanned from the original David Cumming negatives in High Resolution
- Written contributions from:
USA — AJ Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Mel Kenyon, Johnny and Billy Anderson, John Cooper (former CEO International Speedway Corp.), Dee Tattersall, Ron "Sleepy" Tripp, Ed Wilbur, Gene Welch, Pam Bennett, Bobby Schwartz, Dennis Sigalos, Chuck Jones, Steve and Randy Kinser and George Snider.
UK — Peter Collins (MBE), Bill Landels, Bert Harkins, Howard Cole and Nigel Boocock.
AUST — Jim Airey, Greg Kentwell, Trevor Harding, John Langfield, Ricky Day, Dave Mills, Phil Herne, Bert Kingston, Phil Crump, Craig Boyce, Paul Ash, Barry Pinchbeck, Barry Graham, Howard Revell, Kevin Park, Michael Meyer, Brooke Tatnell, Steve Brazier, Gordon Smee, Peter Crick, Jack Porritt, Bob Blacklaw, Geoff Grocott, Doug Robson, Tony Bennetts, Bruce Maxwell, officials Tom and Betty Stewart, Ray Millerd, Clive Pollett, Wally Kermond, Dick Briton, Bob Tunks, Doug McQuinn, Gordon Rundle, Garry Pollock, Ron Hutchinson, Allen Skene, Owen Bateman, John Harvey, Allan Moffatt, Bobby Baker, Graham Young, David House, Dave Wignall, Peter Taunton, Frank Van Sebille, Brian Callaghan, Doug Tyerman, Phil McCurtayne, Bob Levy, Bill Wigzell, Garry Treloar, Gary McLenahan, Carl Askew, Peter McKay, Steve Raymond (OAM), Phil Christensen, Dennis Newlyn, Peter White, Bob Christie, Sid Hopping, Walter Giles and Jim Winterbottom.
NZ — Ivan Mauger (OBE, MBE) and Mitch Shirra. Sweden — Ove Fundin. Denmark — Ole Olsen.
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