Maitland Speedway

West Maitland Show Grounds

NSW

Above: The programme from the very first

Speedway meeting at West Maitland Show Grounds. Dec. 15th 1923

29.3.1952 - The final Speedway meeting held at West Maitland Show Grounds (on the big track).

A big thank you to Brian Lear for a lot of this material.

The 2.5m referred to above is 2 / 5ths of a mile.

1952 2 lap Australian Solo Championship was won by Keith Ryan -  to Aub Lawson and Lionel Levy.

May 2003 and Keith 'Buck' Ryan unveils the Speedway remembrance plaque at West Maitland Show Grounds.

The very famous West Maitland Show Grounds.

The larger track was the original Speedway track.