Ric Yates of W.A., a Speedway fan from a little boy, later a midget driver for Geoff Pilgrim, Ric's  Dad also a car owner and driver in the early days, these are some of Ric's memories of W.A. Speedway....Thanks Ric.

Ric started his love affair with Speedway at an early age !

A Villiers powered racer.

'Skeeter ' Yates, driver, R. Goddard on the left and a young Con Migro on the right.

Yates and Howe.

Bob Robinson and passenger.

Bob Tattersall in the Saylor's Offy on the infield at Claremont Speedway.

Big Jack O'Dea of Victoria in his # 65 midget.

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Laurie Stevens in his Repco Holden powered # 7.

Murray Hoffman.

Ray Clarke

G.Stone accident.

Stock car action at

Wattle Grove. W.A.

Wattle Grove stocks.

Thanks to Ric Yates for these images and to his friend Brian Rees for organizing them for  '  VintageSpeedway.'

Claremont Speedway 1958, ' Skeeter ' Yates in TQ1 with Wally Higgs in # 11.

TQ # 1 was the first TQ to be registered in W.A.

Bruce Rickard, NZ Champ. at Claremont in the late 1950s.

W.A.'s Laurie Matthews aged 16, in his first drive in a midget.

Harry Neale in the #1 Repco Holden. This was the car Frank ' Satan ' Brewer brought to Australia in 1949 as

the blue Eddie Meyer Ford V860 # 10, it was then

re numbered to Frank's famous # 99.

It is now restored as the NSW # 2 Big BERCO Repco Holden and runs in vintage events nation wide.

Johnny Hamilton runs in front in car # WA 12. Johnny a W.A. champ usually drove car #12 but was killed at Claremont on 15.2.1957 in car # WA 14.