Inducted 2009 Phillip John Crump was born in Mildura, Victoria on the 9th February, 1952. Crump had his first ride on a speedway machine in an after-the-meeting practice in November 1970 and later that seasn rode during three meetings at Rowley Park Speedway in Adelaide. The following season (1971/72) he

Inducted 2009 James Davies was born in Melbourne, on the 11th of October 1915. Son of William Davies, painter, and Emily Davies, housewife he had one older brother, 3 younger brothers and 1 younger sister. Davies rode in Victoria pre-war but was resident in Sydney post- war. Warragul grass track

Inducted 2009 Glen Dix was introduced to the Racing Drivers Association of SA (RDA) by long standing secretary Ross Schultz in 1952. The following season Dix assisted 5KA radio announcer Bill Evans as feature races were broadcast in those days and the announcer required up to the minute information. An

Inducted 2009 Peter Dodd’s involvement with Australian Speedway spanned more than 50 years, as a mechanic, sponsor, steward, technical officer, Pit Marshall, President, Secretary, Track Manager, Risk and Insurance Manager, General Manager and Administrator. Dodd’s trade as a 16 year old mechanic lead him to speedway in the 1950’s when

Inducted 2009 In 1959/60 Kevin Fischer established Murray Bridge Speedway to cater for local speedway competitors and built 10 Micro Midgets at the workshop of Fischer Motors to lease to drivers. In 1961/62 Fisher built a Hot Rod to race at Rowley Park and Murray Bridge that was uncompetitive compared

Inducted 2009 Harry Neale was known as the Black Prince because of the black garb he always wore and was one of South Australia’s greatest drivers being tall, good looking and modest about his successes. He started his racing career at Kilburn speedway just after it a opened in 1946/47

Inducted 2008 Jeff Freeman was one of the best Australian midget drivers and arguably the most charismatic, rated on a par with the legendary US professional Bob Tattersall and the idol of thousands of fans. As a 20-year-old Freeman was introduced to speedway by coincidence when a date fell through

Inducted 2008 Bill ‘The Wizard’ Wigzell, as he affectionately became known, began his career at age 17 racing Solos at Kilburn Speedway. A year earlier, in 1947, Wigzell was hired by legendary car owner Alex Rowe as an apprentice motor mechanic. When Rowe was asked in 1953 by Rowley Park

Inducted 2008 In 1961 Dick Briton and Ian McManus started a mechanical workshop in West Ryde and both had the desire to go racing. They were told of a 1935 Oldsmobile that was partly submerged in the Parramatta river, which they pulled out and began modifying. They shared the driving

Inducted 2008 Mike Raymond’s interest in speedway began when his dad took him to the Sydney Sportsground and Showground in 1949. He began working at the Showground as a publicist and developed the Jeff Freeman and Johnny Stewart rivalry into a major story that was lapped up by the papers

Inducted 2008 Sherwood was a former road racer and Midget driver at the Penrith Speedway during the 1930s. He joined Frank Arthur during the 1940s to form Empire Speedways, who promoted both the Sydney Showground and Brisbane Exhibition Ground. Arthur and Sherwood were responsible for bringing English Stock Car racing

Inducted 2008 John Sidney’s racing career began in 1961 as an apprentice motor mechanic for legendary race engineer Jack Godbehear. Two years later Sidney began racing Speedway Sedans and won the Victorian Production Car Title in 1967 while setting up Improved Motors. He also drove supercharged for Alf Beasley and