Articles from the Archives
During the first decade of the 2000’s Peter Physick wrote many stories for the renowned, but now sadly defunct “Speedway Racing News” magazine. At the request of the editors at that time, Rod Colquhoun and Matt Payne.
A selection of these articles appears below, and you are welcome to open the links and read from the original manuscripts, as submitted to SRN.
1976 World Speedway Final / Slaski Stadium in Chorzow: Katowice, Poland.
Eldora Speedway, Ohio – USAC’s first stop in March, 1976
The Outlaws at Baypark Speedway, Tauranga, New Zealand – Jan 1976
Outlaws at Baypark, New Zealand – Snippets from behind the scenes in 2006
An American speedway odyssey – 50 days in 2007
Just what is the difference between the Australian and American speedway scene – 2008
The International season at Parramatta in January 2009
The Scott Darley Memorial at Parramatta – 2009
Behind the scenes at the Scott Darley Memorial – January 2009
The Australian Sprintcar Title at Kwinana in 2009
A fan’s perspective of PCR for the Parramatta Raceway history book.
And on a personal note ………
Click on Peter or Laima in the photo below to open our diary of travelling the world in 1976. (We were only 24 at the time!)
154 entertaining pages covering 51 weeks. Oh, and don’t worry, there are many, many references to speedway in there.
