Albany Speed Classic

Albany Speed Classic were motor racing events conducted in Albany, Western Australia.

Known as "round the houses" events, the races were conducted by the West Australian Sporting Car Club.[1]

Initial events between 1936 and 1940 gained a lot of press coverage and publicity.[2][3][4][5]

The events gained notoriety over participants[6] the inclusion of motor cycles[7] and car hill climbing contests.[8] The events fell off during the Second World War but were revived soon after.[9]

A similarly named set of events started in the same era in relation to cycling around Albany.[10]

Notes
  1. Cocks, Graeme; Fremantle Motor Museum (2006), Round the houses : the birth of 'round the houses motorsport in Australia : Albany, 1936-1940, Motomilia, Fremantle Motor Museum, ISBN 978-0-9757944-1-8
  2. "ALBANY-playground of the SOUTH". Western Mail. Vol. 52, no. 2, 659. Western Australia. 4 February 1937. p. 23. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "MOTORING". The West Australian. Vol. 53, no. 15, 779. Western Australia. 21 January 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Albany's Fourth "Round [?]". Albany Advertiser. Vol. 12, no. 1280. Western Australia. 11 April 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Southwards to ALBANY". Western Mail. Vol. 55, no. 2, 819. Western Australia. 14 March 1940. p. 38. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "MOTOR RACE IN ALBANY". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 42, no. 10, 603. Western Australia. 10 March 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Round the Houses". Albany Advertiser. Vol. 20, no. 2130. Western Australia. 25 August 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "ALBANY CAR RACE". The West Australian. Vol. 52, no. 15, 720. 12 November 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "MOTOR RACES". The West Australian. Vol. 61, no. 18, 548. 22 December 1945. p. 10. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "ALBANY GRAND PRIX". The Referee. No. 2549. Sydney. 30 January 1936. p. 19. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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