Castlereagh 1959-1984

The old Castlereagh emergency bomber airfield, between Penrith and Richmond, 50km west of Sydney, had been home to a variety of small motor racing events when in October 1959 the ARDC decided to stage a sprint event and then two ‘American drag racing’ events, in February and May 1960. These events weren’t big, but they were influential when several years later the growing Sydney hot rodding scene, sparked into action by the successes at Melbourne’s Riverside drag strip, went looking for somewhere near their city to do the same. They settled on Castlereagh, as the obvious choice, but were beaten to the punch again in May 1964 by the Eastern Suburbs Sporting Car Club. This event was a flop, though another the following November was more successful, with the appearance of two…

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