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RACING HISTORY

Page 1:  Hill Climbs-Lap Dashes-Speed Trials etc.
Page 2:  Circuit & Road Racing.
Page 3:  Driver's History photos.
Page 4:  Race programme entry list.
Page 5:  Magazine Snippets.
Page 6:  Oops of racing
 

 

It was during 1958 we first saw a Buckle Coupe hit the motor racing scene.
Bill Buckle in the grey & white Buckle hit the NSW and Victorian hill climb scene and held the
class record at most of them.

Buckles raced in hill climb events at Templestowe, Bathurst,
Lithgow, Silverdale, Bumble Hill, Wollongong, Foleys Hill, Hepburn Springs, Rob Roy, Amaroo
Park, Lakeview, Inverell, Dapto, Nowra, Kiama, Newcastle, Tamworth, Inverell.

Also competed at Lakeview, Mangalore, Camperdown and Castlereagh Drag Strips,
Geelong and Albert Park Speed Trials,

Amaroo Park dirt circuit, Tamworth Gymkhana, Liverpool Speedway Lap Dash.

 
16 out of the 20 Buckles built, competed in motor sport.


Participating driver's at these venues were

Bill Buckle, Leo Tutt, Peter Brown, Bob Rollinghoff, Norm McDonald, Bob Boston, Danny Lloyd
John Russell, Bill Cole, Barry Read, Peter Williamson, Bob Williamson, Bob Booth, Ron Wardrop,
John Bissett, Brian Lawler, Dick Newell, Clive Kane, Geoff Keene, John, Peter & Samantha Caffin, Brett
Sowerby, Betty Lawler, Brian Drissan, Norm Crowfoot, Bob Lumby, Tony Dalton, Ted Annand,
John Wray, Cobb Morris

Some of the outstanding results were

Bill Buckle
Hill Climb GT and Sports car class records in 1958
Wollongong 31.00 sec. Foley's Hill 29.03 sec. Silverdale 42.62 sec.
Templestowe 62.08 sec. Hepburn Springs 34.7 sec. Rob Roy 29.42 sec.
Nowra FTD 34.53 sec. 

Bill Cole
TSCC Gymkhana Champion 1961,62,63

Leo Tutt
Bathurst Hill Climb GT Class Win, by 300ths of a second in 1959

John Bissett and Clive Kane
Bathurst Hill Climb: equalled their fastest time. Dead heat.

Dick Newell
Castlereagh Drags: 14.855 for the standing 1/4 mile. 14/7/63

John Taylor
Castlereagh Drags: 14.44 for the standing 1/4 mile. 1965

Mick Crampton
Castlereagh Drags: 13.90 for the standing 1/4 mile. 1963

Bruce Taylor
Silverdale Hill Climb: Bruce was the first driver to break
40 seconds in a closed car and joined the "UNDER 40s CLUB"

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bowral Hill Climb 28/11/1960
The record time was 1 min 1-7 sec, held by Jack Myers Thunderbird racing car.

 
At this meeting, 3 drivers broke this record.
1st G. Davidson DPR Triumph 1 min 1-2 sec.
2nd Bill Buckle Buckle 1 min 2-49 sec.
3rd Jack Myers Thunderbird  1.min 6-59 sec.
Great to see Bill Buckle split up the two open wheeler racing cars.
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
Some of our young ladies raced Buckles.
 
 
 
     

 

 
 
 
 
Entrants list of competitors in speed trials,hill climbs ect.
 
BATHURST HILL CLIMB
93-900    Aug 1960.  John Bissett
93-885    Aug. 1960  Clive Kane
 
GEELONG Speed Trials.
 
   

93-882    1991    #63    Samantha Caffin
93-882    1992    #63    John & Samantha Caffin
93-882    1993    #89    Samantha Caffin
93-882    1994  #163    John Caffin
93-882    1996    #63    Samantha Caffin
93-882    199? #131    John Caffin
 
ALBERT PARK Speed Trials
 
         

93-882    1993    #63    John Caffin
93-882    1994    #39    John & Samantha Caffin
 

CASTLEREAGH DRAG STRIP
 
     
 

93-897    1959 Oct.  #119 Peter Williamson
93-900    1960 May 22nd #87 John Bissett
93-885    1960 May 22nd # 115 Clive Kane
93-897    1960 May 22nd # 106 Dick Newell
93-891    1960 May   Geoff Keene
93-900    1960 Aug. 21st  #88 John Bissett
93-885    1960 Aug. 21st  #4  Clive Kane
93-883    1960 Oct.  30th  #90 Ron Haylen

93-883    1960  Bill Buckle  CAMS record holder GT class 2601-3500cc

93-???   1961 April 16th W. Gill (Eastern Sporting car club member)
93-888    1961 18th June  Brett Sowerby
93-888    1961 25th June  Brett Sowerby
93-888    1961 2nd July  Brett Sowerby
93-898    1961 3rd Sept.  Miss Bev Brown
93-888    1961 22nd Oct  Brett Sowerby
93-894    1963 7th July  Ron Wardrop
93-897    1963 14th July  Dick Newell.
Class record
93-887    1965   Betty Lawler
93-887    1965   Brian Lawler
93-893    1965   #21 Bob Williamson
93-883    1965 Dec. #148 John Taylor
 
SILVERDALE HILL CLIMB
 
         

93-899   1959 Aug.16th #2 Leo Tutt
93-900   1959 Aug.16th #5 Bill Buckle
93-899   1959 Oct 11th  Leo Tutt
93-897   1959 Oct 11th  Peter Williamson
93-885   1959  Clive Kane
93-900   1959  Bill Buckle
93-900   1960  May  John Bissett
93-897   1960  May  Dick Newell
93-889   1960  May  Keith Walshe
93-900  
1960  June 19th  John Bissett
93-885   1960 June  19th Clive Kane
93-885   1960 Aug. 14th  #18 Clive Kane
93-900   1960 Aug.  14th  #9 John Bissett
93-897   1960 Aug. 14th  #51 Dick Newell
93-885   1960 Sept.  Clive Kane
93-900   1960 Sept.  John Bissett
93-883   1960 Oct. 16th  #90 Bill Buckle
93-882   1960 Oct. 16th  #66 Peter Williamson
93-885   1960 Oct.  16th #87 Clive Kane
93-897   1961 May 28th  #92  Dick Newell
93-900   1961 May 28th  #88  John Bissett
93-897   1961 June 18th  #51 Dick Newell
93-882   1961 July  16th  #96 Peter Williamson
93-883   1961 July  16th  #90 Bill Buckle Class record 42.62
93-888   1961 July  16th  #69 Brett Sowerby.
93-897   1961 July  Dick Newell
93-900   1961 July  John Bissett
93-888   1961 Aug. 13th  #10 Brett Sowerby  
93-888   1961 Oct.  15th  #10 Brett Sowerby
93-888   1962 March 4th  Brett Sowerby
93-900   196?Nov. 11th  John Bissett
93-885   1963 July 21st  Jack Allen/Dick Newell
93-883   1966 March Bruce Taylor (under 40s club)
 
LITHGOW HILL CLIMB  40 Bends
 
       
 
93-893    1962 July 29th Bob Rollinghoff  #65
93-887    1962 July 29th Betty Lawler #151
93-887    1962 July 29th Brian Lawler #51
93-887    1962 Nov.   Brian Lawler #11 
93-893    1962 Nov. 4th  Bob Rollinghoff #65K
93-???   1962 Nov. 4th T.Dooley ? / I Connoly ? STCC
93-888    1962  Brett Sowerby
93-894    1963 April 21st  Ron Wardrop
93-887    1963 April  21st  Brian Lawler
93-892    1965  Bob Boston
93-894    1965  Danny Lloyd
93-887    1965  Brian Lawler Class record
93-893    1965  Bob Williamson
93-883    1967  Bob Williamson
 

 
NOWRA HILL CLIMB
93-883   1961 Aug. 20th  #90 Bill Buckle. New class record 34.53
93-882   1961 Aug. 20th  #69 Peter Williamson
93-891   1961 Aug. 20th  #5 Mick Crampton
 
FOLEY'S HILL CLIMB
93-900   March  1959 Bill Buckle Class record 29.03

OXLEY'S HILL Bowral
93-885  1960 Nov. 27th #87 Clive Kane
93-883  1960 Nov. 27th #90 Bill Buckle
93-900  1960 Nov. 27th #88 John Bissett
93-882  1960 Nov. 27th #146 Peter Williamson
 
TAMWORTH HILL CLIMB
93-888   May  1960  Clive Kane
93-896   Oct. 7th 1962  Bill Cole
 
AMAROO HILL CLIMB.
93-894    March 1963  #23  Ron Wardrop
93-893    1964  #112 Bob Williamson
93-899    1964  #99 Kevin Walters
93-893    1965  #21 Bob Williamson
 
AMAROO DIRT CIRCUIT
93-894     1963   Ron Wardrop
93-894     1965   Danny Lloyd
93-893     1965   #112 Bob Williamson
93-892     1965   Bob Boston
93-887     1965   Brian Lawler
93-887     1968   Brian Houstan
93-883     1968   Bob Williamson
93-888     1970   Bob Lumby
 
TEMPLESTOWE HILL CLIMB
93-900    Sept. 1959   Bill Buckle Class record 62.08
93-900    1960    #68   Bill Buckle
 
HUNTLEY HILL CLIMB
93-885   June 5th  1960  Clive Kane.
93-883   Aug. 6th  1961  Bill Buckle. New class record 31.00
93-882   Aug. 6th  1961  #66 Peter Williamson
 
LAKEVIEW HILL CLIMB
93-893  Feb.17th 1963   Peter Brown
 
ROB ROY HILL CLIMB
93-889   1973   John Russell
 
LIVERPOOL SPEEDWAY LAP DASH
93-888  1970  Bob Lumby
 
HEPBURN SPRINGS  
93-900    1960  #8   Bill Buckle
 
 
 
 
 
 
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