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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