hi everyone.new to this site.im trying to find some photos/info about my grandfathers racing history.william taylor from stratford.he was the saloon car champ in 1969/70.anything would be greatly appreciated.thanks.mark griffin.
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hi everyone.new to this site.im trying to find some photos/info about my grandfathers racing history.william taylor from stratford.he was the saloon car champ in 1969/70.anything would be greatly appreciated.thanks.mark griffin.
Presumably speedway saloons?
Yes, speedway saloons at Stratford Speedway, known as Bill Taylor.
Try the Taranaki Historic Speedway Ass. Inc. PO Box 4052, New Plymouth.
I have nothing in my files other than a couple of mentions in the Taranaki Stock Car Club 20 years of Stratford 1964-1984 book. It was the very early days of speedway saloon car racing in NZ. I can find no mention of type of car, or car number. He did race in the Stratford team against Forest Lake in the 1969/70 season, and won the Saloon Season points Champioship at Stratford that season.
Maybe if I can find a car number more information or photos can be found.
as far as i know he raced the number 8 car.make im unsure of.
These photos were taken in 1970, there were only 15 saloons registered at Stratford in 69/70, so I guess he is one of these cars, but numbers are almost imposible to make out. In the second photo there is an Anglia that could be #8.
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