Event Coverage 100 years of speed

CENTENARY OF SPEED
Lake Perkolilli 1914—2014
100 hundred years in the making, this years racing was a wash out.
Cars,bikes and their drivers/riders had been gathering at the lake since Wednesday hoping for a good festival of speed. After battling temperatures of over 44 degrees C. on Thursday the heavens opened up on Friday night dumping more than 25 mm of rain on the lake.
Kalgoorlie Boulder is also hosting a Veterans car show at the moment so those people who chose not to head home relocated to the show. The veterans car show is being held at the local trotting track and after some negotiation the cars were allowed to do some demonstration laps.

 

Friday photos

 

more from Friday

 

1904 Napier

 

1919Chev

 

28 Buick, this car is a replica of a car that raced here in the 30s.

 

Looks cool

 

Friday morning and the cars are driving out from the lake before being loaded on to trailers.

 

Ted had come all the way from Darwin, there was no way he was going to let a bit of rain spoil his fun.

 

Napier on the road back to Kalgoorlie, battery is dead

 

Austin ready to roll

 

Friday afternoon. back in town

 

The fella who owns this one had the fenders off and had to put them back on before heading in to town.

 

What a shame mother nature canceled the fun, thanks for the pics

 

Sunday morning, the rain is holding off for now

 

Out on the track at last

 

a few more laps

 

Didn't get to see this one in action

 

The clouds are getting dark again.
Now it's pissing down
3pm Sunday arvo and it's all over

 

where was this?

 

Yeah,what Larry said...The only Boulder I'm familiar with is here in the States. HRP

 

Neat photos, unfortunate about the washout. Not sure about the location either but with a name like Lake Perkolilli how can you go wrong.

 

Does'nt the flag on the Holden give it away ?
Outback mining town near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - 250 miles east of Kickacoonalong !

 

Great pics, thanks! Looks like fun.

 

very Cool - Thanks