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mick88
14th May 2012, 01:24 PM
Not Land Rover, but some interesting and good pics on this site.
Forum | Street Fords Magazine - View topic - Catalina Park, Katoomba **lots of pics** (http://www.streetfords.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5072)

Catalina Park, Katoomba

Cheers, Mick.
Lotz-A-Landies
14th May 2012, 01:48 PM
Remember when they had buggy racing from Catalina Park on TV?

I towed up a friend's Arbarth powered Fiat 500 up to events a number of times. That's back in the days of my 253V8 powered 109 SIIa SW. Evan Green had a look at it before they built the 4.4 Range Rover for the World Cup Rally.

Diana
Tank
14th May 2012, 02:10 PM
I was there for Beechy's first race at Catalina, probably the one pictured with Jane and Geoghan, I remember Beechy coming out of the pits sideways in a cloud of smoke for the start of the race, fans loved it. I'll never forget a green Ford Customline (1955) tearing around and getting overtaken by Mini's in the corners and then blowing them (Mini's) off on the straights, real good racing, too bad that it's crap nowdays, Regards Frank.
Tusker
14th May 2012, 02:33 PM
Jeez that brings back memories.

I used to do supersprints up there in the 80s. A tad dangerous if you left the bitumen.

The "Tunnel of Love" was aptly named as I recall.

Regards
Max P
Redback
14th May 2012, 02:34 PM
Remember these in the Rallycross at Catalina.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/807.jpg
87County
14th May 2012, 02:40 PM
Does anyone else remember seeing the PBY Catalina flying boat that gave the park its name when it was parked/moored there ?

I remember climbing over part of it when I was a kid (before it was ever a racing circuit) .....
p38arover
14th May 2012, 04:49 PM
Remember these in the Rallycross at Catalina.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/807.jpg

My second car (when I was 14). Not quite as quick as that!
SPROVER
14th May 2012, 05:50 PM
Great pictures.I really like looking at those sort of older cars and older tracks.With houses popping up everywhere it wont be long till alot of other tracks are sadly closed.:(
Tusker
6th June 2012, 12:24 PM
Just found this page of Catalina with some of the greats in Aussie motor racing.

untitled1 (http://aussieroadracing.homestead.com/MarcSchagen2.html)

Regards
Max P