www.vintagespeedway.com
Brian Darby, then aged 57 in 2000, mentioned to his son Peter that he would like to create a website for his vintage speedway interests and memorabilia.
Peter showed his Dad how to create the first page of the www.vintagespeedway.com website.
Little did Brian know that in the next 8 years he would go on to create ten different websites, 9 on vintage Speedway and one on vintage Aussie Road racing.
Brian started watching Speedway at the age of 11 at the Sydney Sports Ground Speedway in 1953 and was hooked for life, he went on to enjoy many, many years of Speedway and motor racing, as a spectator, working on racing cars from 1958 to 1963, being an Experimental Technician and test driver for a major car manufacturer, a Speedway photographer for 7 years and eventually in 1995 buying a wreck of a vintage Speedway midget, restoring it and running it in vintage speedway demonstrations up until 2006. The full restoration of the midget can be seen on the ‘ vintagespeedway’ site. Brian was also the Secretary of The Veteran Speedway Riders Association of Australia for two years.
Brian’s retirement days are now spent on maintaining and improving the websites with new material and still enjoying his midget via static displays at Car Shows and his involvement with the Vintage Speedcar Association(NSW) Inc.
Photos of Brian and his vintage midget, Queensland # 5 - The ex Bill Goode Golden Fleece Falcon
Brian’s websites.