One of the least known Australian Grand Prix winners is motorcyclist Frank Pratt who triumphed aboard a BMW 328 in scalding hot summer conditions at Point Cook on 1948.
So why not show a close-up of him?
There he is above and below on his Sunbeam 90 outfit with Alick Smith alongside at Phillip Island on the way to winning the Australian Grand Prix – Sidecars on February 1, 1932.
On his way to winning the 1948 Australian Grand Prix at Point Cook RAAF Airfield in a BMW 328 from Alf Najar MB-TB Spl and Dick Bland’s George Reed Spl (Ford V8 Spl) on Australia Day, January 26.
Etcetera…
See article here about the pioneering days of motorcycle racing at Phillip Island: https://primotipo.com/2015/06/02/phillip-island-1938-earle-vienet-brooklyn-speedway/
Credits…
Charles Pratt-State Library of Victoria, I McCartney Archive, Wayne Berry and the Sporting Motorcycle Club of Geelong Archive
Finito…
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