Sellicks Speed Trials
FROM the dawn of motorcycling, riders have raced each other to determine who was the fastest. We started on public roads, such as they were, but it wasn’t long before more formal arrangements were introduced. Amongst the earliest official motorsport events Down Under were speed trials held on Sellicks Beach in South Australia, organised by the Levis Motor Cycle Club in the early 1920s.
The Club was established as the Levis Social Club in 1922 and named after the then popular two-stroke Levis motorcycle; its charter was to organise social outings and events for its members. By far the most popular were occasional speed trials at Sellicks, which became an annual event from
