Gordon Guasco [SEP] date of death
had been in 1969.
Death.
Gordon Guasco and his family returned to Sydney in 1970 to race in the Australian Speedway season, basing himself at the Liverpool Speedway. In a sad twist, Gordon Guasco, the man who had originally convinced management to run bikes at the speedway, was killed in a crash there on 8 November 1970. Guasco suffered severe head injuries after being struck from behind by another rider. He had laid his own bike down to avoid a fallen rider in front of him. For eight
Gordon Guasco
Gordon Guasco (born 24 November 1940 in Sydney, New South Wales - died, 16 November 1970 in Sydney) was an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who was a favourite at both the Sydney Showground Speedway and Liverpool Speedway. Guasco also rode in the United Kingdom between 1964 and 1969 for Sunderland, Wolverhampton and Poole.
Early life.
Gordon Guasco, known as "Smut" to his childhood friends, grew up in Horsley Park, then considered "the bush" but now a suburb of Sydney.