Rex Law’s Six Years of Competitive Motor Sport
Any discussion of Rex Law’s life and entrepreneurial flair would not be complete without acknowledging his very competitive nature which found expression in car racing as well as business. Therefore I’ll describe the sporting aspect of his character before continuing with the business story.
He discovered this ‘recreational outlet’ early, at age 19 years, when in 1935 riding an AJS he participated in the inaugural Morgan and Wacker sponsored Easter four-day motorcycle reliability trial throughout south east Queensland. He finished successfully if not victoriously and this likely led to his later passion for constructing and competing in race cars alongside his early passenger coach business
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The Brisbane Exhibition Speedway was a dirt track venue for midget race cars, under the control of Frank Arthur’s Empire Speedways, where Rex was also active in his little No 32 midget (nicknamed Leaping Leno) in this exciting and dangerous form of racing.
The No 32 midget was painted in his bus company colours of cream and red and during the summer racing season Rex would go over the car each Saturday afternoon looking to have it running at its best for the night’s action.
This procedure would culminate in his rolling the little racer out onto Noela Street and doing a high speed performance test up to the T-junction at Shakespeare Street almost four blocks away, then swinging around and returning in the same manner.
The most interesting aspect of this weekly ritual was that the gentlemen neighbours, upon hearing the midget’s engine fire up, would all rush out and position themselves as traffic wardens on each of the three intersections they knew Rex was about to rapidly
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I ran like heck out of there, screaming and crying, convinced I’d destroyed the whole world.
Dad and Bob came running and soon had things under control, with no permanent damage done to persons or property.
My father was a very fair man, and I can well recall all this time later that he concurrently consoled and chastised me, but openly chastised himself for being very cavalier in creating the circumstances that led to the fracas!
Rex really enjoyed the hill climbs at Whites Hill. This venue was close to home and I can remember one occasion when he allowed me to accompany him to a meeting, the odd thing being that he was driving there in his (non-road-registered) Regal Special race car!
He seated me on a piece of board on top of the battery which resided right next to the driver’s seat, and off we went! The ride was fast and rough but I loved every quick minute of it!
His prowess behind the wheel would again be recognized in 1950 when he achieved the fastest ever elapsed time for the hill-climb at White’s Hill in the open category, driving the
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