[16] In the 1930 Tour of Gippsland Stuart, aged 18, had a handicap of 20 minutes over seasoned riders Opperman, Lamb, Frankie Thomas and Ossie Nicholson.
[17] By 1933 Stuart was riding from scratch and set the fastest time in the 140 miles (230 km) Tour of Gippsland in a course record.
[23] He went on in 1933 to win the Blue Riband for the fastest time which carried with it the Australian national road race title.
[3] 1934 was another great year for Stuart, who started in 14 events and made the fastest time in 10 of them[25] including the Tour of Gippsland.
[27] In 1935 Stuart was part of a team, led by Opperman and organised by Bruce Small, that travelled to England to attack various distance records.
Other team members were Ern Milliken, Harold and Eddie Smith, Joe Walsh and New Zealand's Hubert Turtill.
In 1937 Stuart, riding with Franz Duelberg who won the 100 kilometres (62 mi) teams championship at the Exhibition board track.