I have been to the GP Midget Car site but could not find any lists of previous British - or other - championship winners. Where exactly are past championship...
For sale in Sweden is at this moment a LITO speedway machine from 1967. This unique, one of kind machine was specialy made for Ove Fundin by technicians Gunnar...
The list is coming together - we now have this: 1937 Walter Mackereth 1938 Walter Mackereth 2004 Ez Walker Rod - it eems there are a few missing. I cannot find...
John, If you go onto GP MIdgets - click on history and work your way through the various decades you should find most of what you are looking for, regards, Ez...
Kevin Olsen recently raced a midget with a t-shirt and open faced helmet at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa Oklahoma this January. It did however have a full roll...
Hi All, If you go to gpmidgets.co.uk and click on history, you can look at all the known results year by year from 1967, courtesy of Richard Neil. Rod P. John...
John, I have sent two posts to the RH group on Yahoo today. I have not seen either one come through as yet. I'm pretty sure that Yahoo is having some issues....
Scotty Brown, who promotes in Ohio, sent me a PM to say that he promoted the championship at his tracks between 1991-1996 (six seasons). His records are filed...
FRED YATES, AUSTRALIA 1950-51 The name of Fred Yates comes up as a member of the England team v Australia in the test matches down-under for 1950-51. He was in...
Fred was a school teacher and rode for Tamworth and Coventry. I seem to remember Fred was in Australia when England wanted a rider for the team. Fred was...
Owen Greenwood appeared in the Tamworth team (National League Division Three) at the start of the 1947 season. He seemed to be doing well, but then just faded...
John Google Owen Greenwood and on the vintage bikes site there is a photo of an Owen Greenwood racing a sidecar in 1964/65. DONT KNOW if it is your man but it...
Hi Jim: I went to this site: http://www.sandspeedwales.co.uk and well down I found some stuff on Owen Greenwood. There's a photo of him on a solo motorcycle -...
I have just read an interesting item on Chris Ash's 'Speedway in the City" regarding the history of Birmingham Speedway. The subject of Charlie Appleby, the...
Hugh Watkinson was a 25 year old novice from Ilford, Essex who died after an accident at Tiger Stevenson's training school at Perry Bar in November 1946. As...
I understand that Al Holliday, who rode at California-in-England in 1954, then had spells at Eastbourne, Aldershot and Rayleigh, is recovering from a major...
The Owen Greenwood weho rode for Tamworth is the person who started at Norwich in second-half racing on Easter Monday 1946. He was described as "One for the...
Hugh Watkinson was a war-time starter who attended the Tiger Stevenson Training School. He lost his life on his first time there. The old Birmingham Forum had...
Sunday May 31 1953 must have been a busy day for Bill Billman at King's Lynn. In a challenge match, King's Lynn lost 47-35 to East Midlands. In the points...
Bill Billman took any rides he could get. Another rider there was Clive Featherby, he rode as "Jack Pye". The two 1953 meetings were to raise funds for the...
This is Fred Yates 1948 record for Coventry, as given on their website rider database: FRED YATES (England) 1948 M: 37, R: 115, P: 124, B: 18, T: 142, Average:...
It has now come to light that Jack Wright rode for Coventry between 1951-54. Their website gives this analysis for him: JACK WRIGHT (England) 1951-1954 M: 160,...
