A five match series was scheduled. Two took place at White City Cardiff, the others at Wimbledon and West Ham. Another set for Birmingham was rained off. ...
PRESS RELEASE The third California-in-England Speedway Reunion will take place on Sunday, 12th October 2008. But as that is a bit far off at present, Friends...
The photo of the Welsh team appears on page 70 of 'Speedway Panorama' by Ron Hoare. It shows (from left) Ivor Hill, 'Hurrricane' Hampson, Ronnie Baker, Jimmy...
Thursday October 16 1952 Cardiff Speedway, Penarth Road, Cardiff WALES 33: Charlie May 10, Jimmy Wright 8, Dave Hughes 7, Vic King 4, Walt Perry 4. ENGLAND:...
Mike has been transferred to - Room 475, Highbourne Lifecare Centre, 420 The East Mall, Etobicoke On. Canada. M9B 3Z9 if anyone wants to drop him a line. He...
I will also be writing to Mike over the weekend. He was around British speedway for more than 10 years from 1947, including spells in Ireland. Then came the...
Speedway folklore has it that when Mike Tams and his brother Les rode for Eastbounre in 1947 they had two bikes between them. One was a 'very good' bike, the...
Several races took place in Australia and South Africa about 1939 between speedway riders and midget car drivers. Are there any results known for these? Also,...
Did anyone on the list ever go in 1968/1970? It seems incredible to imagine a sand surface on tarmac! Shame the crowds dwindled away and promoter Fred Osborn...
Plymouth has always been a team in which I have been interested, although at the moment nothing is quickly available for me regarding the period you mention. ...
No but there are records of a speedway rider racing against a greyhound at Bradford Autodrome (Greenfields) in the pioneer days. Plus a bike v an aeroplane at...
Since the debate started, I have been told that Buddy Fuller rode against a midget car at the Old Barn track, South Africa, in 1939. Also that Andy Menzies was...
In 1957 at the Firs Stadium, Norwich on 20 July we had a race between Harold Hill & Ron Baker in a "Banked wheel" sidecar v Bill Billman in his Ford 10 Midget....
I must have been there Bryan as I never missed a meeting then but still a schoolboy I just cannot remember that. Strangely, I only ever saw Norwich away from...
Thanks to Gordon McIsaac, the curator of the Speedway Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, I have information on a mid-1960s race at Western Springs between Bob ...
A further look at this photo (see message below) identifies in the front row, from the left, Barry Briggs, Ronnie Moore and Reg Trott. Are there any riders in...
An email has reached me from Australia. It says that the Japanese team that toured Australia in the 1970s included a woman rider, Nanae Okomoto. She used a...
A very interesting posting. I can't remember that event, but it was about that time I used to go to Western Springs and saw both those guys in action. Bob...
I have just posted into the Photo Albums (Veteran riders 1940s onwards) nine items forwarded by Bill Walsh in New Zealand. They can also be previewed by...
The name of Bryce Subritzky has come up in the debate regarding speedway bikes versus midget cars. Did he race on speedway in the UK and/or the USA at...
Yes Bryce did ride in UK. If you google his name you will find all knind of interesting listings with info about Bryce and his family.Cheers. Bill ... speedway...
I am certain that, at one-time, Bryce Subritzky rode for both Belle Vue and St Austell. This could have been in the early 1950s - date references not available...
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