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Speedway
World Championship - Click here to order your copy today!
Massive new
352 page volume, packed with photographs and programme illustrations,
comprehensively documenting the history of the sport's major competition
right the way through to the Grand Prix series in 2001.
From the first final when Bluey Wilkinson scored maximum points, but failed
to lift the title due to the controversial bonus point system in operation
at the time. Then there gold greats of Barry Briggs, Ove Fundin, and Ivan
Mauger winning the Championship a record six times. Latterly, there was
Hans Nielsen, who bridged both the old and the new, successfully partaking
in both the original style World Finals and the new Grand Prix. All of
these and many other great riders from the past and present are included
in this detailed and fully illustrated book.
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The
Moran Brothers - Click here to order online
Shawn and Kelly
Moran spent the majority of the highly successful speedway careers
racing in the United Kingdom. Shawn's clubs included Hull, Sheffield
(where he spent a total of ten years in two spells) and Belle Vue
(five years). Kelly rode for Hull, Birmingham, Eastbourne, Sheffield,
Belle Vue and Swindon.
They began their
British careers at Hull, where they were team-mates with multi-World
Champion, Ivan Mauger. Wherever they went, the brothers were two
of the most colourful characters in speedway during the 1980s.
They won the
world team cup twice and were prominent in the World Championship
event for many years (including a first place in the Long Track
Championship). They were among the first wave of Americans to race
in Britain, and were instrumental in setting the standards for their
fellow countrymen to follow. Written by Brian Burford, who has been
a speedway supporter for over twenty years, this book includes a
foreword by 1996 World Champion Billy Hamill, and is essential reading
for anyone with an interest in speedway.
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Speedway
in East Anglia Book - Click here to order online
Covering the
history of speedway from the grass track at the Firs Stadium in
Norwich in 1930 up to the present day, this book features histories
of all the leading teams - including Norwich, Ipswich, Yarmouth,
King's Lynn, Rayleigh, Peterborough and Mildenhall.
It also describes the many star riders associated with East Anglia:
from Bert Spencer, Aub Lawson, Ove Fundin in taking on all-comers
to win the World Championship, through to the more recent exploits
of riders such as Michael Lee, John Louis, Terry Betts, Billy Saunders,
Jason Crump and Tony Rickardsson.
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Speedway in London Book - Click here to order online
London was the
centre of the speedway world. Just before and just after the second
world war Wembley and West Ham were regularly attracting up to 50,000
spectators week in and week out. These two tracks, along with New
Cross, Harringay and Wimbledon, formed the backbone of the sport in
this country.
Covering the history of these teams from their very early beginnings
in 1928 along with Hackney, White City, Stamford Bridge, Crystal Palace,
Lea Bridge and Walthamstow, this book features the leading riders
of their day, including the spectacular 'Cyclone' Billy Lamont, the
tragic Tom Farndon, the immaculate Bluey Wilkinson, the human points
machine Vic Duggan, Britain's first world champion Tommy Price, the
irrepressible 'Split' Waterman, the technically brilliant Jack Young,
the Wimbledon Kiwi world champion duo of Ronnie Moore and Barry Briggs
together with some of the later stars including Malcolm Simmons, Bengt
Jansson, Barry Thomas, Zenon Plech, Roger Johns and Gordon Kennett.
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Homes
of British Speedway - Click here to order online
A guide to every
track that has ever staged speedway in Britain including track address,
years of operation track lengths, with details of first and last
meetings along with stories of interest. Also includes 200 illustrations,
including photographs of stadiums and rare programme covers.
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Speedway
In Scotland-Click here to order online
A guide to Speedway in Scotland, beginning with a look at Marine Gardens
in 1928. Also includes detailed sections on Edinburgh and Glasgow,
plus chapters on Ashfield, Motherwell, Linlithgow and a look at short-lived
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