Speedway is a spectacular sport, especially in team events, four riders, two from each team (of seven or eight) in each race (called heats), line up at the start, these black leather clad heroes, these Gladiators of Speed, with their brightly coloured race jackets, mounted on highly tuned, highly polished, 500cc Motorcycles (with NO brakes, and fixed gears), make a spectacular sight under the arc lamps of the track. I am sure not all Tuesday Nights were that much Fun or that Sunny it just seemed that way after all these years . INDEX Ĭhapter 05 The Year of the Champions(1965)Ĭhapter 08 Forty years of Speedway (1968)Ĭhapter 09 All change as the Glory Fades (1969)Īppendix 1 Brief History of West Ham 1928-1955Īppendix 2 Dirt Track Racing (opening meeting 1928) Speedway and Me, is not a ` True` History of the Speedway Hammers, but instead, a young fans view as to what ` seemed ` to be happening between 1964-71Īlso as time plays tricks on the mind after 40 years, a few events may slightly out of sync. A Fans memory of Speedway at West Ham from 1964 to 1971 By R.J.Rogers
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