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- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ↑ Oakes, Peter (1986) 1986 Speedway Yearbook, Sportsdata, ISBN 0-948882-05-0, p. 210
- 1 2 Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 159
- ↑ "Speedway", Glasgow Herald , 29 April 1988, retrieved 2012-03-15
- ↑ Neal, Martin (2007) "Speedway: Big bash for Little", Evening Gazette, 5 April 2007, retrieved 2012-03-15