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- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ↑ "Port set up treble" . Manchester Evening News. 12 October 1985. Retrieved 10 October 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Speedway" . The Scotsman. 15 October 1990. Retrieved 10 October 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ↑ Bamford, Reg (2004). Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 978-0-7524-2955-7.
- ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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