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- ↑ "Graham Jones". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "Stoke speedway pair triumph" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 24 August 1988. Retrieved 25 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wolves swoop" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 24 February 1989. Retrieved 1 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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