| High Beech | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Club information | |
| Track address | High Beach Loughton Epping Forest District Essex |
| Country | England |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Closed | 1931 |
| League | Southern League |
High Beech Speedway, also known as Kings Oak Speedway (because of its location by the Kings Oaks Hotel), is a defunct British motorcycle speedway team that operated between 1928 and 1931 and was based at High Beach, Loughton, Epping Forest District, Essex, England. [1]
High Beech competed in the 1930 Speedway Southern League, finishing 11th. [1] [2] The club returned the following season and finished sixth in the 1931 Speedway Southern League. [3] [4]
It was inevitable that without a stadium as such, the club would not be able to compete with the bigger teams, and they duly folded after the 1930 season. [1] The venue is famous within the speedway world due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval cinder circuit) in Britain on 19 February 1928. [5] [6]
| Year and league | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 Speedway Southern League | 11th | |
| 1931 Speedway Southern League | 6th |
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