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Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock. Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h).
The sport of speedway in the United Kingdom has changed little since the first meetings in the 1920s. It has three domestic leagues, its own Speedway Grand Prix, and an annual entry into the Speedway World Cup / Speedway of Nations.
Garry Stead is a former international motorcycle speedway rider.
The Middlesbrough Bears were a British speedway team which operated under various names from 1939 until their closure in 1996.
Graham Warren was an international motorcycle speedway rider who finished third in the 1950 Speedway World Championship final and was a member of the Australian national speedway team.
Robert Charles Appleby was a speedway rider from Canada.
Joseph William Owen is a British former motorcycle speedway rider from England.
Claus Korsbang Vissing is a Danish speedway rider.
Bradley Wilson-Dean is a New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider.
Robert Francis Duckworth is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from New Zealand.
Tom Owen is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.
Steve Wilcock is a former motorcycle speedway from England.
Rod Hunter is a former speedway rider from Australia.
Nigel Robin Crabtree is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.
Gary Karl Allan is a British born former international speedway rider from New Zealand.
Alexander Gordon Byers was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He was one of the early pioneers of speedway in Britain.
Charles Edward Blacklock was a motorcycle speedway rider from New Zealand.
Alfred William Mattson was a motorcycle speedway rider from New Zealand.
Raymond Charles New is a former motorcycle speedway rider and promoter from New Zealand. During his United Kingdom career he was known as Charlie New.
Bruce Mackenzie Abernethy was a motorcycle speedway rider from New Zealand.
References
- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Jack C. Hunt" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ "Taita Speedway". Historic Speedway. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ "HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1929-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ "A_Z of Rider Averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ "Jack Hunt" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ "Jack Hunt in Speedway Crash" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 12 September 1948. Retrieved 25 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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