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- ↑ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7
- 1 2 Bamford/Shailes, Robert/Glynn (2007). The Story of Oxford Speedway. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 128–135. ISBN 978-0-7524-4161-0.
- ↑ "Rider hunt is still on for Cradley" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 21 March 1986. Retrieved 31 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Jacobs, Norman (2007). 70 Years of Rye House Speedway. ISBN 978-0-7524-4162-7
- ↑ "Stars move for new man" . Lynn Advertiser. 19 July 1994. Retrieved 31 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.