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References
- ↑ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ↑ "Pairs champions". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 129–133. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
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