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- ↑ "1970-1979". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ↑ "Another home win likely for Dukes" . Halifax Evening Courier. 23 June 1967. Retrieved 19 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ↑ "Speed champs hit Gwent" . Gwent Gazette. 2 April 1970. Retrieved 19 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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