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- ↑ "CRAYFORD PRESS & PRACTISE DAY". Crayford Kestrels. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "Speedway" . Daily Mirror. 28 July 1980. Retrieved 10 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "Dane wins" . Sunday Mirror. 16 October 1983. Retrieved 4 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.