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- 1 2 3 "Tamworth Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ↑ "Tawmorth Speedway". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ↑ "Mile Oak Speedway" . Tamworth Herald. 2 April 1932. Retrieved 24 August 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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