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References
- ↑ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ↑ "Racers' mystery man" . Reading Evening Post. 26 May 1977. Retrieved 29 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) Who's Who in World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN 0-904584-04-6, p. 187
- ↑ "Norwegian signs for Dukes" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 11 March 1977. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Leicester get Godal on loan" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 14 April 1978. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 166
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