Warrington (speedway)

Warrington (speedway)
Club information
Track address	Arpley Motordrome Slutchers Lane Arpley Warrington, England
Country	England
Founded	1929
Closed	1930
League	English Dirt Track League Northern League

Warrington Speedway were a British motorcycle speedway team who operated between 1929 and 1930 and were based at Arpley Motordrome, Slutchers Lane, Arpley, Warrington, England. ^[1]

History

In 1928 the new sport known as dirt track arrived from Australia and the following year a dirt track was opened at Arpley Motordrome, ^[2] with the Warrington team being founder members of the English Dirt Track League (effectively the Northern League). ^[3]

The Arpley Motordrome first opened for speedway on 29 March 1929. ^[4] The first meeting saw Squib Burton win the Golden Helmet in front of over 10,000 people. The promotion soon ran into trouble in November 1930 the speedway went into liquidation. ^[1] The team's assets (including the venue) were taken over by the management of the Liverpool speedway team (General Speedways (Liverpool) Ltd for £1,100. However, following a court battle, Liverpool were forced to relinquish the assets to a higher bidder. ^{[5] [6]}

The stadium found new tenants in 1931 after a greyhound track was added and the venue became the Warrington Greyhound Stadium. ^[7] Many years later in 1949 the venue held speedway demonstration meetings.

Season summary

Year and league	Position	Notes
1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League	N/A	withdrew, results expunged
1930 Speedway Southern League	5th

References

1. "Warrington Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
2. "Warrignton Dirt Track Opening" . Runcorn Weekly News. 22 March 1929. Retrieved 21 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
4. "1929 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
5. "Speedway Tracks Ready" . Daily Herald. 12 February 1931. Retrieved 17 August 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Liverpool company loses suit" . Liverpool Echo. 27 February 1931. Retrieved 17 August 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. ISBN   0-948955-15-5.