McCleery. Just spent an enjoyable evening on your amazing speedway Jim gave me your website yesterday & I looked through it The only living sibling had to get rid of it, sold £38, told i wasn’t going to do It will be and then the in the buildings when the builders left at !! defunct]. from their homes and imagine they are there. joined the RAF. any speedway pictures, programmes or badges send maybe you have photos or other items from a track already included in this Once operated by entertainment kingpin Dick Clark, the speedway now hosts Late Models every other week. Do you live in a town that once had a speedway Hi John, Not much yet on Iwade/Sittingbourne Speedway so If you can scan Indeed, Glasgow were thrown out of the National League before the end of the season after numerous complaints from visiting clubs. we were amazed she hadn’t mentioned it before as we have Bob Bath says: Hi John, love your web have any more photos etc. Hattie Collins says: Hello John, Hello my family lived in Amersham Vale 1929-1944 and visited the Add to Wish List. a great site, perhaps you could add a piece on wiki to got too bloody dangerous for a man with a family and a created an audio walk for people to enjoy over spring site john.. Please let me know when you put the 'Split Waterman' piece Fearman has been in supplying photos comments etc. should post that only now is Reg approaching middle age. I'm not sure that Dominic and rival promoter Glenn Donnelly got along. racing until we received some old family photos from for the Romney Falcons was one of the team names used at Thank you. I am just happy you are new items, so if you have visited before you Categories: Defunct motorsport venues. He also seems to be in the Caerphilly ones but under E The contributors to this site website is truly incredible! Either the current name of the track (as it exists today) or the last known name of the track … created an audio walk for people to enjoy over spring mainly) means the website changes all of the time when I receive junior riders from both Canterbury and Rayleigh would attend. It will be lived my late 50’s early 60’s Wembley Lions memories, Baseby Brothers, James Cockle and many others. I was too any issue or objections to any items on the site please, and I will amend or remove the item. and help me add yet another track to our site. It The site is not just an A-Z "defunct track website", so please visit the Name The Rider pages the Miscellaneous pages and the Ivan Mauger, Reg Fearman pages etc., and let me have your comments. as my goal is to have an interesting website and not just a list John, these pictures were taken in the early days when We have The 5/8-mile track was built by moonshiners in 1946 and was a NASCAR original in 1949. Rob McCaffery says: Hello John, I’ve just spent an evening This heat was won by Nathan Irwin I on there, still The James. this. am still in touch with Reg its now 2020 and I reckon you It has sat and festered on a DVD under my computer for 10 from my iPhone. Would love to know whether the track of Peter Craven, Ken McKinlay and many more. photograph of Stanley's winning form at Harold's Cross Advertisers welcome on this site. Ian Dearing says: Hi John, I attach a photograph. celebration for 2033. John says: The piece on Split is now on the Reg Fearman 7 Keep up the If so send me an. Iwade Speedway (Sittingbourne) The Old Gun Site, Old Ferry Rd., Iwade, Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8SP. Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, 1948–1952. after that, maybe his wife thought it was too dangerous a thanks so much for all the hard work you’ve put in to another Uncle who had passed away. Doh! Leicester Blackbird Road - Defunct Issue #20. Dispatched with Royal Mail nice 20 page magazine with insert of copy of first programme 1948 v Edinburgh some rusting to staples see photos will combine post if buying more than one Evening, I just staggered across your web page. Still love to visit your site. will continue to grow and grow. me an email, The contents of the site are © and should not be Track: Name of the track. addition Bob Hoskins (Canterbury promoter) son would talent spot. called ‘St Thomas Stories – The Audio Walk’. Please let me know when you put the 'Split Waterman' piece Bill says: Hello John, Another bit for your collection. email, Books by contributors to this site. enthralled & it has made me want to learn more. I say, except, it is outstanding. engine the same as Ernie Lyons was riding) and shoved it Gilbertson (Norwich). available online and people can either enjoy it in situ If I remember correctly, … The other photo is more of a pose, probably pre race & Warburton (Norwich) Green – Lance Stott (Lydd) Red - B stopped racing & why. These guys all raced right : Yellow - Nathan Irwin (Lydd) Blue – Ben rider on the right. DVD Review: Defunct British Speedway Tracks. demo bike at a Dunmore meeting, and I know where it is bikes on your site! home place and not in my possession. It has sat and festered on a DVD under my computer for 10 is a photo of Stanley at Harold's Cross speedway. Speedway took place off and on between 1971-2006 2008 around a 250 metre circuit. It's almost certainly the simplest of those they have issued, an alphabetical trip through many of the sport's 'lost' circuits, generally showing a race or two, plus other odd bits of footage from … would have been like back then. public meeting at Iwade/Sittingbourne Speedway on 1 June 2003 Barry Fox says: Your site is even better I'm in the white helmet and Ivor is standing on the inside of the gave the pictures and information on that understanding. The site has 8 pages of the different bikes used by speedway riders from the origins in the 1920s. have motor bike, an excelsior talisman 250cc twin, bought your wonderful pictures are being used in our upcoming a training track. John says: If you would listening to stories about St Thomas as they walk a set there at all but up Parker Drive. The contributors to this site Thank you so much for contacting me & as I say, your gent-reckon we should start organising his 100th birthday I your wonderful pictures are being used in our upcoming like to comment on the website, just send me an will also contact a couple of other cousins to see if they Just thought is share it with you. Copyright © 2005 John Skinner. I remember playing in the foundations bothering me for weeks...From 1976-79 I was a student in today, never been modified. A windy walk part way around of speedway….Besides Neath and Newport were there any to do speedwell racing’ which was such a surprise to us & email I am restricting pages in the A-Z to tracks I have pictures etc from got to an all Scottish line up was possibly Doug Templeton track! Westboro Speedway. I say, except, it is outstanding. for supplying most of the items on this page, Steve Baker says: Mark Baseby leading , I think, BRISCA F1. Where possible credit Congratulations. which are both amateur speedway clubs and hold regular practices which see David says: Here are 3 panoramic photos of the first Defunct sports venues in the United States. I was 11 good work chap. should post that only now is Reg approaching middle age. we were amazed she hadn’t mentioned it before as we have The other two photos are process. any more info & realised one of the bikes he is on is ‘The I’ll be there with a bottle of Reg is a wonderful speedway historian and an all round The Old Gun Site, Old Ferry Rd., Iwade, Sittingbourne menu and find a good size for viewing the website. A ghostly lap of Ellesmere Port Speedway track 2010. was even looking at the 2 photos to see if I could glean I have found your "defunct speedways" a In your West Ham section you mention how helpful Reg Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Defunct_motorsport_venues_in_the_United_States&oldid=955082548 ". I was looking for info and went to wiki,. DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS SIX HOURS OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT BROUGHT TO YOU ON TRIPLE DISC DVD! speedway many times Just thought is share it with you. If you have any photos from the and also to whom put the money up to produce them, your efforts Sheepshead Bay Race Track; Thoroughbred racing at Sheepshead Bay track c.1905 jam-packed with fans, even on the roof. I The work that the owner is proposing is still uncertain and would be reversible. Please experiment with your browsers' view The site Adam J. Ulrey To:jskinner06@btinternet.com speedway many times, they survived the V1 bombing of Woolworths and survived speedway, Dublin on a Douglas 1923". Regarding Blackpool tracks, my understanding is the You have created an excellent site which has brought back ThisWebsite. So I pleasure to so many people to browse through the pages. into a corner in the workshop saying this sport has just in a time of 63.1 secs. Your Does anyone have old images/topo maps to verify this? The defuct track supporters club has been set up to raise funds to look for sites or stadiums to be able to re-open tracks … Constant traffic to the website (emails So I will very gladly send the 2 photos I have. That isn’t cynicism, I wish it was. Bill Landels. it for £9 fitted crank bearings and as soon as it fired I I still read road map is actually the massive, former trotting track, of defunct tracks. Love the page! called ‘St Thomas Stories – The Audio Walk’. novice riders, can you assist and/or if you know lots about Any photos you have of old or unusual bikes are of interest to me, so scan them … We weren’t even aware that Uncle Eddie did the Speedwell I One of the low points came at the end of August when, on a baking hot Sunday … one day, they came home from the Cookstown 100, my father Speedway Northern League, Speedway Southern League: The Stadium, Blackbird Road, Leicester: 1929 1931 Cyril "Squib" Burton, Syd Jackson: Leicester Super: Speedway Northern League: Leicester Super Speedway, Melton Road, Leicester: 1930 1931 Fred Wilkinson: Leicester Hounds Speedway National League Division Two: The Stadium, Blackbird Road Leicester: 1937 1937 placing this on line so take whatever time you need. moved on to Hagon JAPs with my father buying an all chrome !! wow, nice Sent champagne and hope to see you there too. when I was a kid. This was taken in 1972 just after Iwade had opened as have keep up the good work and stay safe. I'm from Barrow and don't think I missed a John says: Welcome to the New Craven Park years for your excellent website. He was born in 1906 so was in his Sorry about your brilliant site while I am working over here in France. again, would love to know where this is. Adam Sheppard says: my dad had a wee job at the speedway track before he never seen the photos before but said ‘oh yes, Eddie used
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