Jeff Scott serves up yet another portion of methanol-inspired lunacy to satisfy your speedway-craving appetite with his latest book CONCRETE FOR BREAKFAST.
Scott continues to validate the sportıs authenticity as he celebrates the romance of its racing, the bravery of its competitors, and the idiosyncrasies of its partisans on and off the track.
With his gift for location, dialogue, and the human comedy, Scott will escort you into his world of speedway.
Accompany him as he watches almost every speedway team in Britain compete. He lends you his nose as he savours the aroma of methanol, burgers, chips, stressed toilets, and excitement. From his favourite vantage point in the lee of the stadium grandstand or lost in thought on the road to (or from) yet another event behind the wheel and the wipers of his much-abused car, Scott will help you begin your own pilgrimage to speedway.
And even though there may well be CONCRETE FOR BREAKFAST for some unlucky riders whose quest for glory ends in a bruised heap of broken bones and bike, Scott will cleave the chaos for you in such a way that the event will be invariably portrayed with the charm, irreverence, humanity and compassion that informs the style of this most unique of sportsı most unique diarist.
Initial Book Tour dates (more to follow)
June: 18th Kingıs Lynn 19th Swindon 21st Eastbourne
22nd Mildenhall 23rd Reading 24th Isle of Wight
26th Ipswich 28th Cardiff
July: 2nd Birmingham 4th Coventry 6th Sittingbourne
11th Plymouth 12th Weymouth
Contents Listing
Chapter 1. Newport: New Year Classic 2007 rain-off
Chapter 2. Telford: Ice, Y-fronts and the law of three
Chapter 3. High Beech: Electricians in short supply at 79th anniversary celebrations
Chapter 4. Swindon: Behind the scenes with the Abbey Stadium track team
Chapter 5. Swindon v Reading: Blunsdon twinned with Siberia
Chapter 6. Reading v Swindon: Dustbowl derby
Chapter 7. Swindon v Wolverhampton: Search for tyre heaven continues
Chapter 8. Rye House v Glasgow: Night of flying haggis and fire starters
Chapter 9. Sittingbourne v Buxton: Embodiment of the ethos
Chapter 10. Wolverhampton v Reading: Attack of the table smasher
Chapter 11. Lakeside v Eastbourne: ³Speedway has lost its mojo²
Chapter 12. Sittingbourne v Scunthorpe: Gordon for Cardiff
Chapter 13. Sheffield v Birmingham: ³The track's good, mate I think we're gonna get a track record tonight!²
Chapter 14. Edinburgh v Redcar: Mood darkens under blackening Armadale skies
Chapter 15. Berwick: ³Get a photo of Rob 'cause your mum used to fancy him²
Chapter 16. King's Lynn v Mildenhall: ³If I leave now, I can still see Emmerdale at seven²
Chapter 17. Somerset: Vortex of traffic chaos
Chapter 18. Cardiff: Bomber excels in luxurious surroundings
Chapter 19. Newport: Breathtaking skill lights up the Welsh Open
Chapter 20. Mildenhall v King's Lynn: Banter flares in the fens
Chapter 21. Peterborough: Foreigners snatch glory at the Showground
Chapter 22. Reading v Eastbourne: Another new era dawns at Smallmead
Chapter 23. Lakeside v Swindon: Slowway racing arrives and everyone loves Alf
Chapter 24. Weymouth v Isle of Wight: Battle of the hairstyles
Chapter 25. Sheffield v Somerset: Cuddly toy mountain hits Owlerton
Chapter 26. Stoke v Redcar: Mystery Chinese rider - Gwanlee - debuts in drizzle
Chapter 27. Scunthorpe: Big news and high drama at CL Pairs
Chapter 28. Isle of Wight v Glasgow: Chocolates or flowers?
Chapter 29. Weymouth v Wimbledon: Red lingerie arrives anonymously
Chapter 30. Coventry v Wolves: Anthem fever hits Brandon
Chapter 31. Ipswich v Peterborough: Eau de hot dog fails to entice
Chapter 32. Sittingbourne v Oxford: When 8 become 7
Chapter 33. Birmingham v Redcar: Firm management on display at Perry Barr
Chapter 34. Redcar v Mildenhall: Family feud fever hits Teeside
Chapter 35. Workington v Somerset: Talk of Mr Woo, birthdays, Speedway Regulations and Graham Drury
Chapter 36. Newcastle v Redcar: Irene, George, the ³Official Club Magazine² and Redcar All Impress
Chapter 37. Edinburgh v Glasgow: 13 years of hurt ends
Chapter 38. Glasgow v Edinburgh: Afternoon of passion and pantomime reactions
Chapter 39. Isle of Wight v Mildenhall: Girl power nearly overwhelms Smallbrook
Chapter 40. Sheffield: A night to remember
Chapter 41. Reading v Swindon: Battle of the tactical doctor's certificates
Chapter 42. Belle Vue v Swindon: Unofficial 'Keep Britain Tidy' campaign starts
Chapter 43. Edinburgh v Rye House: New martial art hits Armadale
Chapter 44. Berwick v Edinburgh: 'Only Gay in the Village' turns back the years
Chapter 45. Swindon v Coventry: Night of song, consistency and inaccurate times
Chapter 46. Swindon: More traffic chaos hits the Super7even series
Chapter 47. King's Lynn v Leicester: ³I know it's great for you guys just to be here, getting racing again!²
Chapter 48. Eastbourne v Swindon v Belle Vue: Many hands make light work
Chapter 49. Eastbourne v Belle Vue: 'Norman the Fox' arrives at Arlington
Chapter 50. Oxford v Plymouth: Antepenultimate speedway meeting at Cowley Stadium?
Chapter 51. Rye House v Sheffield: Ironing, triumph and humble pie
Chapter 52. Ryton-on-Dunsmore: Rapt atmosphere envelopes
Chapter 53. Brighton: ³I nearly wet my pants!² Afterword
About the Author
Jeff Scott is Writer in Residence at Eastbourne Speedway and also guest Writer in Residence at Reading Speedway. Itıs a must-have companion to Scottıs masterpiece 'Showered in Shale' as well as his others: 'Shifting Shale', 'When Eagles Dared', or the poignantly photographed 'Shale Britannia'.
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