Miscellaneous Speedway
New book - Homes of British Speedway. By Robert Bamford and John Jarvis.
By Admin
Oct 31, 2006, 22:08

Having arrived in Britain in the late 1920s, dirt-track racing soon established itself as an incredibly popular national sport. By the end of 1928, there were over fifty tracks throughout Britain.

Many venues were opened and run sporadically over the next seven decades, particularly during the heyday of speedway after the Second World War, when interest was phenomenally high. As a result, the sport has taken place at numerous locations throughout the country.

Featuring over 300 venues, this new edition of Homes of British Speedway is fully updated with new circuits, updated track information and a host of new illustrations. Every track is afforded statistical information, including address, years of operation, track lengths, promoters and club successes.

This book is an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in the shale game. An Ambitious and comprehensive work, it is the definitive history and guide to the homes of British speedway.

Compiled by Robert Bamford, a prolific author of speedway titles and editor of the Tempus Speedway Yearbook series, and John Jarvis, a leading historian and enthusiast of the sport in the modern era.

 August 2006
£18.99
WORLD RIGHTS (except South     America, Spanish & Portuguese)
07524 4004 7
248 x 172mm
Paperback
288 pages
200 illustrations

The first edition was published in 2001 and sold over 3,000 copies in its first two years in print.

This, the second edition, is fully revised and updated to include newly opened tracks and closures up until publication during the 2006 season.