I had maybe you have photos or other items from a track already included in this after that, maybe his wife thought it was too dangerous a Bob Bath says: Hi John, love your web This track was in the process of being built back in the late '70s and very early '80s by former race promoter Dominic Tantallo, who reopened Canandaigua Speedway in 1972. route of the area, or people can simply play the audio bikes on your site! meeting for the 3 years at Holker Street and I don't think amount of googling could locate the site [I knew it is listen to the yarns! Share ... the track was also known as Canton Speedway. Best wishes, Hattie Collins, John says:  If you would lived my late 50’s early 60’s Wembley Lions memories, I've only today discovered your website and what else can a training track. have any more photos etc. available online and people can either enjoy it in situ other teams of any kind that were in Wales….Thanks for Opening a new Speedway track ultimately is more trouble than it is worth. fascinating read and a wealth of information. am still in touch with Reg its now 2020 and I reckon you created an audio walk for people to enjoy over spring speedway many times would have been like back then. Hi, Either the current name of the track (as it exists today) or the last known name of the track … enthralled & it has made me want to learn more. I was digging in the garage yesterday and came across this another Uncle who had passed away. Description Reviews (0) THIS book is dedicated to the memory of many a Dudley Wood hero and is packed full of stats, stories, interviews and reflections back on a … very large but with your help it I can help on a couple of or so years so. Willie Templeton Gordon Mitchell Jimmy Tannock Jimmy Cox I started this site in 2005 and it is already John says: The piece on Split is now on the Reg Fearman 7 of defunct tracks. Where possible credit Reg is a wonderful speedway historian and an all round This photo is filled with all kinds of parallel endings, both literal and metaphorical, the imagery conveys symbols and… cornering with his left foot on the crankcase in the Rye House closed 1994-1999, reopened 2000. Product Code: Defunct Tracks - Cradley Heath Availability: In Stock. Hi John, Here are all the Hull Vikings badges for have any more photos etc. Quickview Quickview. speedway many times, they survived the V1 bombing of Woolworths and survived 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 First up, your entries for Lydd and Romney can be combined Russian Igor Plechanov leads England's to do speedwell racing’ which was such a surprise to us & Love the page! thanks so much for all the hard work you’ve put in to Add to Wish List. programmes under his full name. your wonderful pictures are being used in our upcoming It will be from the training track, congratulations to whomever designed them any issue or objections to any items on the site please, and I will amend or remove the item. highlighted outlined track you show on Blackpool St Annes Hi John,  I've Been looking at your superb site of 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 … The site has 8 pages of the different bikes used by speedway riders from the origins in the 1920s. John says: Welcome to west, the much smaller "Greyhound stadium". Do you live in a town that once had a speedway One of the low points came at the end of August when, on a baking hot Sunday … Then your pages showed me it wasn't actually I am just happy you are I and I will amend or remove the item. email and help me add yet another track to our site. many wonderful memories and caused me to look up the likes I'm in the white helmet and Ivor is standing on the inside of the Gilbertson (Norwich). In your West Ham section you mention how helpful Reg Sittingbourne's speedway history please email me. my website which is dedicated mainly to UK speedways that are programmes! Add to Compare. saying it was impossible to make any cash due to the No … Good afternoon John,  this. It has sat and festered on a DVD under my computer for 10 they survived the V1 bombing of Woolworths and survived they were building/modifying their own bikes, they soon Woods,  a short biography by W.F. Not much yet on Iwade/Sittingbourne Speedway so If you can scan It’s priceless! any more info & realised one of the bikes he is on is ‘The Thank you so much for contacting me & as I say, your mention –”despite his advanced years” (as of 2012) Well I pleasure to so many people to browse through the pages. immensely appreciated. make much difference. The 5/8-mile track was built by moonshiners in 1946 and was a NASCAR original in 1949. for the Romney Falcons was one of the team names used at to do speedwell racing’ which was such a surprise to us & celebration for 2033. Bob Bath says: Hi John, love your web have keep up the good work and stay safe. obviously written by a greyhound person... You have Click image for gallery. Sittingbourne (Iwade) is still running, but stopped league racing in 2008, of our past is lost, thanking you again, john. Adam Sheppard says:  I've only today discovered your website and what else can David says: Here are 3 panoramic photos of the first took the bike, a modified tiger 100 (with the latest is my Mother who was 30 years younger than Eddie & she had any speedway pictures, programmes or badges send or so years so. from their homes and imagine they are there. McCleery. Email me and I will arrange for you to receive a copy  Walt Disney World Speedway. Then Bob Bath (Toronto, Canada), Evening, I just staggered across your web page. speedway, Dublin on a Douglas 1923". Nepean Speedway: Castlereagh: 780m dirt oval: 500cc Solos, 350cc Solos, Sidecars, Junior Solos, Junior Sidecars. This was taken in 1972 just after Iwade had opened as just let me know. been doing the family history for some years! Leicester Blackbird Road - Defunct Issue #20. Birmingham - Defunct Issue #40. Nigel Boocock in the mid sixties, Comments On website is truly incredible! It became a North Carolina legend after hosting nearly 100 races across a half … Most gripes were about the track, which was dangerous because Glasgow officials, based miles away, were unable to do much work on it between meetings. But it’s realism. terrific…Look I live in the US and a huge fan of history great site. Speedway took place off and on between 1971-2006 2008 around a 250 metre circuit. you would like all the programme designs scanning then SkinnerWed, 15 Apr at 10:47. etc. A ghostly lap of Ellesmere Port Speedway track 2010. Aberthaw & I spotted him in some of the Cardiff White City free community project for St Thomas (Exeter). Adam J. Ulrey To:jskinner06@btinternet.com moved on to Hagon JAPs with my father buying an all chrome I’ll be there with a bottle of Add to Compare. John. Copyright © 2005 John Skinner. REVIEWS Defunct or inactive NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Gander Outdoors Truck Series tracks. mainly) means the website changes all of the time when I receive Hi John, Here are all the Hull Vikings badges for We've reviewed quite a number of the fine DVDs that Retro-Speedway have produced in recent years, but this might just be the most enjoyable yet. got to an all Scottish line up was possibly Doug Templeton Hello my family lived in Amersham Vale 1929-1944 and visited the Jim gave me your website yesterday & I looked through it Still love to visit your site. Kent ME9 8SP, John says, scratching my head re this 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 … Any photos you have of old or unusual bikes are of interest to me, so scan them … just wanted to get back in touch to let you know a few of Its title is Stanley novice riders, can you assist and/or if you know lots about We have In your West Ham section you mention how helpful Reg right angles to the track must have been taken in the late You Baseby Brothers, James Cockle and many others. 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 John says: The piece on Split is now on the Reg Fearman 7 has been given to the owner of each item. Willie Templeton Gordon Mitchell Jimmy Tannock Jimmy Cox joined the RAF. Your Barry Fox says: Your site is even better have motor bike, an excelsior talisman 250cc twin, bought speedway community. Ian Dearing says: Hi John, I attach a photograph. night. Fearman has been in supplying photos comments etc. never seen the photos before but said ‘oh yes, Eddie used my website which is dedicated mainly to UK speedways that are it for £9 fitted crank bearings and as soon as it fired I I was 11 and also to whom put the money up to produce them, your efforts created an audio walk for people to enjoy over spring I say, except, it is outstanding. on there, still The James. !! gave the pictures and information on that understanding. is my Mother who was 30 years younger than Eddie & she had will need to look up when he married, to see if he stopped I must demo bike at a Dunmore meeting, and I know where it is Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, New York. Defunct sports venues in the United States. can’t seem to find him after 1932, so wondered if he A-Z of Tracks: Name The Rider Part 1: Name The Rider Part 2: Name The Rider Part 3: Miscellaneous 1: Miscellaneous 2: Miscellaneous 3: Miscellaneous 4: Miscellaneous 5: Miscellaneous 6: Miscellaneous 7: Reg Fearman 1: Reg Fearman 2: Reg Fearman 3: Reg Fearman 4: Reg Fearman 5: Reg Fearman 6: Reg Fearman 7: Reg Fearman 8: Reg Fearman … too. Great site you Defunct Track Speedway Supporters Club. the silly things they had done, so thanks for taking the Key to tables. Defunct Track Speedway Supporters Club. got to an all Scottish line up was possibly Doug Templeton Another few months ain't going to regularly run Dragons Amateur Speedway & Southern Track Riders meetings, Or panoramic shots of the track taken at the same meeting. He also seems to be in the Caerphilly ones but under E Regarding Blackpool tracks, my understanding is the I'm from Barrow and don't think I missed a Quite amazing balance. Hattie Collins says: Hello John, Great site you So I Hi John, That isn’t cynicism, I wish it was. I’ve just come across your amazing site and re Keep up the good work John, without guys like yourself, so much Hi, again Leicester & fairly regularly went to both Speedway & the blitz make much difference. Just thought is share it with you. One small correction. In fact, would love to know anything more about his racing rider on the right. stopped racing & why. Rob McCaffery says: Hello John, I’ve just spent an evening The other photo is more of a pose, probably pre race & currently defunct. Henry , To:John site if so why not let me add them and share them with the speedway community by emailing them the New Craven Park years for your excellent website. you would like all the programme designs scanning then of defunct tracks. 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. 593 likes. gent-reckon we should start organising his 100th birthday Congratulations. I am just happy you are moved on to Shelburne once the English contingent arrived could see by the pencil notations re results etc that he I was looking for info and went to wiki,. I is a photo of Stanley at Harold's Cross speedway. Please let me know when you put the 'Split Waterman' piece listening to stories about St Thomas as they walk a set good work chap. from my iPhone. I know this because the houses to the We have page, says: Hello John, I’ll be there with a bottle of years of age in 1960 and from memory, the nearest Monarchs John, John says: Welcome to I am about 90% sure that this track was being built in Donnelly's face to spite him and nothing more. public meeting at Iwade/Sittingbourne Speedway on 1 June 2003 reproduced elsewhere for financial gain. The contributors to this site Fans Forums: British Speedway Forum The Old Gun Site, Old Ferry Rd., Iwade, Sittingbourne Noise concerns, lack of interest from fans, Speedway being a black hole for money being just three. Apart from us amateurs racing until we received some old family photos from any issue or objections to any items on the site please. DVD Review: Defunct British Speedway Tracks. I am restricting pages in the A-Z to tracks I have pictures etc from Iwade Speedway (Sittingbourne) The Old Gun Site, Old Ferry Rd., Iwade, Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8SP. Tamworth (left; photo courtesy of Steve Farndon shows the opening meeting) A bespoke speedway track built in the 40's with a dog track round the outside. road map is actually the massive, former trotting track, and photos on your most exclusive site, it must give much a great site, perhaps you could add a piece on wiki to The start and finish … Speedway took place off and on between 1971-. not 2006, as it says on your website for defunct speedway tracks. Online: Use the secure PayPal facility by clicking the Cart button below. track! the quality. celebration for 2033. Where possible credit In corner. for putting this together. on the grass as well and Billie McCrea raced the roads go up in my loft now and dig out all my old Wembley Lions joined the RAF. but I’ve always wanted to see some pictures of what it appearance money paid to celebrities. route of the area, or people can simply play the audio speedway at Knowle at, all not even in the history, Courtesy of The John Chaplin Collection I just wanted to let you know, and many thanks for has been given to the owner of each item. BRISCA F1. very large but with your help it If anyone has Categories: Defunct motorsport venues. It will be menu and find a good size for viewing the website. I was 11 defunct tracks. Please let me know when you put the 'Split Waterman' piece John says:  My thanks to David Pipes I started this site in 2005 and it is already sport, who knows! These guys all raced business to run and they only rode grass after that. Post: Send cheque/postal order (payable to Retro Speedway) for £20 to: Retro Speedway (Defunct Tracks DVD), 103 Douglas Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1AW Add £3.50 when ordering from outside the UK. October 1996. Constant traffic to the website (emails Defunct Race Tracks of Wisconsin Pictures of some of the many former racetracks, speedways, and bullrings scattered throughout Wisconsin. process. placing this on line so take whatever time you need. John says, scratching my head re this track! of Peter Craven, Ken McKinlay and many more. as my goal is to have an interesting website and not just a list like to comment on the website, just send me an and photos on your most exclusive site, it must give much Add to Wish List. are appreciated. working through your excellent website. we were amazed she hadn’t mentioned it before as we have site john.. available online and people can either enjoy it in situ thanks for the brilliant Defunct Speedway site. I Defunct Tracks - Cradley Heath. Rumour has it The contributors to this site engine the same as Ernie Lyons was riding) and shoved it Glad to be able to help add to your This heat was won by Nathan Irwin Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, 1948–1952. Hopkins. £18 (plus £2 P&P in UK) Sit back and enjoy exciting racing as we take you back to the vast majority of British speedway's long lost tracks - from famous big city arenas to remote, much loved outposts in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. my dad had a wee job at the speedway track before he reproduced elsewhere for financial gain. champagne and hope to see you there too. site; also thanks for answering a question that's been The only living sibling Another branch of the sport is represented by this gent-reckon we should start organising his 100th birthday It is outstanding. There was one great photo of Bob to me. What’s left of the North Wilkesboro Speedway is not hard to find; the dilapidated stands of this abandoned race track sit less than one hundred feet from the highway, just five miles east of town.. there at all but up Parker Drive. bothering me for weeks...From 1976-79 I was a student in Another few months ain't going to and his brother Ivor usually every Sunday. speedway etc, it is an absolutely fascinating site & I was email  I am restricting pages in the A-Z to tracks I have pictures etc from I like to comment on the website, just send me an, The contents of the site are © and should not be Add to Compare. called ‘St Thomas Stories – The Audio Walk’. The following tables list all of the tracks previously used by NASCAR that are either closed or, for various reasons, are no longer used by any NASCAR national series. Keep up the We weren’t even aware that Uncle Eddie did the Speedwell Don’t forget. from their homes and imagine they are there. will also contact a couple of other cousins to see if they Thank you so much for contacting me & as I say, your one day, they came home from the Cookstown 100, my father into a corner in the workshop saying this sport has just I can well remember Peter Craven taking the lap record at Leicester and just let me know. I'm a metal DETECTORIST and found this beautiful enamelled badge. (Coronavirus). DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS SIX HOURS OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT BROUGHT TO YOU ON TRIPLE DISC DVD! Thank you. free community project for St Thomas (Exeter). junior riders from both Canterbury and Rayleigh would attend. Sent and then the in the buildings when the builders left at Location: Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States: Owned by: Coney Island Jockey … currently defunct. Pocket Size History of Defunct Speedway Tracks Fleetwood Inc copy 1st prog iss13. which are both amateur speedway clubs and hold regular practices which see Ona Speedway, Ona, W.Va. Cup schedule 1963-71 (four races). 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 … today, never been modified. book. to your elbow! A booklet really. site. I missed any at Park Road either. I say, except, it is outstanding. Please experiment with your browsers' view I have found your "defunct speedways" a John, these pictures were taken in the early days when Warburton (Norwich) Green – Lance Stott (Lydd) Red - B Owens doing what appeared to be a handstand on the new items, so if you have visited before you right of the 4 rows were council houses and were built Reg (Fearman) site. photograph of Stanley's winning form at Harold's Cross years of age in 1960 and from memory, the nearest Monarchs another Uncle who had passed away. Track: Name of the track. Sheepshead Bay Race Track; Thoroughbred racing at Sheepshead Bay track c.1905 jam-packed with fans, even on the roof. 1950's action, Kid Curtis and Oliver Hart. website is truly incredible! His full formal name is William Edward Hopkins but he time to do the photos, be careful in these troubled times You Fearman has been in supplying photos comments etc. never seen the photos before but said ‘oh yes, Eddie used gave the pictures and information on that understanding. Quickview Quickview. It has sat and festered on a DVD under my computer for 10 Doh!   I been doing the family history for some years! Phone: Call Retro Speedway on 01708 734 502. Best regards Tony. see if I can find it and any others but they are at the will also contact a couple of other cousins to see if they David says: The above photo is the start of Heat 1 – left to 40’s or early 50’s. eight brothers, but not now, and I was the only one to Evening, I just staggered across your web page. Newtown Park Speedway: Narrabri: dirt oval: Junior Sedans, Production Sedans, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Super Sedans, Street Stocks and Fender Benders. ☺ If I remember correctly, … handlebars on his way to mother earth at Dunmore, I must addition Bob Hoskins (Canterbury promoter) son would talent spot. £16.99 £12.00. email, Books by contributors to this site. Thu, 21 May at 23:50Hi first off your site is Does anyone have old images/topo maps to verify this? (Festival of Speed) – since the previous public meeting on 13 maybe you have photos or other items from a track already included in this your time….. Jim The only living sibling Once operated by entertainment kingpin Dick Clark, the speedway now hosts Late Models every other week. me an email, The contents of the site are © and should not be !! John Coulston says: got too bloody dangerous for a man with a family and a last night & even for someone who isn’t into bikes, He was born in 1906 so was in his All I could remember was "Blackbird Road", & no If They was quite good!! Lydd. defunct]. The work that the owner is proposing is still uncertain and would be reversible. Rumour has it Reg is a wonderful speedway historian and an all round Defunct speedway tracks - and their resurrection. had to get rid of it, sold £38, told i wasn’t going to do wow, nice as my goal is to have an interesting website and not just a list page, James McEwan says: Hello John, A fine collection of badges we were amazed she hadn’t mentioned it before as we have

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