Speedway In East Anglia

Product description

Covering the history of speedway in the region from its befinnings on the grass track at the Firs Stadium in Norwich in 1930 up to the present day, this book features histories of all the leadings team, including Norwich, Ipswich, Yarmouth, King’s Lynn, Rayleigh, Peterborough and Mildenhall. It also describes the many star riders associated with East Anglia: from Bert Spencer, with his spectacular leg-trailing skills, Aub Lawson and his streaming scarf and the determination of Ove Fundin in taking on all-comers to win the World Championship, through to the more recent exploits of riders such as Michael Lee, John Louis, Terry Betts, Billy Sanders, Jason Crump and Tony Rickardsson.