Motorcycle speedway was first staged in Leicester in 1928. It has continued on and off until the present day, with Leicester Lions currently competing in the...
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Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983 and again from 2011. The team race at the Beaumont Park Stadium (or...
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Ruapuna". Historic Speedway. Retrieved 24 July 2023. "Motorsport Memorial -". "Australian Speedway rider killed in Test". Leicester Daily Mercury. 21 December...
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motorcycle speedway starting there five years later. It was also a venue for BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars. In 1923, the site chosen for Leicester Stadium...
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Leicester Super was a motorcycle speedway team based at the Leicester Super Speedway near Melton Road. Promotion company Speedways and Sports Ltd initially...
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Win in Last heat". Leicester Daily Mercury. 20 October 1951. Retrieved 5 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. "Bees great win in Speedway Cup...
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(1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN 0-904584-04-6, p. 137 Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia...
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Leicester Stadium were a motorcycle speedway team which operated from 1929 until 1931. Speedway was first staged in Leicester in 1928 and the following...
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1931 Speedway Northern League. Wilkinson rode for England in the second Test match of 1931 against Australia, staged at Leicester Super Speedway, scoring...
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Vic White (category Leicester Hunters riders)
career in speedway, riding under Vic's management at Leicester in the 1970s. Vic White served as President of the World Speedway Riders' Association in 1998...
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