• 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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  • Ruapuna". Historic Speedway. Retrieved 24 July 2023. "Motorsport Memorial -". "Australian Speedway rider killed in Test". Leicester Daily Mercury. 21 December...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Syston (category Towns in Leicestershire)
    p. 289. Pevsner & Williamson 1984, p. 223. Jones, Alan (2004) Speedway in Leicester: The Hunters Era, Automedia, p. 8 Syston Town Council News Archived...
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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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  • (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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  • October 1940 – 9 November 2006) was a British motorcycle speedway rider. Born in Leicester, Forrester initially pursued a career as a footballer, and...
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    Beaumont Park Stadium (category Sports venues in Leicester)
    Park, Leicester. The stadium is mainly used for motorcycle speedway and is the home track for the Leicester Lions. At the meeting of the Leicester City...
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