News and Updates
Future Policy
The Speedway Researcher magazine which can be viewed on the Speedway Researcher web site was set up by Graham Fraser and Jim Henry to promote research into the history of Speedway and Dirt Track Racing. It was intended to help those with an interest in any aspect of the sport and its history to make others aware of what their interests and to encourage others who had similar interests to work together. It provided a vehicle whereby researchers could advise others of what they were doing and make others aware of what they were looking for.
The magazine published articles on a wide range of topics related to speedway and dirt track racing.
The web site came along a good while after the magazine, the idea of the late Ron McNeil who gave us the idea of using this medium to provide a platform for sharing information about speedway meetings held in the UK from 1928 to date. At first the site was funded by income generated by the magazine but since the magazine closed down the funds have become nearly exhausted and it is now largely privately funded. The costs are dictated by the amount space taken to host the information and are currently not unreasonable. The next step up, is, however, a significant leap.
Taking this into account the space available has to be prioritised. The first priority is to ensure the base source of information, meeting details, are fully provided for.
For the foregoing reasons we are going to decline to carry any additional items which are compilations of information drawn from our meeting details. However, in a bid to facilitate networking we intend to continue for the time-
September 22
Our Wembley contributor has provided us with the Steward’s copies of the programmes for 1930 which has enabled us to fill in some major holes in the Wembley file for that year. Many thanks.
Jim has discovered a meeting at Hamilton Showgrounds in 1947 and Joe Wake has updated his Newcastle files. (Please check out Joe’s Second Half Needs File to see if you can help with any missing information). I have made a start to the 1947 season results and have put the first instalment on the 1947 page. I will update this file as I go along.
While perusing the Internet I found an excellent Crayford history website which established that the early meetings held there in 1930 and 1931 were grass track events and gives some results for 1935 and 1936.
Many thanks go to Alan Greenwood for his California and Rye House information which have helped fill some major gaps. Thanks again Alan.
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