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RIDE IT! THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SPEEDWAY

by Cyril May

Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1978

Very good condition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Specially reprinted edition 1978 - 50th Anniversary Speedway.

Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine and cover edges are faded. Browning to endpapers.

ISBN: 0854292101
Stock no. 2132277

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The early days
  • Australia catches on
  • Dirt track racing comes to Britain
  • Climb on the band wagon
  • The advent of league racing
  • The professional touch
  • The war-time years
  • The post-war years
  • The evolution of the speedway machine
  • Speedway engines
  • The Unsung heroes
  • They pay to serve
  • the speedway collectors
  • Speedway mascots of the early days
  • Good lookers - but fierce rivals
  • Lew Coffin
  • His ambition? - to be a professional speedway rider
  • Test Matches: England versus Australia
  • The World Championship through the years
  • Speedway - on spikes
  • Superstars - ten of the best
  • They live in memory
  • Postscript

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