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Post by thirdturn on Dec 30, 2012 17:45:18 GMT 1
The editions of 'The Auto' for the late 1920s and early 1930s mention light car racing as taking place at Thrum Hall (Halifax?) and York. Also in 1931 a West Ham speedway rider Allen Killfoyle designed and built a car for racing on speedway tracks but I am not sure how far that venture progessed and if more were built and the cars actually raced at Custom House.
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Post by administrator on Dec 30, 2012 23:34:05 GMT 1
The editions of 'The Auto' for the late 1920s and early 1930s mention light car racing as taking place at Thrum Hall (Halifax?) and York. Also in 1931 a West Ham speedway rider Allen Killfoyle designed and built a car for racing on speedway tracks but I am not sure how fas that venture progessed and if more were built and the cars actually raced at Custom House. Tony Goulding, also a local speedway rider, was the top performer in a handful of car races held at York.
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Post by baldeagle1932 on May 2, 2013 21:50:55 GMT 1
The editions of 'The Auto' for the late 1920s and early 1930s mention light car racing as taking place at Thrum Hall (Halifax?) and York. Also in 1931 a West Ham speedway rider Allen Killfoyle designed and built a car for racing on speedway tracks but I am not sure how fas that venture progessed and if more were built and the cars actually raced at Custom House. Tony Goulding, also a local speedway rider, was the top performer in a handful of car races held at York. I think research will show there was more activity than mentioned in the North of England aside from that claimed to have taken place at Halifax and York. I have a nagging recollection of some cars in action at Nottingham in either 1929 or 1930 but cannot trace my original source of reference at the moment.
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Post by administrator on Jul 7, 2013 17:23:16 GMT 1
This is from the respected Speedway Researcher website. It is the first known reference to cars racing on a speedway track. Audenshaw 1928 Meeting results compiled by Bob Ozanne Saturday May 19 1928 Light Cars: Longshaw 3mins 33secs. These midget cars carried a passenger during the race.
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Post by haflinger121 on Jul 9, 2013 11:37:28 GMT 1
Looks like we've finally found somewhere that beat Greenford into action - that was June 23rd.
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Post by haflinger121 on Jul 11, 2013 17:42:19 GMT 1
Having just been and looked at the Speedway Researcher piece about Audenshaw 1928, it would appear that this was a single race as part of a dirt track motorcycle meeting. Only the winner is given (perhaps he was the only finisher?) and there is a note that 'these midget cars carried a passenger'. I would venture to suggest that they were not midget cars at all, but roadsters of some description, similar to the machinery used at Greenford a short time later. It still looks to me as though the first full scale, short oval car race meeting took place at Greenford. At least, until somebody proves otherwise....
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Post by jaykay on Jul 11, 2013 19:34:03 GMT 1
The editions of 'The Auto' for the late 1920s and early 1930s mention light car racing as taking place at Thrum Hall (Halifax?) and York. Also in 1931 a West Ham speedway rider Allen Killfoyle designed and built a car for racing on speedway tracks but I am not sure how far that venture progessed and if more were built and the cars actually raced at Custom House. Perhaps if we could trace some of these magazines we'd get a better idea about the early days of midget racing - wasn't it then called car speedway? But I agree with haflinger that we can forget about the Audenshaw meeting in early 1928 - two in a car! I ask you?
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