1984 British League season

British speedway season October 2023 October 2023 British League Champions Ipswich Witches Knockout Cup Ipswich Witches League Cup Cradley Heathens Individual Chris Morton Pairs Belle Vue Aces Midland Cup Cradley Heathens Hans Nielsen 1984 National League 1983 1985 The 1984 British League season was the 50th season of the top tier of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and the 20th known as the British League.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Team changes Three teams dropped out and four teams replaced them. Midland's clubs Birmingham Brummies and Leicester Lions both dropped out and Hackney Hawks dropped to the National League, becoming the Hackney Kestrels after taking over from the Crayford Kestrels. The new teams to the league were Oxford Cheetahs, Newcastle Diamonds, Exeter Falcons (all from the National League) and the returning Wolverhampton Wolves who did not ride in 1982 and 1983. Exeter took over the Leicester licence.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19840124/013/0013 Collins turns down Halifax Huddersfield Daily Examiner 24 January 1984 British Newspaper Archive subscription 29 August 2024 Summary Oxford Cheetahs returned to the league, financed by David Hawkins of Northern Sports, and spent heavily over the off-season. They bought Hans Nielsen from Birmingham for a record £30,000, Simon Wigg for £25,000 from Cradley Heath, Marvyn Cox for £15,000 from Rye House, Melvyn Taylor for £12,000 from King's Lynn and Jens Rasmussen.Bamford/Shailes Robert/Glynn The Story of Oxford Speedway 2007 128–135 Tempus Publishing Ltd 978-0-7524-4161-0 Defending champions Cradley Heath couldn't hold onto their title after losing Simon Wigg to Oxford and loaning Jan O. Pedersen to Sheffield Tigers because of their huge combined c.m.a. being over the limit. The 50th season of British speedway saw a close fight between Ipswich Witches, Belle Vue Aces and Cradley Heathens. A resounding home win over Ipswich and a string of away wins meant Belle Vue looked favourites to win the league, but in October Ipswich took 3 points from Cradley home and away to end the midlanders hopes and clinched the title with a win at previously unbeaten at home Reading. They made it a cup double by beating Belle Vue home and away in the final with Belle Vue also missing out in the League Cup final to Cradley Heath. The Suffolk team had a great season despite losing their leading rider Dennis Sigalos who rode for Wolverhampton Wolves until breaking his leg early in the league season. Australian Billy Sanders remained one of the team's main scorers and he was supported by strong season scoring from American showman John Cook, Finn Kai Niemi and the English international pair of Jeremy Doncaster and Richard Knight.http://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables1984.php 1984 league tables Speedway GB 2018-05-30 2017-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20171001052832/http://speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables1984.php deadhttps://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/21425488.favourite-ever-ipswich-witches-teams-fans-say/ Favourite-ever Ipswich Witches teams... FANS HAVE THEIR SAY East Anglian Daily Times 21 December 2023 The league season saw some notable absentees. Kenny Carter made no league appearances after breaking his leg and aggravating the injury in attempting to qualify for the World Final. Remarkably he won the British Final despite being barely able to walk. Michael Lee was judged to have endangered the safety of other riders when storming off the track in the wrong direction and received a season long ban (reduced from 3 years after appeal) and made no league appearances for Poole Draconian measures were brought in to exclude any rider pushing the tapes, as opposed to breaking them. The aforementioned Lee walked out of an England / USA test match after falling foul of the rule strictly applied by the referee. Erik Gundersen scored heavily in the league but his high average was hampered by a string of exclusions for tape infringements so much that he finished outside the top 10 rider averages. In the World Championship, the FIM didn't apply the same strictness and he went on to win his first individual World Title. A scandal broke in September when the Sunday People newspaper published a story about race fixing and riders being paid to forfeit their place in the British Final. Riders named were Simon Wigg, Malcolm Simmons, John Louis, Mark Courtney, Kelly Moran and Alan Grahame. Specifically Simmons dropping out for Wigg in the British Final and rides by Wigg's opponents in that final came under scrutiny. Wigg was disqualified from the 1985 World Championship. Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Ipswich Witches 30 25 2 3 522 Belle Vue Aces 29 23 3 3 493 Cradley Heath Heathens 30 21 2 7 444 Reading Racers 30 17 1 12 355 Sheffield Tigers 30 15 0 15 306 King's Lynn Stars 30 15 0 15 307 Wimbledon Dons 30 15 0 15 308 Oxford Cheetahs 30 14 1 15 299 Swindon Robins 29 12 2 15 2610 Wolverhampton Wolves 30 13 0 17 2611 Eastbourne Eagles 30 12 1 17 2512 Coventry Bees 30 11 2 17 2413 Poole Pirates 30 10 1 19 2114 Halifax Dukes 30 9 3 18 2115 Exeter Falcons 30 8 2 20 1816 Newcastle Diamonds 30 9 0 21 18M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points Fixtures and results main FBR grey BV COV CH EAS EX HAL IPS KL NEW OX PP RR SHE SWI WIM WOL Belle Vue 44–34 44–34 64–14 50–28 54–24 55–23 48–30 47–31 49–29 57–21 53–25 49–29 n-h 61–17 49–29 Coventry 39–39 37–41 48–30 59–19 53–25 40–38 50–28 51–27 36–42 42–36 42–36 47–31 38–40 43–35 37–41 Cradley Heath 48–30 46–32 44–34 52–26 44–34 39–39 51–27 56–22 46–32 44–34 48–30 49–29 51–27 36–42 47–31 Eastbourne 36–42 43–35 42–35 49–28 52–26 38–40 36–42 54–24 45–33 40–38 35.5–42.5 48–30 40–38 47–30 47–31 Exeter 38–40 42–35 36–42 41–37 51–27 39–39 33–45 47–31 43–35 46–32 39–39 38–40 44–34 48–30 37–41 Halifax 36–42 39–39 39–39 41–37 44–34 31–47 45–33 41–37 46–32 44–34 42–36 35–43 42–36 45–33 35–43 Ipswich 42–36 52–26 46–32 51–27 51–27 58–20 46–32 60–17 46–32 51–27 41–37 48–29 40–38 48–30 52–26 King's Lynn 31–47 43–35 29–49 44–34 50–28 57–21 34–44 47–31 37–41 48–30 45–33 44–34 45–33 41–37 40–38 Newcastle 37–41 42–35 29–49 37–40 48–30 45–33 28–50 35–43 44–34 50–28 44–34 38–40 46–32 46–31 40–38 Oxford 39–39 43–35 45–33 40.5–37.5 56–22 57–21 35–43 37–41 41–37 43–35 46–32 34–44 41–37 46–32 40.5–37.5 Poole 38–40 41–37 35–43 41–37 41–37 39–39 37–41 44–34 43–35 46–32 31–40 40–38 41–37 41–37 45–33 Reading 40–37 47–30 40–38 43–35 54–24 49–29 32–46 50–28 49–29 41–37 45–33 42–36 46–32 47–31 41–37 Sheffield 37–41 51–27 32–46 47–31 55–23 48–30 43–35 48–30 55–23 40–38 50–28 38–40 41–37 43–35 35–43 Swindon 39–39 47–31 32–46 39–39 53–25 49–29 32–46 48–30 51.5–26.5 40–38 44–34 41–37 40–38 46–32 45–33 Wimbledon 33–44 45–33 43–35 42–36 43–35 47–31 37–41 44–34 42–36 40–38 52–26 44–34 46–32 40–38 47–31 Wolverhampton 37–41 35–43 33–45 41–36 41–37 43–35 38–39 46–31 57–21 37–41 42–36 39–37 43–35 41–37 36–42 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1984.html Speedway Researcher 1984 fixtures & results 28 April 2025 Top ten riders (league averages) Rider Nat Team C.M.A. 1 Hans Nielsen DEN Oxford 10.78 2 Chris Morton ENG Belle Vue 10.72 3 Jan Andersson SWE Reading 10.36 4 Simon Wigg ENG Oxford 9.98 5 Phil Crump AUS Swindon 9.96 6 Bobby Schwartz USA Eastbourne 9.82 7 Billy Sanders AUS Ipswich 9.73 8 Peter Collins ENG Belle Vue 9.68 9 Shawn Moran USA Sheffield 9.66 10 John Cook USA Ipswich 9.36 British League Knockout Cup The 1984 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Ipswich Witches were the winners.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/04/british-league-ko-cup-1984.html 1984 British League Knockout Cup Speedway archive First round Date Team one Score Team two15/07 Eastbourne 41-36 Poole30/06 Swindon 36-42 Ipswich29/06 Exeter 32-46 Wolverhampton28/06 Wimbledon 46-32 Coventry25/06 Reading 41-36 Cradley Heath18/06 Wolverhampton 45-33 Exeter16/06 Coventry 52-26 Wimbledon09/06 Cradley Heath 46-32 Reading09/06 Kings Lynn 49-29 Newcastle07/06 Ipswich 45-33 Swindon06/06 Poole 37-41 Eastbourne12/05 Halifax 37-41 Sheffield05/05 Belle Vue 53-25 Oxford26/04 Sheffield 49-29 Halifax Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two16/09 Eastbourne 42-34 Kings Lynn06/09 Sheffield 40-38 Wolverhampton01/09 Belle Vue 50-28 Coventry27/08Coventry 42-36 Belle Vue25/08 Kings Lynn 57-21 Eastbourne10/08 Wolverhampton 42-36 Sheffield26/07 Ipswich 46-32 Cradley Heath25/07 Cradley Heath 40-38 Ipswich Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two14/10 Belle Vue 56-22 Wolverhampton05/10 Wolverhampton 40-38 Belle Vue27/09 Ipswich 57-21 Kings Lynn26/09 Kings Lynn 44-34 Ipswich Final First leg 27 October 1984 Belle Vue AcesMcKinna 9Collins 8Morton 6Smith 6Ross 2Carr 2 Courtney 0 33 - 45 Speedway Sunday Sun (Newcastle) 28 October 1984 4 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19841028/055/0055 British Newspaper Archive subscription Ipswich WitchesSanders 12Cook 10Knight 8Doncaster 7Niemi 6Flatman 2Blackbird 0 Hyde Road Stadium Second leg 28 October 1984 Ipswich WitchesSanders 9Doncaster 8 Cook 8Blackbird 8Niemi 6Knight 5Flatman 3 47 - 31 Speedway Daily Mirror 29 October 1984 27 June 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19841029/222/0031 British Newspaper Archive subscription Belle Vue AcesSmith 9Ross 9Morton 6McKinna 4Carr 2Collins 1Courtney 0 Foxhall Stadium Ipswich Witches were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-64. League Cup The League Cup was split into North and South sections. The two-legged final was won by Cradley Heath Heathens beating Belle Vue Aces in the final 80–76 on aggregate. North Group Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Belle Vue Aces 12 10 0 2 202 Cradley Heathens 12 6 0 6 123 Newcastle Diamonds 12 6 0 6 124 Coventry Bees 12 5 0 7 105 Sheffield Tigers 12 5 0 7 106 Wolverhampton Wolves 12 5 0 7 107 Halifax Dukes 12 5 0 7 10 South Group Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Reading Racers 16 11 0 5 222 Wimbledon Dons 16 11 0 5 223 Ipswich Witches 16 10 1 5 214 Eastbourne Eagles 16 9 1 6 195 Oxford Cheetahs 16 9 0 7 186 Poole Pirates 16 8 0 8 167 King's Lynn Stars 16 7 0 9 148 Swindon Robins 16 5 1 10 119 Exeter Falcons 16 0 1 15 1 North Group main FBR grey BV COV CH HAL NEW SHE WOL Belle Vue 54–24 51–27 54–24 60–18 53–25 48–30 Coventry 32–46 40–38 43–35 37–41 52–26 42–35 Cradley 40–38 41–37 50–28 42–36 43–35 42–35 Halifax 27–51 43–35 41–37 48–30 44–34 46–31 Newcastle 33–44 41–37 45–33 45–32 41–37 38–39 Sheffield 36–42 41–37 43–35 49–29 42–36 43–35 Wolverhampton 44–34 37–41 39–38 42–36 30–47 40–38 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1984fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1984 fixtures & results 8 October 2025 South Group main FBR grey EAS EX IPS KL OX PP REA SWI WIM Eastbourne 52–26 42–36 42–36 42–36 51.5–26.5 37–41 40–38 45–33 Exeter 39–39 38–40 35–43 37–41 35–42 30–47 28–50 34–44 Ipswich 49–29 51–27 40–38 36–42 54–24 40–38 47–31 48–30 King's Lynn 44–34 53–25 42–36 32–46 42–36 43–34 41–37 25–53 Oxford 35–43 59–19 29–49 43–35 42–35 37–41 43–35 38–40 Poole 37–41 52–26 39–38 41–37 40–38 32–46 40–38 40–38 Reading 47–31 45–33 37–41 44–34 37–41 44–34 47–31 41–37 Swindon 44–34 55–23 39–39 40–38 41–37 37–41 29–49 36–42 Wimbledon 46–32 52–26 43–35 42–36 37–41 45–33 40–38 42–36 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1984fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1984 fixtures & results 8 October 2025 Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two21/07 Belle Vue 55–23 Wimbledon04/08 Cradley Heath 52–26 Reading09/08 Wimbledon 38–40 Belle Vue13/08 Reading 42–36 Cradley Heath Final First leg 7 October 1984 Cradley HeathensCollins Ph 12Gundersen 11King 10Grahame 4Cross 3Jensen 3Saunders (guest) 1 44 - 34 https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/cradleyheath1984.pdf 1984 Cradley season Speedway Researcher 6 October 2024 Belle Vue AcesMorton 11Smith 5Collins Pe 5Carr 5Ross 4McKinna 3Courtney 1 Dudley Wood Stadium Second leg 14 October 1984 Belle Vue AcesSmith 9Courtney 8Collins Pe 7Morton 7Carr 6Ross 3McKinna 2 42 - 36 Cradley HeathensGundersen 11King 11Collins Ph 7Grahame 5Cross 1Collins S 1Jensen 0 Hyde Road Cradley won on aggregate 80-76. Riders' Championship Chris Morton won the British League Riders' Championship, held at Hyde Road on 20 October.Morton takes title Sunday Sun (Newcastle) 21 October 1984 4 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19841021/042/0042 British Newspaper Archive subscription Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 ENG Chris Morton 3 1 3 3 3 13+32 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 2 2 3 3 13+23 DEN Erik Gundersen 3 3 2 3 2 13+14 DEN Peter Ravn 2 3 3 2 2 12 5 USA Shawn Moran 2 2 2 2 3 11 6 DEN Tommy Knudsen 0 3 3 3 1 10 7 AUS Billy Sanders 3 3 1 X 1 88 ENG Malcolm Simmons 2 2 1 1 1 79 USA Sam Ermolenko 0 1 3 0 2 6 10 SWE Jan Andersson 2 2 0 0 2 611 USA Bobby Schwartz 0 0 0 2 3 5 12 AUS Phil Crump 1 1 1 2 X 5 13 ENG Neil Evitts 0 1 2 1 0 4 14 ENG Martin Scarisbrick 1 0 1 1 1 4 15 ENG John Louis 1 0 0 - - 1 16 ENG Andy Campbell 1 0 0 1 0 217 ENG Lee Edwards (res)0 0 - - - 0 18 ENG Glenn Hornby (res) 0 0 - - - 0 ef=engine failure, f=fell, x=excluded r-retired Pairs The British League Pairs Championship was held at Monmore Green Stadium on 11 September and was won by Belle Vue.Morton Collins, perfect partners Birmingham Mail 12 September 1984 17 May 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19840912/031/0031 British Newspaper Archive subscription Group APosTeamPtsScorers1Belle Vue17Morton & Collins2King's Lynn14Louis & Jessup3Exeter14Campbell & Robinson4Ipswich8Sanders & Cook Group BPosTeamPtsScorers1Reading18Shirra & Hunt2Halifax14Evitts & Baker3Cradley13Gundersen & Collins4Poole9Ermolenko & Middleditch Group CPosTeamPtsScorers1Coventry17Knudsen & Guglielmi2Eastbourne15Schwartz & Woods3Oxford14Wigg & Cox4Newcastle8Owen J & Ingels Group DPosTeamPtsScorers1Wimbledon16Simmons & Davis2Sheffield16Moran S & Collins N3Wolves14Ravn & Grahame4Swindon8Crump & Petersen Semi finals Belle Vue beat Coventry 7–2 Reading beat Wimbledon 7–2 Final Belle Vue beat Reading 5–4 Midland Cup Cradley Heath won the Midland Cup for the second consecutive year. The competition consisted of five teams and was sponsored by Marlboro.Cradley finish on high note Birmingham Weekly Mercury 28 October 1984 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19841028/047/0047 British Newspaper Archive 21 October 2023 subscription First round Team one Team two ScoreWolverhampton Oxford 43–35, 45–33 Semi final round Team one Team two ScoreCoventrySwindon 45–33, 33–45 CoventrySwindon 46–32, 32–46 CoventrySwindon 40–38, 34–43 CradleyWolverhampton 40–38, 39–39 Final First leg 25 October 1984 SwindonPhil Crump 12Bo Petersen 10Ari Koponen 6Alf Busk 4Shawn McConnell 3Per Sorensen 2Kevin Smith 0 37–40 Cradley HeathLance King 8Erik Gundersen 7Phil Collins 7Finn Jensen 7 Alan Grahame 6 Simon Cross 5 Steve Collins 0 Abbey Stadium Second leg 27 October 1984 Cradley HeathErik Gundersen 10Phil Collins 9Lance King 8 Alan Grahame 6Finn Jensen 6 Simon Cross 4 Steve Collins 0 43–35 SwindonPhil Crump 12Bo Petersen 8Per Sorensen 7Ari Koponen 5Alf Busk 1Shawn McConnell 1Kevin Smith 1 Dudley Wood Stadium Cradley Heath won on aggregate 83–72 Riders & final averages Belle Vue 22em ENG Chris Morton 10.31 ENG Peter Collins 9.10 NZL Larry Ross 7.75 ENG Andy Smith 7.25 ENG Mark Courtney 7.14 ENG Peter Carr 6.66 SCO Kenny McKinna 6.39 ENG Barry Ayres 2.00 Coventry 22em DEN Tommy Knudsen 7.87 AUS Gary Guglielmi 7.79 ENG Steve Bastable 6.89 USA Rick Miller 6.64 DEN John Jørgensen 6.18 DEN Sam Nikolajsen 5.31 ENG Kevin Hawkins 5.19 ENG Steve Payne 2.62 Cradley Heath 22em DEN Erik Gundersen 9.54 USA Lance King 8.65 ENG Phil Collins 8.40 ENG Alan Grahame 7.87 ENG Simon Cross 7.27 DEN Finn Jensen 5.08 ENG Mike Wilding 1.96 ENG Steve Collins 1.49 Eastbourne 22em USA Bobby Schwartz 9.42 DEN John Eskildsen 8.07 ENG Paul Woods 8.05 CZE Antonín Kasper Jr. 6.76 ENG Colin Richardson 6.01 FIN Olli Tyrväinen 4.91 ZIM Denzil Kent 4.37 USA Steve Lucero 4.18 ENG Martin Goodwin 4.00 ENG Paul Bosley 3.81 Exeter 22em NZL Ivan Mauger 8.08 ENG Andy Campbell 6.90 ENG Sean Willmott 6.01 SWE Leif Wahlman 5.29 USA Buddy Robinson 5.27 AUS Rob Maxfield 5.05 DEN Frank Andersen 4.98 ENG Louis Carr 4.15 WAL Kevin Price 2.59 ENG Steve Bishop 2.08 ENG Keith Millard 2.00 ENG Michael Coles 1.00 Halifax 22em ENG Kenny Carter 9.21 ENG Neil Evitts 7.44 AUS Steve Baker 6.08 ENG Eric Monaghan 5.16 ENG Doug Wyer 4.95 ENG Steve Finch 4.64 ENG Craig Pendlebury 4.58 DEN Kurt Hansen 3.52 Ipswich 22em AUS Billy Sanders 9.69 USA John Cook 8.83 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 8.16 FIN Kai Niemi 7.98 ENG Richard Knight7.43 ENG Nigel Flatman 5.29 ENG Carl Blackbird 4.97 ENG Carl Baldwin 3.53 King's Lynn 22em ENG John Louis 8.29 ENG Dave Jessup 7.42 SWE Richard Hellsen 6.72 AUS Steve Regeling 6.61 ENG Kevin Jolly 6.38 ENG Martin Dixon 6.05 ENG Keith Bloxsome 4.00 Newcastle 22em ENG Joe Owen 8.04 AUS Rod Hunter 7.01 NZL David Bargh 6.68 USA Eddie Ingels 5.84 ENG Steve McDermott 5.18 ENG Phil White 4.82 ENG Martin Scarisbrick 4.62 ENG Reg Wilson 4.13 NZL Alan Mason 3.92 Oxford 22em DEN Hans Nielsen 10.76 ENG Simon Wigg 9.69 ENG Marvyn Cox 6.29 ENG Melvyn Taylor 6.06 DEN Jens Rasmussen 5.57 ENG Ian Clark 4.59 ENG Nigel Sparshott 4.48 GER Klaus Lausch 4.15 ENG Martin Yeates 2.00 ENG Dave Perks 1.93 Poole 22em ENG Michael Lee 9.24 USA Sam Ermolenko 6.71 DEN Finn Thomsen 6.32 AUS Stan Bear 6.15 DEN Brian Jakobsen 5.85 ENG Neil Middleditch 5.77 ENG Kevin Smith 5.62 FRG Gerd Riss 4.57 SWE Leif Wahlman 3.54 Reading 22em SWE Jan Andersson 10.05 NZL Mitch Shirra 9.26 SWE Per Jonsson 6.52 ENG Tim Hunt 5.75 ENG Malcolm Holloway 5.43 SWE Pierre Brannefors 5.41 DEN Peter Glanz 4.87 Sheffield 22em USA Shawn Moran 9.85 ENG Neil Collins 8.03 ENG Les Collins 7.83 ENG Dave Morton 6.00 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 6.00 ENG Martin Hagon 5.18 ENG Reg Wilson 4.77 ENG Nigel Crabtree 3.59 NZL Alan Mason 2.94 Swindon 22em AUS Phil Crump 9.94 DEN Bo Petersen 8.33 FIN Ari Koponen 6.15 SWE Bjorn Andersson 5.73 USA Shawn McConnell 5.33 ENG Alun Rossiter 5.01 DEN Alf Busk 4.95 DEN Per Sorensen 4.65 ENG Martin Yeates 3.78 Wimbledon 22em ENG John Davis 8.38 ENG Malcolm Simmons 8.38 ENG Kelvin Tatum 7.18 ENG Gordon Kennett 6.04 AUS John Titman 5.82 ENG Roger Johns 5.69 ZIM Mike Ferreira 5.45 ENG Andy Galvin 2.95 Wolverhampton 22em USA Dennis Sigalos 9.87 DEN Preben Eriksen 8.45 DEN Peter Ravn 7.47 ENG Andy Grahame 7.23 USA Steve Lucero 4.61 ENG Louis Carr 4.52 USA Rob Pfetzing 4.51 DEN Kent Noer 3.69 AUS David Cheshire 3.23 ENG Steve Schofield 3.00 ENG Paul Thorp 2.90 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:British League Category:1984 in British motorsport Category:1984 in speedway