Download or read book History of the Speedway Hoskins written by Ian Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speedway enthusiasts are sure to find this an informative read and even readers who don't know much about this hair-raising sport are in for an entertaining treat. In 1923 Johnnie Hoskins pioneered the hair-raising sport of Speedway in New South Wales, Australia. In those early days this was one of the few businesses one could break into with modest capital. As he discovered, fortunes were made and lost with the trick being to know when to get out of the game. Some fifty years later his services to the sport were officially recognised when he was awarded an MBE. Following in his father's footsteps, Ian Hoskins embarked on a career promoting and creating speedway venues in Scotland, England, Majorca and Zimbabwe. He admits to being broke when he retired from the sport but went on to launch a new career in the entertainment industry. Ian suggests that despite the highs and lows of the sport once the 'cinder bug' bites you are addicted for life.
Download or read book A History of the Speedway Hoskins written by Ian Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roarin Round the Speedways with John S Hoskins written by John S. Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roarin Round the Speedways with John S Hoskins The Story of Speedway Racing Etc By J S Hoskins written by John S. HOSKINS and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roarin Round the Speedways The Story of Speedway Racing written by John S. Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Golden Age of Speedway written by Philip Dalling and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-03-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’s peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times.A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity.A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension.Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain’s economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.
Download or read book We Do Have Fun An Account of Speedway Racing written by John S. Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ivan Mauger written by John Chaplin and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to the reveal the complex personality behind the public image that is Ivan Mauger, the dedicated and often ruthlessly efficient speedway multi- World Champion.Driven by uncompromising determination and naked ambition he became, to terrace fans and on-track rivlas alike, a virtual sporting automaton.His motorcycle racing achievements - 15 world titles on speedway and long track - are testament to his pursuit of excellence. He elevated a minority sport to a new and higher dimension with professionalism that made him at once envied and feared, admired and hated. And it launched him from the obscurity of his small-town New Zealand origins to worldwide acclaim, which continues to enjoy.Here, renowned speedway historian and journalist John Chaplin reveals, through the words of opponents, friends, enemies, business associated, fans, rivals and his own family, the real Ivan Mauger...the man behind the myth.
Download or read book Auto Racing in the Shadow of the Great War written by Robert Dick and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1915 through the early 1920s, American auto racing experienced rapid and exciting change. Competition by European vehicles forced American car manufacturers to incorporate new features, resulting in legendary engineering triumphs (and, essentially, works of art). Some of the greatest drivers in racing history were active during this time--Ralph DePalma, Dario Resta, Eddie Rickenbacker, the Chevrolet brothers, Jimmy Murphy. Presenting dozens of races in detail and a wealth of engineering specs, this history recalls the era's cigar-shaped speedway specials and monumental board tracks, the heavy-footed drivers, fearless mechanics, gifted engineers and enthusiastic backers.
Download or read book Sport Culture and History written by Brian Stoddart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to being an internationally recognised pioneer of sports history, Brian Stoddart has also been a leading thinker and influence in the field. That influence has crossed several areas of history, sociology, business, politics and media aspects of sports studies, and has drawn deeply upon his own training in Asian studies. His work has been characterised by cross-disciplinary work from the outset, and has encompassed some very different geographical areas as well as crossing from academic outlets to media commentary. As a result, his influential work has appeared in many different locations, and it has been difficult for a wide variety of readers to access it fully and easily. This volume draws together, in the one place for the first time, some of his most important academic and journalistic work. Importantly, the pieces are drawn together by an intellectual/autobiographical commentary that locates each piece in a wider social and cultural framework. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society
Download or read book Speedway Walkabout written by Johnnie Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Illustrated History of Speedway written by Martin Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of America s Speedways written by Allan E. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hammerin Around written by Brian Belton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2002-05-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of speedway at the West Ham stadium, from its first-ever dirt track meeting in 1928 to its final season in 1971. Exhaustively researched and supplemented with detailed statistical appendixes, this is a nostalgic but worthy tribute to the track heroes of a bygone era.
Download or read book Crystal Palace Speedway written by Norman Jacobs and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charlotte Motor Speedway History From Granite to Gold written by Deb Williams and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engines roared at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time in 1960, and the track has been home to some of NASCAR's greatest races and most honored drivers ever since. Despite early challenges, Bruton Smith and Humpy Wheeler took charge in 1975, and together sculpted one of the most famous race tracks in America as host of the Coca-Cola 600 and the Sprint All-Star Race. In 1992, the track became the first modern speedway to host night racing and thousands of race fans watched their favorite drivers swap paint under the North Carolina night sky. Get in the groove with racing journalist Deb Williams as she traces the history of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, with plenty of pit-stops along the way.
Download or read book A Brief History of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the Greatest Race Course in the World and Outdoor Laboratory That for More Than Thirty Years Has Paced the Progress of the Automotive Industry which Heads this Nation s Industrial List written by Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1940* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
