ALL roads lead to Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne on Sunday, February 19 - the date all speedway connoisseurs should make a note of in their diary.
No, there won't be any racing, but there will be bikes - from vintage Douglas’ to two-valve Jawas, JAPs to GMS - being ‘warmed up’ during what is always a nostalgic event at PWP, which is once again the popular venue for the annual Celebration of Speedway.
RETRO SPEEDWAY has entered a new market by publishing the 1982 Speedway Yearbook on CD-ROM. Written and compiled by Richard Waller, this is the definite guide to a memorable season.
Viewable with ease on your home computer or laptop, the 1982 Speedway Yearbook is a mammoth 544-page document, detailing everything that happened in the year Bruce Penhall retained his world title and then retired on the rostrum.
RETRO Speedway is to launch a series of new DVDs reviving memories of sadly defunct British speedway tracks - and we're starting later this month with the RAYLEIGH ROCKETS.
Alongside unique and previously unseen colour footage of racing from The Weir raceway in Essex, we have filmed new interviews with former Rockets favourites, including Dingle Brown, Laurie Etheridge, Terry Stone, Tiger Beech and Graeme Smith.
These riders and more, plus ex-general manager Peter Thorogood, provide a fascinating and nostalgic insight into what life with the Rockets was like in the British League Division Two years from the reopening of Rayleigh in 1968 until the track's closure at the end of 1973.