SOARING sales of our popular Kenny Carter book, Tragedy, have led to a substantial re-print.

Published initially in June 2007, we have now produced an additional 1,000 copies of this controversial and compelling 272-page book to meet public demand.

"Whether fans loved or hated Kenny, it's obvious that so many still want to read about this most deeply troubled character," says author and publisher Tony McDonald.

Eagle-eyed speedway folk will possibly notice that the main front cover action image of Carter has changed. This time he is seen in action during a World Championship qualifier, although all of the text inside the re-printed book remains unchanged.

To order the second edition of Tragedy for £15.99 (post-free in the UK), simply click on the front cover image (left) or browse the 'Books' menu above.

SWEDISH legend Olle Nygren dominates the latest issue of Vintage Speedway Magazine following the exclusive interview we conducted with the former Norwich, Wimbledon and West Ham star at his Felixstowe, Suffolk home.

Our absorbing 11-page feature on ‘Varg Olle’, as he is known to thousands of supporters in Sweden, covers not only the early part of his eventful speedway career, but his remarkable story of success in so many other forms of motorsport.

Now 78-years-old but with an enduring enthusiasm for motorcycling that would put a hyperactive teenager to shame, Olle reflects on his early shale days at Harringay, New Cross and Bristol before he became the first Swede to finish on the World Championship rostrum in 1954.

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AFTER our cracking exclusive with Erik Gundersen in issue 23, Backtrack has returned to Denmark to meet and get an in-depth interview with the ‘Godfather’ of Danish speedway, Ole Olsen.

Editor Tony McDonald conducted a four-hour interview with the former three times World Champion at Ole’s luxury converted farmhouse in the rural village of Sommersted.

And, Ole being Ole, he has plenty of candid, controversial things to say about his own racing career as well as the current Speedway Grand Prix, for which he is now Race Director.

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