Issue 56 of Backtrack is out now and here's what you can look forward to in another feast of 70s and 80s nostalgia . . .
READING: 50 Memorable Moments Within five years of their formation as a new second division team, Reading were British League champions led by the World Champion elect. Rob Peasley looks back at the highs and lows of the Racers (and Bulldogs).
DAILY MIRROR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Forty years on, the Daily Mirror International Tournament that highlighted the 1973 season in England remains one of the greatest spectacles ever seen in world speedway. Richard Bott recalls the key men and moments that climaxed in a Wembley showpiece occasion.
SIMMO'S COLUMN Our star columnist recalls his Wembley nerves before the 1973 Daily Mirror International Tournament Final against Sweden and gives his forthright views of the Eastbourne track. Super Simmo also reports on his recent visit to speedway's newest track, Kent Kings, and explains why he's a fan of Nicki Pedersen.
WHY I SAID ‘NO' TO BRUCE PENHALL Former multi-track promoter and administrator Martin Rogers on why he turned down the chance to sign Bruce Penhall who, within four years, went on to win back-to-back world titles. Here Martin revisits that story and takes an overview of the fluctuating influence of American riders on the big stage. BEST OF BERRY In this extract from Confessions of a Speedway Promoter, former England team boss John Berry recalls his Lions' shock World Team Cup Final defeat by Denmark at Landshut in 1978 and how he was hounded by a "pack of wolves" as the inquests began.
ILA TEROMAA Finland has always been a speedway backwater, but Ila Teromaa emerged as a star at Leicester in the mid-70s and within three years made World Final history. He's talking to Vitek Formanek about life with the Lions, his brief spell with Cradley Heath and his current influential role within the FIM.
BRIAN CLARK Loyalty is a word rarely associated with speedway today, but it was synonymous with Peterborough legend Brian Clark, who looks back over his 10 years as a rider and two seasons as team manager.
CURSE OF THE TIGERS Glasgow gets its name from "Gleas Chu", which means "Dear Green Place" in Gaelic. Over the years, a staggering number of riders were to find that the grass certainly wasn't greener elsewhere. Did those who left succumb to ‘The Curse of the Tigers'? Doug Nicolson looks at several who probably rued asking for a transfer from Glasgow.
SPEEDWAY MAIL In the second and final part of our review of Speedway Mail, the defunct title's longest-serving editor Tony McDonald reflects on the key people behind its history, while former readers give their opinions of the one-time weekly that launched 40 years ago.
Plus . . .
Martin Neal's Q&As with Chris Pidcock, Sean Barker and Steve Colombo and more.
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