Reading Racers were a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history. The club closed in October...
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Regatta. The town was home to a motorcycle speedway team, Reading Racers. Speedway came to Reading in 1968 at Tilehurst Stadium, until the team moved to Smallmead...
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Richard May (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
Southampton, England) was a motorcycle speedway rider that rode for Reading Racers and Poole Pirates between 1969 and 1977. "Dickie" May was the Southern...
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football club Reading Hockey Club, an English field hockey club Reading R.F.C., an English rugby team Reading Racers, an English speedway team Reading Town F...
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Bolesław Proch (category Reading Racers riders)
rode in the British League for Reading Racers, averaging over five points per match. In 1977, in mid-season, Reading were ordered to weaken their team...
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Look up racer or racers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Racer, The Racer or Racers may refer to: Alsophis, endemic to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean...
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Phil Morris (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
Champion, a title he won a total of five times. He was signed by the Reading Racers a few days before his 16th Birthday. Plunged straight into first team...
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John Davis (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
Reading Racers. He would spend seven years at Smallmead Stadium and consistently produced a high average including 10.32 in 1979. He helped Reading win...
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Martin Yeates (category Reading Racers riders)
Martin Yeates (born 24 November 1953 in Salisbury, England) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Yeates prominently rode for the Poole Pirates...
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Anders Michanek (category Reading Racers riders)
ride for various clubs including Leicester Lions, Newcastle Diamonds, Reading Racers, Ipswich Witches and Cradley Heathens. Michaenk won the Speedway World...
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Jiří Štancl (category Reading Racers riders)
and 1985. In the British leagues he rode for the Coventry Bees and Reading Racers. His son, George, is also a rider. 1971 – Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th...
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Melvyn Taylor (category Reading Racers riders)
riding in the top tier of British Speedway for King's Lynn Stars and Reading Racers in 1978. In 1980, he reached the Commonwealth final, which formed part...
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Middlesbrough Teessiders, Nelson Admirals, Plymouth Devils, Rayleigh Rockets, Reading Racers and the Weymouth Eagles. The league was renamed the New National League...
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Per Jonsson (category Reading Racers riders)
Team Championship in 1982. He signed for his first British club the Reading Racers in 1984 and began racing for them during the 1984 British League season...
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Neil Middleditch (category Reading Racers riders)
from 1973 until 1986, riding for the Eastbourne Eagles, Poole Pirates, Reading Racers and the Arena Essex Hammers. In 1975 Middleditch became British Under-21...
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Bob Humphreys (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
King's Lynn for four years before signing for Reading Racers for the 1975 British League season. With Reading, he completed five seasons from 1975 to 1979...
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Jeremy Doncaster (category Reading Racers riders)
second tier National League in 1988, resulting in Doncaster joining the Reading Racers, where he topped the team averages. In 1989, he top scored for the England...
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Dave Jessup (category Reading Racers riders)
average of 10.45 in his last season with Leicester. In 1976, he joined Reading Racers and was their top rider for three seasons. In 1977, he helped England...
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Andrzej Huszcza (category Reading Racers riders)
Leicester Lions in the British League in addition to the Hackney Hawks and Reading Racers. Huszcza was a reserve (but did not ride) in the 1988 World Final in...
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Jan Andersson (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
Reading because his international commitments would have meant missing some of Swindon's Saturday night fixtures. Andersson rode for Reading Racers from...
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Anders Henriksson (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
recorded a 9.02 average in 1999. After five years at Newport he joined the Reading Racers in 2002, for his final season in British speedway. His father Terje...
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Steve Gresham (category Reading Racers riders)
rode for Swindon Robins from 1979 to 1981 and again in 1983, and for Reading Racers in 1982. Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Steve...
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Lee Richardson (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
motorcycle speedway rider. Richardson made his British debut for the Reading Racers in 1995. Richardson represented Great Britain at senior and under-21...
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Martin Ashby (category Reading Racers riders)
remained there for the rest of his career, apart from a short spell at Reading Racers in 1980 where he helped secure the title. Ashby was a regular England...
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Roy Sizmore (category Reading Racers riders)
career in 1973 under promoter Danny Dunton at Peterborough Panthers and Reading Racers, he would ride for a number of clubs over the next four years, filling...
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Krzysztof Buczkowski (category Reading Racers riders)
he joined KM Cross Lublin and then Falubaz Zielona Góra. He rode for Reading Racers, Peterborough Panthers, Leicester Lions and Poole Pirates in the British...
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Reidar Eide (category Reading Racers riders)
form, before moving on to Reading Racers the following year. In 1980, his last year in British speedway, he rode for Reading, Wolverhampton Wolves, Swindon...
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Bengt Jansson (category Reading Racers riders)
Reading Racers, and finally the Birmingham Brummies. It was as a Hackney rider he won the 1971 London Riders' Championship. He joined Reading Racers in...
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Geoff Bouchard (category Reading Racers riders)
division for Cradley Heathens, Wolverhampton Wolves, Leicester Lions, Reading Racers, and Swindon Robins between 1971 and 1973. He made the Swindon team...
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Richard Wolff (speedway rider) (category Reading Racers riders)
until their closure in 2003. He then spent the 2005 season with the Reading Racers. Individual European Championship: 2003 - 14th place (3 points) 2004...
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