Category Archives: Motor sport
90 years of speedway in Cardiff
As the British Speedway Grand Prix returns to Cardiff, our senior consultant, Andrew Weltch, author of the history of Speedway in Wales, looks at the arrival of the sport in the city 90 years ago. Top-level speedway has become an … Continue reading
Racing by numbers – analysing the WEC
Guest blogger James Foster does some number-crunching, as he reflects on the 2014 World Endurance Car Championship.
An emotional farewell to the Master
Stock car racing, especially the British version of hard-hitting short-track action, doesn’t often have much room for emotion. But that wasn’t the case when the sport said farewell to one of its greatest exponents.
Another World Cup – on motorbikes
Did FIFA’s World Cup leave you wanting more? Can’t wait another four years? Well, there’s another World Cup around the corner – the speedway version.
Speedway celebrities – the first real sporting stars?
It may seem that the sporting “star” is a phenomenon of our time – almost any sports person thought to merit a mention in the media seems to be dubbed a “star”. We may think it wasn’t like that in … Continue reading
