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Category Archives: Motor sport
Seeking the USA’s best looking short track car
There’s a wonderful account we follow on Twitter called Short Track Pictures, writes Andy Weltch. As the name suggests, it shares photos of short track racing cars. We recently asked the account holder what do they consider the best looking … Continue reading
Posted in Motor sport, Motoring, Oval racing, Speedway, Sport
Tagged auto racing, motorsport, short track racing, sprint car racing, sprint cars
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On top of the world at Ipswich
Our senior consultant Andy Weltch reflects on a childhood ambition fulfilled – a visit to the world hot rod championship. For many British kids of my generation, growing up in the ’70s meant the great TV sporting occasions were the … Continue reading
Posted in Motor sport, Motoring, Oval racing, Sport
Tagged Ashes, Autospeed, Billy Wood, Brexit, COVID-19, F1, Foxhall Stadium, Ginetta, hot rod racing, hot rods, Indianapolis, Ipswich, Monaco, Rob McDonald, Scotland, South Africa, Spedeworth, Stuart McLaird, The Ashes, Tigra, Wimbledon, World of Sport
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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
Posted in Motor sport, Speedway, Sport
Tagged British Speedway Grand Prix, Cardiff, Principality Stadium, Sloper Road, speedway, Speedway Grand Prix
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Racing by numbers – analysing the WEC
Guest blogger James Foster does some number-crunching, as he reflects on the 2014 World Endurance Car Championship.
Posted in Motor sport, Motoring, Road racing, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged Anthony Davidson, Audi, Le Mans, Mark Webber, Porsche, Sebastian Buemi, Tom Kristensen, Toyota, WEC, World Endurance Championship
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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.
Posted in Historic motor sport, Oval racing, Sport
Tagged Autospeed, Bill Batten, BriSCA, BriSCA F2, Smeatharpe, stock car racing
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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.
Posted in Association Football / soccer, Football, Motor sport, Speedway, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged FIFA, Kings Lynn, Speedway World Cup, Tai Woffinden
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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
Posted in Historic motor sport, Media, Motor sport, Newspapers, Speedway, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged British speedway, Cardiff, celebrity, history, media, motorsport, speedboat, speedway, sports history, Wales
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Speedway teams slow out of the gates in social media race
The UK’s top speedway teams have picked up some social media speed since our last check a year ago, but they are still behind other sports and really need to listen more.
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