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*** Copy now received *** If anyone no longer requires their latest issue of BackTrack Magazine, I would be happy to buy it from them. Please send me a message if you have Issue 109 available for sale. Many thanks.

Interesting that there was no mention of any riders from the all conquering 2018 treble winning team. I would have thought Rene Bach and/or Mason Campton would have been worth a shout, as they both rode for the Comets for a number of years.

Update from Steve Lawson this morning on Twitter about the progress at Northside: https://twitter.com/stevelaws1uk/status/1485526485565939712?t=Ax8EnAjexbvb54prTRFhRg&s=09

According to an article in this weeks Speedway Star, Andrew Bain has confirmed that they will be able to take on the Workington Comets name when they do get up and running.

I am still looking to buy this issue of Speedway Star if anyone has it for sale.

Both issues now received

The local media in Workington report that Taffy died at the age of 85, so that would make his birth year 1935 Ex-Workington Comets star Taffy Owen dies | Times and Star

Taffy was born on 22 November 1935

Updated with the latest issues of Speedway Star that I am looking for (see above)

Hi, I am still looking for Issues 81 & 85 of BackTrack magazine. Please message me if you have either for sale. Thanks.

Badge now received.

Hi, I am looking to buy a 2002 Workington Comets badge like the one below. Please message me if you have one for sale. Many thanks.

Hi, I am still looking for Issues 81 & 85 of BackTrack magazine. Please message me if you have either for sale. Thanks.

Updated with the latest issues of Speedway Star that I am looking for (see above)

I am now looking to buy the following two issues of BackTrack magazine if you have them for sale: Issue 81 (July-August 2017) Issue 85 (March - April 2018) Please message me if you have either for sale. Many thanks.

To get to individual riders points and heat details for 1998, I suspect that the only current source would be copies of Speedway Star magazines for that year. You can buy them on eBay but individual magazines can be expensive to buy. Your best bet is to see if someone wants to sell a collection of Speedway Star magazines that includes the 1998 season.

I am looking to buy the 14th October 2006 issue of Speedway Star Magazine: Please send me a message if you have this issue for sale. Thanks.

I am looking to buy the following issues of BACKTRACK Magazine: Issue Date Year 46 Sep-Oct 2011 51 Jul-Aug 2012 65 Nov-Dec 2014 68 May-Jun 2015 69 Jul-Aug 2015 71 Nov-Dec 2015 81 Jul-Aug 2017 85 Mar-Apr 2018 Please PM me if you have any of the above issues for sale.

I've looked back through my early 1981Workington home programmes and subsequent meetings state that Ian Hindle held the track record of 74.5 seconds that he broke at the 29/3/81 meeting. I have also checked the completed scoresheet in the 29/3/81 Workington v Edinburgh programme for that meeting and Heat 4's time was written as 74.5 seconds. As Ian Hindle did not race in Heat 6 of that meeting, I do think that it was Heat 4 where he broke the track record. FYI. My copy of the scoresheet for that meeting has the time of Heat 6 as 75.0 seconds.

Speedway Researcher has the full meeting details: workington1981.pdf (speedwayresearcher.org.uk) Heat 4 74.5 Heat 6 74.8

The Gorzow one is available for sale on eBay but the bidding currently stands at £14! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-GORZOW-GRAND-PRIX-11-12-1X-2020-BLANK-SPEEDWAY-PROGRAMME/373328059292?hash=item56ec161b9c:g:mRYAAOSwrXhfqQgu

Front page books claim to have some available: http://frontpagebooks.co.uk/id9.html

I posted this on Facebook yesterday. The Comets may not be racing at the moment but they are certainly not forgotten. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1047179342384636&set=gm.1670117523147657

You might want to post this request on the SPEEDWAY MEMORABILIA WANTED/FOR SALE Facebook page. If you can't get a genuine jacket, there are a few companies who can make an excellent replica jacket e.g. RMR products

Have a look at classicspeedwayvideos.com. They are uploading new dvds all the time, especially DVDs from Workington.