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Yes, which proves my point, that the name "Speedway" was adapted for our sport in England at the time league racing started. It took a few years until the new name arrived on the Continent, where it was still known as Dirt Track Racing. Nevertheless it was the same sport, just an other name for it. The French, for example, staged their "World Championship" in Paris and this was officially named the "Championnat du Monde de Dirt-Track". It ran under this name from 1931 til 1935, until the FIM introdiced the official Speedway World Championship in 1936. In Germany the term "Speedway" did not catch on until after WWII when the BAOR re-started the sport in Hamburg and Hanover.

When the sport arrived here in Germany in the summer of 1929, from England via Denmark, definitely no one here ever called it "Speedway". It was always only called "Dirt-Track", or sometimes more precisely "Cinder Track Racing". Same in France, or in Spain, where "Dirt-track Racing" became very popular, too. In fact, I don't recall a single country here on the Continent where this sport would be called "Speedway". That only came years later in the early/mid 1930s. In the early days, only the actually race track itself was called a "Speedway", which was true for all kinds of race tracks, lose surface or not (e.g. Indianapolis Motor Speedway), even horse racing tracks were sometimes called "Speedways". The term had been in use in America and Australia since long, even before the turn of the 20th Century.

I am of the opinion that the term "Speedway" came into being when it became a team sport, and the term "Speedway" was chosen to give it s a distinct name. Just like other sports games had a distinct name, such as Cricket or Hockey for example. The promoters chose the name "Speedway" to differenciate it from the formerly used broader term "Dirt Track" which covered any form of lose surface motorcycle track racing. The "Speedway" name for the game was created in the UK in about 1929/30 along with the setting up of League competions of teams. Before that, throughout the 1920s, our sport was always referred to as "Dirt Track", even in the early years in the UK, and in all the other countries, where there was no league racing, the name "dirt track" was still maintained for a good number of years.

I don't know. What comes next? Declare the winners of the Star Championsips of the early 30s as world champions as well? Don't mess with historic facts. Those meetings never were contested as world championships. I am against any retrospective change of historic facts.

All I know is that Erik had talks with the Birmingham management, but I don't know how it went.

Forget about Riss, as he might give the Championship a complete miss next year, and only ride in the Premiership, plus Polish League with Landshut, and more long-track racing on the Continent.

European Championship Final 24-25/02/2024 - Sanok (Poland)

Jorge Viegas, the president of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme presents Barry Briggs with FIM Legend Award during yesterday's FIM Gala Awards in Liverpool.

Tonight in Liverpool, England, is the 2023 FIM Motorcycle World Champions Awards Ceremony, which will be live streamed at 10pm by FIM-Moto.tv https://fim-moto.tv/

Swedish Ice Speedway League 05/01/24 Östersund 06/01/24 Strömsund 07/01/24 Örnsköldsvik 13/01/24 Gävle 14/01/24 Bollnäs

BSN is live streaming tonight's FIM North American Final from Bakerfield, California. https://watch.britishspeedway.co.uk/watch/e60ab09c-607b-4f4a-9855-0f26b612892c

Is there any 190cc junior speedway competition in Sweden? I find it strange that excpet for the SGP4, there seem to be no other comptitions at all for this class, Tony Rickardsson and the FIM introduced last year.

Victorian State Solo Championship last night at Undera Park 1st Fraser Bowes, 2nd Jack Morrison, 3rd Patrick Hamilton, 4th Mitchell Cluff.

Leif "Basse" Hveem could have been a world champion, the Norwegian was on a par if not better than most of the top Swedes in the 1950s. Olle Nygren is another who I think could have been a world champion in the 1950s

The #10 on the list, Aage Hansen of Norway has passed away this week on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. https://www.speedwaynorge.no/index.php/component/content/article/aage-hansen-er-dod?catid=10&Itemid=101

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/miscellaneous/british-speedway-agm-stateme/

After watching it again a few times I am not convinced that this is actually footage of racing in Mexico City, even though the title claims it to be so.

On YouTube I found this very old and very short footage of Flat Track Speedway racing in Mexico City, probably of 1933 when the Americans were there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goričan

it is not Slovenia

It's the French League Final today at 1.30pm Marmande vs Morizès

Second halfs have to become an attraction that people want to see then. Running it as a league competition gives it more value already. And why not using it to invite some up-and coming riders/teams from abroad such as France, Holland, Germany, Italy etc. to tour the UK and get a series of 2nd half matches against the local junior teams?

Bingo

To make it a little bit easier, here is a portrait picture of her Dick Barrie is a big fan of her! Who is she?