Birmingham Speedway

[heathen52]

21 hours ago, YeOldPitGate said:

 Corbett or something similar was his surname as I say like many promoters he was very successful away from the shale.

The only Corbett that had any connection with Speedway was Corbetts bookmakers who used to own Loomer Road, perhaps there was a Corbett involved in the Stockcars.

[YeOldPitGate]

3 minutes ago, heathen52 said:

The only Corbett that had any connection with Speedway was Corbetts bookmakers who used to own Loomer Road, perhaps there was a Corbett involved in the Stockcars.

I've done a google on it and can't find anything on him (although AI says a Corbett was associated with Brum Speedway) but AI is really internet scraping and there was no internet in mid 80's so could explain lack of results.

I was really into Speedway in mid eighties and used to read the Star and Speedway Mail religiously he might have been a co-owner with someone else and I'm sure it was at the wheels complex as he poured a fair bit of money in but after a year to 18 months he saw the writing on the wall and pulled out.

Interested if any Brum fans remember him going back 40 years so I would have been 14/15 at the time tracks same as now were always on the verge of closing but there seemed to be more white knights with a few grand to stave off the issues for 3-4 years before they chucked in the towel and rinse and repeat.

One of those things nagging at me now sure I'm not barking up the wrong tree, equally I could have then name wrong but from reading about Evitts and Powell they were operating on a shoestring where this fella was in the Tolley money to burn camp.

[S4r4h]

36 minutes ago, heathen52 said:

The only Corbett that had any connection with Speedway was Corbetts bookmakers who used to own Loomer Road, perhaps there was a Corbett involved in the Stockcars.

I believe you are all referring to Duncan Corbett. He was fan on the terraces when I was kid. I believe he had a hand in the Wheels project. However, I am not sure it was for long.

Edited 2 hours ago by S4r4h
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[YeOldPitGate]

1 hour ago, S4r4h said:

I believe you are all referring to Duncan Corbett. He was fan on the terraces when I was kid. I believe he had a hand in the Wheels project. However, I am not sure it was for long.

I think that was the fella it was defo Wheels complex and from memory he poured in a lot of money to keep things running but after possibly one season as a businessman he saw the writing on the wall and pulled out.