Harringay Racers (speedway)
| Harringay Racers | |||||||||
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 Harringay Racers Car Badge | |||||||||
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Harringay Stadium Green Lanes Harringay London | ||||||||
| Country | England | ||||||||
| Founded | 1929 | ||||||||
| Closed | 1954 | ||||||||
| League | National League | ||||||||
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| Colours | Blue and Yellow | ||||||||
| Track size | 333 yards (304 m) | ||||||||
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The Harringay Racers were a motorcycle speedway team who raced at the Harringay Stadium from 1947 until 1954 in the National League Division One.[1]
Australian Vic Duggan was the top man in the league for a few years. His brother Ray raced with him until his death in a track accident in Australia. Split Waterman, signed from Wembley, took on the mantle of top scorer. Jack Biggs had a couple of spells with Racers sandwiching a time at Bradford.
The track was used for one-off meetings in 1958, 1960 and 1961.
Speedway was also in operation before the war. The Racers were the third of three speedway teams to be based at Harringay From 1928 to 1931 the "Harringay Canaries" were based there. From 1934 to 1939, the team was the Harringay Tigers. Racing ceased during World War II. The stadium reopened on the 4th April 1947 at which point the team were revived as the Harringay Racers.[2]
Notable Harringay riders
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Frank Arthur - Vic Huxley
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Jack Ormston - Jack Parker
- Vic Duggan
- Split Waterman
- Ray Duggan
- Joe Abbott
- Nobby Stock
- Jeff Lloyd
- Jack Biggs
- Danny Dunton
- Ron How
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Olle Nygren