Warrington Speedway were a British

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

team who operated between 1929 and 1930 and were based at Arpley Motordrome, Slutchers Lane, Arpley,

Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...

, England.

History

The Arpley Motordrome first opened for speedway on 29 March 1929. The first meeting saw

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win the Golden Helmet in front of over 10,000 people. The promotion soon ran into trouble in November 1930 the speedway went into liquidation. The team's assets (including the venue) were taken over by the management of the

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speedway team (General Speedways (Liverpool) Ltd for £1,100. However, following a court battle, Liverpool were forced to relinquish the assets to a higher bidder. The stadium found new tenants in 1931 after a greyhound track was added and the venue became the

Warrington Greyhound Stadium Warrington Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Arpley, Warrington. Origins The site chosen for a new stadium in Warrington was a plot of land next to the Warrington and Stockport railway line at Arpley junction. Th ...

. Many years later in 1949 the venue held speedway demonstration meetings.

Season summary

References

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