The Harringay Racers were a
motorcycle speedway team who raced at the
Harringay Stadium from 1947 until 1954 in the
National League
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Division One.
History
The Racers were the third of three speedway teams to be based at
Harringay Stadium. From 1929 to 1931 the
Harringay Canaries were based there and later from 1934 to 1939, the team was known as the
Harringay Tigers. Racing ceased because of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. The stadium reopened on 4 April 1947 at which point the team were revived as the Harringay Racers.
The team finished runner-up in the league in 1948 and 1953. During the
1952 Speedway National League season the team became the
National Trophy champions.
Australian
Vic Duggan
Victor Duggan (16 October 1910, West Maitland, New South Wales – 24 March 2007, Queensland)Addison J. (1948). ''The People Speedway Guide''. Odhams Press Limited was a motorcycle speedway racer who won the London Riders' Championship in 1947 ...
was the top man in the league for a few years. His brother
Ray Duggan 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.
Although not following their father into motorbike speedway, Wally Lawrence's 3 sons all raced in Cycle Speedway with two of them becoming British champions in the veteran series in recent years.
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Season summary
References
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External links
1947 - 1953 statistics
Defunct British speedway teams
Speedway teams in London