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The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership , racing at The National Speedway Stadium , with home matches usually taking place on Monday evenings.
Belle Vue Stadium was a greyhound racing track in Belle Vue, Manchester, England, [2] where the first race around an oval track in Britain was held on 24 July 1926. It has also been used for motorcycle speedway, as the home ground of Elite League team Belle Vue Aces from 1988 until 2015, and from 1999 until 2019 for stock car racing and banger racing.
Construction on the National Speedway Stadium started in October 2014 and it opened in March 2016 as part of the Belle Vue's £11 million regeneration scheme. The new stadium was built close to (separated only by synthetic hockey pitches) the former Belle Vue Stadium, which closed in 2020 and is now a site for planned housing. [2] [3]
The Belle Vue Colts side was formed by former Aces rider Dent Oliver, who became General Manager of Belle Vue Aces in 1967. Oliver's arrival brought sweeping changes to the club's approach as he recognised that if the club was to remain at the very top of British Speedway it needed a way of developing its own young riders.
The 2022 SGB Premiership was the 87th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Premiership. Sheffield Tigers topped the regular season table and met Belle Vue Aces in the play off final but Belle Vue ran out the winners to claim their 13th league title.
Belle Vue Aces won their first title since 1982. The Manchester team relied on a group of consistent riders, with no rider exceeding a 9 point average but five riders ranging from 8.75 to 6.72. The Manchester team relied on a group of consistent riders, with no rider exceeding a 9 point average but five riders ranging from 8.75 to 6.72.
Jack Hargreaves (speedway rider) Chris Harris (speedway rider) Bob Harrison (speedway rider) Rusty Harrison; Oliver Hart (speedway rider) Stan Hart (speedway rider) Harold Hastings (speedway rider) Pekka Hautamäki; Dave Hemus; Patrick Hougaard; Kyle Howarth; Wally Hull; Rod Hunter (speedway rider)
He also rode regularly for the Belle Vue Colts during the 2022 National Development League speedway season after leaving Kent. [5] In 2023, he moved up to the Belle Vue first team, being named as the rising star for the Aces for the SGB Premiership 2023. [6] In addition, he signed for Redcar Bears for the SGB Championship 2023. [7]