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Brandon Stadium, also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England. [1] It was the home of the Coventry Bees motorcycle speedway team. [ 2 ] It also hosted BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing on the 1st Saturday of the month from April through to November. [ 3 ]
The first speedway in Coventry arrived during the inaugural year of UK speedway on 21 July 1928, at the Lythalls Lane Stadium. [2] The racing was organised by Midlands Speedways (a Manchester company) with a series of open and challenge events. In September 1928, rival venue Brandon Stadium began to host events. The first match to feature a ...
Coventry: Brandon Stadium: Jason Crump: result: 5 1999: Coventry Brandon Stadium Tony Rickardsson: result: 6 2000: Coventry Brandon Stadium Martin Dugard: result: 7 2001: Cardiff: Millennium Stadium: Tony Rickardsson: result: 8 2002: Cardiff Millennium Stadium Ryan Sullivan: result [2] 9 2003: Cardiff Millennium Stadium Nicki Pedersen: result ...
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In addition to the Lythalls Lane purchase was the nearby Brandon Stadium that hosted the Coventry Bees speedway team. Sanderson was also a big speedway fan. Sanderson was also a big speedway fan. The racing was very profitable as indicated by a tote turnover of £1,529,244 in 1947 and the track could attract the best greyhounds of the era.
One major event which happened completely by surprise during 1999 was the V8's racing on the hallowed shale of Coventry Stadium. Promoter Martin Ochiltree had cancelled another formula after learning of their short numbers and approached the V8's to fill in. In short notice, 20 odd V8's were assembled and put on a decent display.
The organizers of the Hinchliffe Stadium Racing Expo, a group dedicated to midget car racing, this past weekend held their first event since the stadium underwent a $109 million renovation.
The World Final is usually held in September. The host tracks, all of which are based in the UK, are decided by the BriSCA promoters. The grid for the World Final is mostly composed of drivers from the UK who are chosen through a series of qualifying rounds and two World Championship Semi-Finals. Drivers who fail to progress from the World Semi-Finals may race again in a Consolation Semi-Final ...