Motorcycle Racing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780912134Author Mick WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909885318Author Jim HenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint London League Publications LtdPublisher London League Publications Ltd

For over 100 years the world's best motorcycle racers have pitted themselves against the gruelling 373/4 -mile Isle of Man Mountain Course at the annual event known worldwide simply as 'the TT'. The Tourist Trophy meeting - to give its proper name -...

Invercargill, at the far southern end of New Zealand. It's the late 1960s and two blokes sit in a modest shed drinking tea. The old bloke is telling stories about his life; the young bloke, a junior reporter, is typing earnestly on his Olympia portable...

The illustrated biography of the former Speedway World Champion Bruce Penhall, who not only won everything individually in a career that established him as one of the all-time great riders, but also turned Cradley Heath into League Champions. Speedway is...

The decade between 2004 and 2014 was one of the most dramatic eras in the century-old history of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, which began with the races in decline, and many observers fearing that they would soon be killed off by a combination of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859839560Author Mick WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

At the end of the 2016 Speedway season, the Coventry Bees Speedway team ceased racing due to their stadium at Brandon being purchased for housing development. Although it sent shockwaves through the Speedway world it didn't come as a complete surprise,...

This annual competition pits the biggest riding stars against each other to decide who is the best. The most widely anticipated competition in the sport, it is this event that confirms reputations and showcases the greatest riders. An essential purchase...

This book is another in a series that's charting the history of speedway in Britain. This volume looks at Wales, and is heavily illustrated throughout with photographs from the local newspaper libraries, combined with a narrative history of the sport in...

This book charts the history of this event from this first meeting through to the 1953 season.About the AuthorPeter Foster is fast becoming a prolific speedway author, having written two Cradley Heath books (published by Tempus), and currently writing a...

Arrogant, brash, volatile and sometimes just simply crazy according to some, outspoken Yorkshireman Kenny Carter was the biggest box office attraction in speedway. He was the brilliant number one rider for Bradford Dukes and England, having spent his...

The spectacular motorcycle sports of speedway, grass-track and long-track lost one of their most successful and colourful characters in 2000, when Simon Wigg died of a brain tumour, aged 40. He left behind his wife, Charlie, and two children, Abigail,...

A history of Hackney speedwayBook InformationISBN 9780752427379Author Chris FennFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 600g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952932529Author Phil EdgeFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Duke Marketing LtdPublisher Duke Marketing Ltd

Bert Croucher, Bernard Crapper, and Todd Wiltshire are just a few of the stars who rode for the Cheetahs, participating in the good times and the bad, from the threatened sale of the stadium itself to the record winning team of 1986. This work follows...

One week in June. One small island. Raw speed. High risk of fatalities. The Isle of Man TT motorcycle road race. Five minutes to go. The claxon sounds, harsh as an air raid siren. Television crews attempt last-minute interviews with riders. The...

The daring exploits of motorcycle race legends Valentino Rossi, Barry Sheene, Casey Stoner and John Surtees are all gloriously celebrated in MotoGP: The Illustrated History.Updated for 2023 and packed with more than 150 stunning photographs, this...