Manchester: England.
AUDENSHAW RACECOURSE.
1928 - AUDENSHAW RACECOURSE SPEEDWAY.On the 23rd of March 1928 a dirt track speedway event was held at the Audenshaw Racecourse on Old Ashton Road. The South Manchester Motorcycle Club built a very basic speedway within the infield of the Trotting track
This first meeting saw the running of the Golden Helmet event with the win going to Frank Arthur.
The meeting's were staged by the South Manchester Motorcycle Club and soon gained a reputation as being very danjourous, with the reports of many crashes and three rider's being killed. The final speedway meeting was held on the 16th April 1931, and a ban on any further meeting's followed.
Audenshaw Racecourse Speedway was also known as Audenshaw Speedway or the Snipe Speedway. because of its location, directly behind the Snipe Inn on Manchester Road.
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Thrills and Spills at Audenshaw.
Dan-de-Lyon winning from the "Terror" at Audenshaw Speedway on Sunday.
