Harringay Racers (speedway)

Harringay Racers
Harringay Racers Car Badge
Club information
Track address	Harringay Stadium Green Lanes Harringay London
Country	England
Founded	1947
Closed	1954
League	National League
Club facts
Colours	Blue and Yellow
Track size	333 yards (304 m)
Major team honours
London Cup Winners 1953 Anniversary Cup Winners 1948 National Trophy Winners 1952 Coronation Cup Winners 1953

The Harringay Racers were a motorcycle speedway team who raced at the Harringay Stadium from 1947 until 1954 in the National League Division One.^[1]

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. The stadium reopened on 4 April 1947 at which point the team were revived as the Harringay Racers.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

Australian Vic Duggan 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.^[5] 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.

Notable riders

• Frank Arthur
• Vic Huxley
• Jack Ormston
• Jack Parker
• Vic Duggan
• Split Waterman
• Ray Duggan
• Joe Abbott
• Nobby Stock
• Jeff Lloyd
• Wally Lawrence
• Jack Biggs
• Danny Dunton
• Ron How
• Olle Nygren

Season summary

References