Blog post from John Harrison. Another One Bites the Dust: Yesterday (8 Aug 2020) the management at Rye House Stadium stated that 'We are sad to announce that motorcycle events at the stadium have come to an end', thus terminating a long history of speedway, and a more recent past of flat track events at the iconic venue. It's no secret that regrettably, British speedway is on its knees. A largely pensioner fanbase, venues in increasingly residential areas, and now Covid all n

'Normal peace-time jobs seem a bit slow...' Dirt track/speedway from 1946, immediately post-war. Lots of handsome JAP speedway iron and girder forks being ridden by former military despatch riders. This news 'feature' was filmed to be shown in British cinemas among the news and other entertainment features of the week and before a feature film. Next to no one would have a TV set, so this was the only way to see 'moving' news. The action takes place at Rye House, a track nort

Nathalie Le Grand of mechanikers.com sent us these photos from the first of the Rye House BMR Summer series races. Yes, summer. #RyeHouse #BMRRacing

The amateur flat track scene is exploding. When Sideburn launched there was one fledgling series, Peter Boast's Short Track UK. Now there is the DTRA, a Scunthorpe series and another at Rye House. Plus there's DirtQuake, now in it's seventh year, Sixtown Chopper Show's race and more practice days than ever before. Add to that this new event, Summer Slam. The race is for flat trackers and road bikes. There's a £1000 prize money for the winner of the pro race. Entries filling u