It was by chance that the author stumbled across a long lost
programme for the opening meeting of Hanley Car Speedway for 21
July 1938. The programme had been hidden away in family papers for
almost sixty years and it sparked an enduring interest in Midget
Car Speedway. Motor sport had been the preserve of the rich and
glamorous, but now the ordinary man could build a car and race it
on a shoestring budget. It was the start of motor racing as we know
it today and without the development of midget car racing, we
perhaps would not have seen the Formula Three, Formula Ford and
other series that we take for granted today. Although a short-lived
craze that hit the UK during the 1930s, midget car racing was an
incredible motor phenomenon with some races and events attracting
over 60,000 people from all over the country. Derek Bridgett's
Midget Car Racing chronicles this bizarre but immersive
little-known motorsport. Focusing specifically on the Belle Vue
Speedway, this incredible book is profusely illustrated with
photographs from the period.
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