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15 December - The Birth of Speedway - On This Day - Triumph Motorcycle Forum
3 An early version of speedway was born at Maitland, New South Wales, Australia in 1923 when New Zealand rider Johnny S. Hoskins organised a sports charity carnival called the Electric Light Carnival, staged on the Maitland Showground. Hoskins realised that there was a gap in the program of events and a couple of young, local motorcyclists told him that they were prepared to fill the gap by racing around the show ground’s grassy track. Allan Roper on the Duggie he rode at that historic sp...