Reading Racers

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Reading Racers
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Club Information
Track Address Smallmead Stadium
Reading
Country England
Founded 1968
Team Manager    Tim Sugar
Team Captain    Mark Lemon
League Premier League
Website Official site
Club Facts
Colours Blue and White
Track size    307 metres
Track record time    58.1 seconds
Track record date    12 October 1987
Track record holder    Per Jonsson
Major Team Honours
British League Champions
British League KO Cup Winners
Premier League Champions
Premier League KO Cup Winners		 1973, 1980, 1990, 1992
1990
1997
1998

Reading Racers (known as the Reading Bulldogs for 2006 and part of 2007 Season), is an English motorcycle speedway team. The team shares Smallmead Stadium, in Reading, Berkshire, with Reading Greyhound Racing track. The Racers were accepted to ride in the Premier League in 2008.[1]

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[edit] Racers to Bulldogs and back again

When Reading Racers were elevated into the Elite League back in 2006 the new promotion changed the well-known club name to the Reading Bulldogs. However after mounting problems – mostly financial – the club were taken over again in June 2007 and reverted to their original Reading Racers name.[2] Tim Sugar replaced Jim Lynch as team manager, and Malcolm Holloway became the club's new promoter. It has was confirmed at the time of the takeover that Reading would see out the remaining fixtures of the 2007 season in the Elite League.[3]

[edit] Stadium plans

Reading speedway announced plans for new stadium at Island Road, Reading which could see them move midseason. A new complex featuring greyhound racing, and a casino as well as speedway has been given the go ahead by the local council and may be open by June 2008. The new track will be ten meters longer than their current track at Smallmead, which has been their home for the last thirty-two years (which was always intended to be a temporary track but the new stadium never got built).[4]

[edit] 2008 team

[edit] 2007 team

Also Rode

[edit] 2006 team

[edit] Other club honours

[edit] Division One Premiership

Winners : 1991, 1993

[edit] Division One Four Team Tournament

Winners : 1993

[edit] Premier League Pairs

Champions : 2004[5]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ British AGM Upadte. Sky Sports (1 December 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  2. ^ Racers back with new owners. British Speedway Promoters' Association (2007-06-20). Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
  3. ^ Reading confirm Elite Season. British Speedway Promoters' Association (2007-06-19). Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
  4. ^ Racers on the move. Evening Post (5 December 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
  5. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
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Reading Racers Squad 2007 (British Elite League)
Matej Žagar • Janusz Kołodziej • Travis McGowan (c) • Mark Lemon • Zdeněk Simota • Krzysztof Buczkowski • Jonas Davidsson


Also Rode : Greg Hancock • Danny Bird • Andy Smith • Phil Morris

Manager: Tim Sugar
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