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Brandon Stadium, also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England. [1] It was the home of the Coventry Bees motorcycle speedway team. [ 2 ] It also hosted BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing on the 1st Saturday of the month from April through to November. [ 3 ]
In addition to the Lythalls Lane purchase was the nearby Brandon Stadium that hosted the Coventry Bees speedway team. Sanderson was also a big speedway fan. Sanderson was also a big speedway fan. The racing was very profitable as indicated by a tote turnover of £1,529,244 in 1947 and the track could attract the best greyhounds of the era.
Coventry was devastated during the war and it was not until 1948 that speedway returned under Coventry Stadium Ltd. [9] Jack Parker became the technical adviser and a team entered the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three. [10] The club also became known as The Bees and Charles Ochiltree became the team manager.
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The League expanded to 19, with a new team, the King's Lynn Stars. [3] Halifax Dukes won the league after 36 games and finished three points clear of Coventry Bees.The Halifax team success was due to the consistency of their riders, in particular Eric Boocock, Eric Boothroyd, Dave Younghusband and Tommy Roper who all scored heavily throughout the season.
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