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BBC F1 journalist and Drive to Survive expert Jennie Gow covers the key concepts, teams, tech and rules in an easy-to-understand, bitesize format. The book is also packed with the author's unique insights, anecdotes and plenty of trivia. Whether you’re new to sport and keen to learn more or a veteran supporter looking to brush up on facts, there’s something for everyone in this entertaining guide to life in the fast lane.

Speedway was a prime-time sport in the 1970s and 1980s. Its most successful riders were household names, and events would be held in venues as large as Wembley Stadium, attracting tens of thousands of spectators. In a time of only three terrestrial TV channels in the UK, you were guaranteed to find Speedway racing on one of them on a Saturday afternoon. At one point, London alone was home to 11 separate clubs. Today it has none. So what put this once-dominant sport on the slide?