Neil Machin is one of Britain's most prolific Speedway Promoters, running speedway clubs for over 28 years, largely the force behind Sheffield Speedway and more recently at Leicester.

Over 90 minutes he talks to Ian Brannan about his first visit to watch speedway, striking up a friendship with Rob Woffinden ( & latterly becoming Tai's Godparent) taking over a broke Sheffield and turning them into league champions, giving Tai Woffinden his first pro meeting on his 16th birthday, and much more.

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Around 15 years ago author Jeff Scott set himself the challenge of visiting every single speedway track in the UK through one season travelling over 10,000 miles and taking in over 1000 heats and documented the tale in his book Showered in Shale.

 

Since then he’s made a similar journey following the Speedway GP across europe, again documenting his trips in the book Hitchhikers Guide To The Speedway GP, as well as many other books looking at the history and people in speedway.

 

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In this episode Ian Brannan talks to the voice of British and GP Speedway Nigel Pearson, about his first memories of visiting speedway tracks across the north & the West Midlands, his route into being a tv commentator, a speedway promoter, being punched by Sid Waddell, and he chooses his ultimate fantasy 1-7.

Timeline:

1 min - Lockdown

8 mins - Early memories of speedway

13 mins - Speedway's popularity

16 mins - Cradley 

18 mins - Bradford + Local Rivalries

23 mins - Being a promoter at The Heathens

27 mins - First job in Speedway

30 mins - Becoming a commentator 

38 mins - Commentary influences

40 mins - Sid Waddell & Dave Lanning

43 mins - Speedway Paradise, Nigel's dream team and more..!

53 mins - The end!

 

 

 

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In this first episode Ian Brannan is joined by a man who has won everything there is to win in British Speedway, has represented his country at the highest level and has also flown the British flag for many years with 82 speedway GP appearances. 4 time league champion and   7 x British Champion, I’m pleased to welcome out first Human of Speedway, Scott Nicholls..

Plus we also try and put together Scott's ultimate fantasy meeting, find out who would be in his all time team, and in his opinion the greatest British Speedway team of all time.

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