Rayleigh Rockets
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| Rayleigh Rockets | |||
| Club Information | |||
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| Track Address | Rayleigh Weir Stadium Southend Arterial Road Rayleigh Essex |
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| Country | England | ||
| Founded | 1949 | ||
| Closed | 1973 | ||
| Club Facts | |||
| Colours | Blue and Yellow | ||
| Track size | 365 yards | ||
| Major Team Honours | |||
| Southern League Champions Provincial League Champions |
1952, 1953, 1960 1960 |
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The Rayleigh Rockets were a Speedway team which operated from 1949 until their closure in 1973 from the Rayleigh Weir Stadium. [1]The Rockets closed in 1958 but re-opened again in 1960 and entered the Provincial League and then the Metropolitan League in 1964. However that was the last league racing seen until 1968 when Len Silver took over as promoter.
The Rockets rode at the stadium until 1973 when it was announced that the stadium had been sold to developers and the Rockets would need to find a new home. Len Silver took the Rockets to Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire to start the 1974 season as the Rye House Rockets.[2].
[edit] Meeting Details
Details of the 1949 and 1950 seasons and 1968 - 1969 can be viewed on www.speedwayresracher.org.uk and other seasons will be added in due course.
[edit] References
- ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
- ^ Jacobs, N. Speedway in East Anglia, ISBN 0-7524-1882-3
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