Humans of Speedway

A regular feature of Humans of Speedway, our Speedway Paradise feature asks guests to create their dream speedway meeting, including designing their perfect stadium and their all time 1-7..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. ©️ ianbrannan.comSee omnyst...

Scott Mitchell is a life long speedway fan and a huge supporter of the Poole Pirates, and his day job is split between being a farmer, and a professional Darts player where in 2015 he scaled the heights of the sport to become the BDO World Darts Champion. We’ll find out more about his rise to the top of world darts despite only finding his way into the sport  in his late 30s, and how his success a...

A regular feature of Humans of Speedway, our Speedway Paradise feature asks guests to create their dream speedway meeting, including designing their perfect stadium and their all time 1-7..Peter Oakes, an award winning Fleet Street journalist in his day job but also went way beyond just reporting on speedway. He became firmly a part of it, working on PR for clubs, becoming a promoter, a team manag...

1992 World Champion, Bradford Dukes and Great Britain living legend Gary Havelock talks about his early beginnings in speedway, following in his father's footsteps, and realising his dream of becoming champion of the world... A must not miss episode..!  ©️ ianbrannan.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Helen Charlesworth is a lifelong speedway supporter, starting out in her native Newcastle before heading a long way south to Plymouth, where she has contributed to both teams programmes on a regular basis, including an Emil Sayfutdinov exclusive! Did you know Jason Doyle features as a lead character in a novel..? Well he does and Helen wrote the book, find out about how she came to write 2 speedwa...

In this episode we meet Ipswich centre green legend Kev Long, who has spent 20 years entertaining crowds at Foxhall, plus Mildenhall for a few years too. His first season on the mic was in 1998, a year which the Ipswich team went down in speedway folklore. In this episode Kev relives the rhyming rider intros for that 98 team (no air horns allowed), talks being drenched by Shane Parker, and how he...

Roy Clarke is a well known voice at speedway tracks in the North East as centregreen host at Redcar and Newcastle. But did you know he used to be a rider, a much sought after speedway mechanic and someone who shared their house with various riders from overseas too? This episode also takes a close look at mental health in speedway, particularly from a rider point of view. Roy suffered himself over...

FIM Race Director for the Speedway GP and Speedway of Nations series, Phil Morris is the man responsible for ensuring the action on the track of the Speedway's greatest stage runs like clockwork. But with a career as a rider spanning almost 20 years as well as time in management, he's seen the sport from many different angles & has a few insights into how the sport could progress in future. Of cou...

British speedway referee Chris Durno has presided over domestic and international speedway events for nearly 20 years, and not just regular speedway, but also long track and ice speedway meeting too. In this episode we find out more detail about the journey potential referees go on before they finally earn their stripes, or in actual fact, their carb checking tool..! We also discover the most diff...

While there's nothing happening at the track this year, there is plenty of speedway content to listen to in this series. Here's a quick way to get a flavour of the first 6 episodes of Humans Of Speedway, featuring:Scott NichollsNigel PearsonJeff ScottNeil MachinPeter OakesShane ParkerYou can listen to the full episodes wherever you listen to your podcasts, and don't forget to follow us on social m...

Shane Parker left Australia in his early 20's to fulfil his ambition of making it big in speedway. Over more than 20 years Shane became a legend with a number of clubs including Ipswich, Kings Lynn, Glasgow, Peterborough, before ending his career at Sheffield. A real character of the sport he entertained on the track as well as off, and he recalls some of his favourite stories..!Hear the amazing s...

My guest in this episode has been described by others to me, as possibly the most influential man in British Speedway over the years. This is the story of Peter Oakes, an award winning Fleet Street journalist in his day job but also went way beyond just reporting on speedway. He became firmly a part of it, working on PR for clubs, becoming a promoter, a team manager, and the personal manager & bes...

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...

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...

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 - Lockdown8 mins - Early memories of speedway13 mins - Speedway's popularit...

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 S...