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Brisbane Smith was an English pioneer speedway rider from 1928 raced mainly on the southern tracks. Somewhere I have the story of how he got his name and what his first name was.......when I find the details :rolleyes: I will post it ;)

 

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Rider in question adopted the name Brisbane Smith because he figured he would get more rides if people thought he was Australian, wasn't that it?

 

I was just curious about his true identity, I read it somewhere a couple of years ago.

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I think you are right about that. The story may have been in the Speedway researcher I think

 

 

 

Until this day, I always thought that Brisbane Smith was a pioneer Australian, as was Bill Sticpwich (!). I know Bill was an Aussie - he rode for Rochdale in 1929 and is well documented. He later drove midget cars in Australia for a few years from 1935.

 

What happened to Brisbane Smith after 1928?

 

 

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway

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I think you are right about that. The story may have been in the Speedway researcher I think

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Star ghost I think the story was on the 'Speedway History Forum', unfortunatly all was lost when the site went down a while back? :cry:

 

I think the story arose while discussing Digger Pugh?

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Star ghost I think the story was on the 'Speedway History Forum', unfortunatly all was lost when the site went down a while back?  :cry:

 

I think the story arose while discussing Digger Pugh?

 

 

 

John 'Digger' Pugh. That's another name from the past. He of course played a major role in bringing stock car racing to England at New Cross in 1954. Pugh was great showman as a promoter - something akin to being a 'second Johnnie Hoskins' in that respect.

 

Pugh was also a speedway rider in the late 1920s and possibly just into the start of the 1930s.

 

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimespeedway

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'Brisbane Smith' was an alias, was it not, used by an English rider at the end of the 1920s.

Can anyone remind me of his real name?

 

I can't give you his real name as I don't know it.

He was NOT an Australian.

I think you'll find he was killed performing the Wall of Death act in a midget car at the Poole Fair.

 

speedyguy - I know of two riders by the name of Sticpewich (that's how I spell it anyway) who raced during the pioneering years in Australia.

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