Download or read book Confessions of a Speedway Promoter! written by John Berry and published by . This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, John Berry gained a hard reputation as one of the most successful and forthright promoters British speedway has ever known. In 1969, he (with Joe Thurley) revived Ipswich Speedway, just as the shale sport was about to enjoy another boom period. New tracks sprung up everywhere and speedway blossomed thanks to large crowds, major sponsors and national television coverage that attracted millions of viewers and the interest of top-selling national newspapers. And in the most controversial speedway book ever written, Berry also admits - for the first time - how, and why, he once 'fixed' the result of an international race.