Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #332805 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 308 pages

Blunsdon Blog, June 2008
Manages to capture the essence of speedway through observation and wit

Ian McMillan, The Times, June 28th 2008
Possibly Speedway's War and Peace, or its Ulysses.. the epic by which all other books on the sport will be judged.

Ian McMillan, The Times, June 28th 2008
A prose that possesses a kind of petrol-driven Dirty Realism, as though Raymond Carver had decided to turn up at a speedway meeting

Customer Reviews

Another Excellent Jeff Scott Tome
Another fantastic review of a season in Speedway, but the off the wall type of review that Jeff Scott does so well.
This is a fantastic read for any speedway supporter, but especially those that travel the length and breath of the country to get a regular fix of their favourite sport.
Have spoken to Jeff on a number of occasions and he is a genuine fan, which helps bring his books to life even more.
Highly recommended

The Shale Chronicles: Part 3
Jeff Scott's third record of a season in British speedway appears to be taking on the role of the Speedway Annual for those fans not completely addicted to the statistic rich "yearbooks" or ghostwritten biographies that seem to dominate the world of speedway publishing. Instead, what we have here is a book that is more informative than any tome of statistical data and more entertaining and insightful than any of the current crop of biographies.

If you're familiar with Scott's previous books you will fall easily into the style, it's like that conversation you strike up with an old friend you've not seen for a year, instantly comfortable and somewhat intimate. Where things have changed from previous books is that Scott now appears to be becoming accepted by the speedway "insiders" therefore the conversations are more candid and all the more entertaining for it, his observations remain as sharp, cutting and insightful as ever.

The quotes from the wonderful world that is Sky TV's speedway coverage are delightfully dissected and held up for ridicule, a bit unfair one feels but oh so very funny! Likewise the run-ins with a certain (self-styled) mega-celebrity and superstar of the speedway world add a lot to a book that will make you smile, think and realise that literature and sport, even the unfashionable sport that is speedway racing, can go together.