Barney Reilly's Stock Car

Johnnie Hoskins (1892-1987) is considered to have invented motorcycle speedway racing. He organized a sports charity carnival called the Electric Light Carnival, staged on the Maitland Showground (New Zealand) on December 15 1923 to benefit the local orphanages. He ran speedway for two years, then moved on to Newcastle in New South Wales. In 1928 he...