- Source: Stan Hart (speedway rider)
James Stanley Hart (29 September 1914 – 25 August 1937) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England.
Biography
Hart, born in Wigan, rode for the Liverpool Seaforth speedway team at Seaforth Greyhound Stadium in a series of challenge matches during 1935. He began his British leagues career riding for another Liverpool club called the Liverpool Merseysiders, during the 1936 Provincial Speedway League season.
He achieved a strong 7.29 average during the season and was duly retained for the 1937 season. In 1937, the Liverpool promotion dropped out of the league in mid-July and was replaced by the Belle Vue Aces promotion, who also had a team in the National League. At this point the Provincial League team were renamed the Belle Vue Merseysiders and Hart continued to ride well, despite the team promotion issues.
On 25 August 1937, he died following a crash at the Hall Green Stadium in Birmingham. The death was investigated and ruled to be accidental death because they believed that his tyre burst causing him to fall into the path of another bike. His brother Oliver Hart witnessed the crash and testified at the investigation.
See also
Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Stan Hart (speedway rider)
- Oliver Hart (speedway rider)
- List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
- Bob Harrison (speedway rider)
- 1939 Speedway National League Division Two
- 1947 Speedway National League Division Two
- 1946 Speedway Northern League
- 1937 Provincial Speedway League
- Sheffield Tigers
- 1947 Speedway National League
