When speedway was in its heyday, nothing compared to the one-off World Final.
Those who remember the glory days will hark back to 86,500 fans at Wembley in 1978 or crowds of over 100,000 at Poland’s Silesian Stadium when the world champion would be decided on a single do-or-die night featuring the very best.
But those days ended abruptly in 1995 when speedway embarked on a brave and bold new era with the introduction of the Grand Prix series.
