"Does anybody know when was the last meeting to be held at the West Ham speedway stadium and between which teams, and when was the Stadium pulled down?"

"What a shame that speedway has left London. I think we should all get a petition going to bring back speedway to London after all we have lost major venues like New Cross, West Ham and Hackney to name a few. I miss them. RIP speedway, that will be the future if we don't do something."

"The last meeting was in 1972 when the defunct Romford Bombers moved to West Ham. The club wound up after only a handful of meetings and the last ever race (second half final) was won by West Ham's captain and track record holder, Kevin Holden. "

"Sadly the last ever rider to win a 1st Divison race was Christer Lofqvist, the last 2nd Divsion rider was Kevin, both sadly lost their lives in later track accidents."

"Robert Rogers claims that both Christer Lofqvist and Kevin Holden lost their lives in track accidents. Christer died from a brain tumour in 1978. Kevin did crash at Poole, but the cause of death was given as a ruptured aorta. It is likely that this event was the cause of the accident, occurring (naturally) a split-second earlier."

"One reader makes reference to Kevin Holden and Christer Lofqvist both dying as a result of track accidents. Christer actually died of a brain haemorrhage not a track accident. He may be getting confused with Christer Sjosten who was killed on track in Australia."

"'Lofty' did not lose his life on the track, he died from a brain tumour, I believe, at the age of 33. Very very sad. Roger "

"Sorry for the miss information on Christer Lofqvist, they are correct, I did get the two Christers mixed up, I was, as pointed out, trying to make the point that both riders died young after being the last winners at West Ham."  

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