Wembley and Beyond: My Incredible Journey

By Barry Briggs

Book Overview

The adventures of four times World and six times British Speedway champion.

It started on a cold, frosty morning in 1951 in Christchurch, New Zealand, with a seventeen-year-old boy, a crate of sheep's kidneys and a dream.

The boss of the city's Belfast meatworks had arrived an hour early to set up for the day when he noticed one of his workers packing up a crate on the countertop. The young lad was battling to move it so the boss went over to help. That boy was Barry Briggs, and it was just the start of his great adventure. Little did he know he was soon to become the legendary speedway racer more commonly known as Briggo, and later as Barry Briggs MBE. From dangerous encounters in the jungles of Liberia to teaching Steve McQueen to slide a speedway bike, Briggo's incredible story is one of strength, determination and a life lived firmly in the fast lane.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751549657
• ISBN13: 9780751549652
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Sphere
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"