The Sunderland Stars were a motorcycle speedway team who raced at the Sunderland Greyhound Stadium from 1971 until 1974 in the National League when Len Silver acted as promoter on behalf of Allied Presentations Ltd. [Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). "Homes of British Speedway". ISBN 0-7524-2210-3]

In 1974 the club came under new ownership and were nicknamed the "Gladiators".

Speedway was also in operation at the venue for part of one season when 8 meetings were staged in 1964 under the "Saints" nickname. The Saints introduced Aussies Jim Airey and Gordon Gausco to British Speedway.

Notable riders

*Jim Airey
*Brian Havelock
*Gordon Guasco
*Vic Harding
*Russ Dent
*Jack Millen
*George Barclay

External links

* [http://www.sunderlandspeedway.co.uk Sunderland speedway website]

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