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Blantyre Speedway at the Blantyre Dog Track

The Dog Track was owned and operated by Frank Doonin.

This photo of the dog track was taken on opening night of the speedway in July 1977.Speedway ran there 1977-81.

The greatest ever Scottish rider, Ken McKinlay came from Blantyre as did Tommy Miller who had a somewhat meteoric rise to stardom in 1950. Speedway was staged at the Greyhound Stadium as the home of the Glasgow Tigers in the late 1970s / early 1980s before the new road forced a move to Craighead Park which closed down at the end of the 1986 season.

Glasgow Tigers still race today based at Ashfield Stadium in Glasgow.

Updated by Derek Watson

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