Show Notes
Dave Rowe is one of the voices of Eurosport's speedway TV coverage working as a reporter on the British Premiership matches, and as commentator for the SEC series. You might also know him as a voice on Talksport as a voice of their football coverage during the season. He's also a journalist for the Speedway Star, head of the British Speedway official press office and a stadium announcer at for Birmingham Brummies. In fact in 2022 Dave was present at 88 different speedway meetings across the UK & Europe, and that's before the other matches he saw on TV. In his spare time, Dave is part of the campaign group aiming to save speedway at Coventry's Brandon Stadium. A 6 year fight against developers looking to turn one of speedway's historic venues into a housing estate. They received a major boost to their dream of seeing speedway return to Brandon, and we discuss the scale of the task up to now. As well as chatting about Dave's career, his travels around Europe, and life as a man behind the mic, we also take a look at who would make it into Dave's all time speedway team! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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