Motor cycle Speedway - or dirt-track racing - became very popular in the mid to late 1920s. Australian riders and promoters took the new sport to England - and looked for new places to take the sport. A West Australian entrepreneur formed the Singapore Speedways Ltd. in 1929 and a quarter-mile track was built there. West Australian riders - Charles Datson, Jack Sharp and Harry "Tiger" Lewis - were the star attractions and trained local riders to also compete at the Speedway. The first meeting on April 19 attracted the biggest crowd to a sporting event ever seen on the island. Several more meetings were held - with several local riders making their marks. The legendary Sig Schlam appeared at the fifth meeting, but his match race with Datson proved disappointing. After meeting number 6 the venue closed down suddenly. This 70 page book uses the actual newspaper reports of the day to tell the virtually unknown story of the rise and fall of the Singapore Speedway.