Auction in aid of injured Bird.
To help raise funds for Reading Racers injured speedway captain Danny Bird, the Reading Speedway Track Shop have teamed up with a local artist and model maker to auction a 1:18 Die Cast Model Speedway bike, which has been painted and liveried as one of Danny's 2005 machines by award-winning artist and model maker Riki Knight.
As well as the painting and logos, the bike is fitted with clutch and throttle cables. It is presented on a textured base and is one of only two finished to this detail. All proceeds raised will go to Danny.
To help raise funds for Reading Racers injured speedway captain Danny Bird, the Reading Speedway Track Shop have teamed up with a local artist and model maker to auction a 1:18 Die Cast Model Speedway bike, which has been painted and liveried as one of Danny's 2005 machines by award-winning artist and model maker Riki Knight.
As well as the painting and logos, the bike is fitted with clutch and throttle cables. It is presented on a textured base and is one of only two finished to this detail. All proceeds raised will go to Danny.
To enter the auction and for further details and photographs of the model go to www.readingspeedway.com.
With regard to on-track action, Reading have been forced to change their choice of guest for their Premier Trophy match at Rye House on Saturday night, with the news that Chris Harris has picked up a shoulder injury over Easter.
Harris was due to replace Matej Zagar who is competing in the first round of the Slovenian Championship on Saturday night, but he will now sit out the next week of racing as the Coventry rider is still feeling the effects of
his shoulder injury he sustained in a clash with Sam Ermolenko over the Easter weekend.
Arena Essex's Leigh Lanham has now been called up to replace Zagar for Saturday night at Rye House.
