Wolves represented at an emotional final night of speedway in the region as Brummies bow out after stadium sold for housing
Wolverhampton was represented at the last speedway meeting in the region in Birmingham last night.
The Brummies home, Perry Barr Stadium, is being sold off for housing despite being opposite the empty apartment blocks which were meant to house Commonwealth Games athletes.
The final night of greyhounds at the stadium was on Saturday night and the tapes went up for the final time for speedway last night (Monday). The stadium, which opened in 1928 as a home for the Birchfield Harriers, is being sold for housing development. Its greyhound racing will move to a new track in Dunstall Park Racecourse.
The Brummies were the last club standing after Wolves, Cradley Heath and Coventry all crashed out of the sport due to being homeless.
However, Wolves speedway fans have been travelling to Birmingham since the end of racing at Monmore Green last year. They took over a part of the stands and branded it the Wolfpack Shack.
They walked the track for one final time together. Mark Rabone said: "The Wolfpack did the final track walk at Perry Barr on the last ever night."
Former Wolves rider Ryan Douglas starred for the winning Leicester Lions side and made a beeline for the Wolfpack Shack after the meeting.
