No Brakes, No Fear: The Official British Speedway Podcast

Ian Brannan

A lifelong speedway fan, Ian Brannan has been a professional broadcaster, producer and voiceover artist for over 20 years. His first visit to the speedway was at the 1977 World Final in Gothenburg, however he didn’t see Ivan Mauger secure his 5th world title due to being an unborn baby at the time. This type of story is common among speedway fans as you’ll discover if you listen to Humans of Speedway, being introduced at an early age and the sport just sticks to you. Through the 80s and 90s Ian was a Halifax and then Bradford Dukes fan, regularly visiting The Shay and later Odsal until the team closed down in 1997 having won the league championship, it could only happen in speedway… With hopes raised that speedway can soon return to Odsal stadium, those Bradford days could yet be back. In the meantime living in the North East he’s been a regular visitor to Redcar Bears and Newcastle Diamonds as well as Sheffield, plus as many speedway fans do, the annual trip to Cardiff for the British GP.