Local businessman a plant hire operator Cliff Hindle built a new stadium at Park Road, which opened halfway through the 1977 season for a short series of speedway open meetings.

In 1978 a team was entered under the name Furness Flyers, but finished bottom of the National League.

[1] The nomadic Berwick Bandits who had been evicted from their home track at Shielfield Park by their landlords Berwick Rangers FC halfway through the 1981 season raced a number of meetings at Park Road, one of these was an Inter League cup match against the Wimbledon Dons speedway team.

Barrow 'Blackhawks' entered the National League in April with the first meeting against Exeter Falcons being abandoned because of a generator failure.

Independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) greyhound racing took place at the Park Road Stadium from 24 April 1987 until March 1991.