[10] In 1971, promoter Ian Thomas brought speedway back to Hull, when the Vikings began to race at the Boulevard Stadium, a 380 metres (420 yards) circumference track.

[13] The team struggled from 1974 to 1977 despite riders over the four seasons including the likes of Joe Owen, Scots pair Jim McMillan and Bobby Beaton and former multiple world champion Barry Briggs.

[15] A sudden decline in form and attendances during 1980 and 1981 was overshadowed when Hull FC announced that they were revoking the Boulevard's speedway licence, leaving promoters Ian Thomas and Brian Larner without a track.

[16] In 1995, a speedway track was constructed at Craven Park, the home of the city's other rugby league team, Hull Kingston Rovers.

The stadium had opened only six years previous and the Vikings signed Paul Thorp and Jan Stæchmann to spearhead the team.

However, just one year later in 2005, the club were told by landords Hull Kingston Rovers that they would have to pay £75,000 in order to move the speedway track in oprder for the rugby pitch to be widened.