The racing was organised by Midlands Speedways (a Manchester company) with a series of open and challenge events.

[4] The track got off to an inauspicious start when the General and Racing Manager Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Nigel Fitzjohn committed suicide in the stadium offices in 1929.

Lythalls Lane was located in a mainly rural area during World War II and the only damage during the Coventry Blitz in 1940 and 1941 was a clubhouse that burned.

[7] In addition to the Lythalls Lane purchase was the nearby Brandon Stadium that hosted the Coventry Bees speedway team.

Duffys Arrival reached the final of the 1945 English Greyhound Derby losing out to Ballyhennessy Seal.

Another of McKay's charges Robeen Printer won the St Leger in 1945 and then went for the Oaks but had to settle for runners up spot to Prancing Kitty.