He won the Southern Area League Riders' Championship, held at Rye House Stadium on 25 September 1955.

In 1960, the Rye House speedway track was rebuilt by Mike Broadbank, along with his father Alfred.

[4] Broadbank ran the speedway team known as the Red Devils who raced in challenge matches from 1960 unil 1966.

[5] He then started his long association with Robins before moving on to the Hackney Hawks, Reading Racers and the Stoke Potters.

Broadbank defeated Queensland rider Keith Gurtner, and a rising star from New Zealand named Ivan Mauger, to win the title.