1939 Wembley International Six Day Cycle Programme – started on Sunday May 28th to June 3rd 1939 – only known reports were produced after the war when the event resumed in 1951 and remarkably quote “One of the stars of the 1938 race was a 23-year-old Belgian rider, Karel Kaers, who weighed 15 stone and stood 6 ft. 2 ins. He set up a track record for the mile distance of 1 minute 50.4 seconds” further details can be found on www.sixday.org.uk – overall (G)