In 1928 the new sport known as dirt track arrived from Australia and the White City Stadium brought speedway to the newly regenerated greyhound stadium. After holding a series on open meetings a team was created and White City were inaugural members of the
Southern League in 1929 but only raced for the one season. The White City team were due to race in the 1930 Southern League, but they withdrew from the league before it started due to track reconstruction. The stadium then ran once again using an open licence and held occasional one-off meetings between (1953–1958, 1961). In 1976 a new league team was formed, from the
Oxford Rebels team. They re-opened in 1976 under the promoters
Danny Dunton and
Bob Dugard. They were managed by Danny Dunton's son, Lee Dunton. They had previously raced at
Oxford as the
Oxford Rebels, but a threat of track closure and sell-off for development in 1975 caused the promoters to seek a new venue. The Rebels retained the majority of the Oxford riders and
Gordon Kennett led the team to a 15th place finish during the
1976 British League season. In 1977, White City Rebels won the title, winning 27 league fixtures during the
1977 British League season ending with 55 points in only their second season of existence. The London team caused a surprise with their consistent form throughout the season with heavy scoring of Gordon Kennett, supported by a group of five other riders hitting around a seven average to support Kennett. The five were Englishmen
Mike Sampson,
Steve Weatherley and
Trevor Geer, Pole
Marek Cieślak and Finn
Kai Niemi. With much the same team the Rebels could only manage a 15th place finish in 1978. The White City Stadium hosted three World Cup finals in 1976, 1979 and 1982. The team closed after only three seasons due to poor crowds levels, despite being the 1977 champions of the
British League. The teams riders and assets were sold to
Eastbourne Eagles. From 1979 to 1983 the stadium used an Open Licence and hosted a number of high-profile
Speedway World Championship qualifying rounds, including the Overseas and
Intercontinental Finals during the 1970s, and 1980s. It also hosted the Final of the
Speedway World Team Cup in
1976,
1979 and
1982. == Notable riders ==