Ken Ward says: George Dodd, a local landowner moved to the farm on Ashton Moss in 1920.  His idea was to build a training track for his horses. During this period he was entering horses in events at the Nearby Audenshaw Trotting Stadium.

His first attempt was quite small, then he constructed a larger one nearby. As a Dirt track it was short lived. I believe objections from the Local Authority stopped Speedway Riding at Droylsden, their belief was that it was too dangerous, the quarter of a mile straights allowed the Riders to get up too much speed to encounter the bends. I am not sure but I believe Dirt Track riding at Droylsden lasted from 1927 to 1929, I stand corrected on these dates.

Ken

Picture courtesy of Ken Ward
Doddy's Last Stand

Picture courtesy of Ken Ward
Ken Ward says both the Droylsden and Audenshaw tracks were behind the Snipe Inn

Courtesy of Google Earth
Jack Longley sent this map of the area to illustrate how close Audenshaw and Doylsden's tracks were

Courtesy of Jack Longley

This is where Droylsden's track used to be