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Who's Tom Fardon?

It was a horrific accident which involved John Harrhy as both Bees riders came to grief I met Les several times in later years, he used to shuffle up to the trade counter at the place I worked and would always shake your hand - but his hand was always as cold as ice To think back to the big strong man he had been previously and see what he had become was so sad I also met John Harrhy a couple of years ago - he "survived" the crash and did return to the track, but he still suffers physically to this day

Perhaps it needs some more engine oil on it?

There is a better answer

Doubling up/down poking its pesky nose in again It has to go

So . . . Swindon 2019, eh! Not a lot to say, apparently?

Thanks!

Any links?

I think you've rather mixed up your words, auntie He would have been world champion knobhead, one of the biggest knobheads ever seen in Swindon . . . . .

Doesn't the new Belle Vue track and its construction problem have its own thread elsewhere on the BSF? Any news on Swindon?

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17539931.looking-back-oxford-stadium-in-happier-times/#gallery0

Have we given up on the thread subject then?

The club must always come first No rider is bigger than the club As far as "image rights" is concerned - good grief, this is British Speedway we're talking about, not some multi-billion pound/dollar concern like Premier League, F1 or all those US "sports" Get real, Craig Cook and any other rider who believes our sport and the promoters of the club's owe them a superstar living on a par with Lewis Hamilton, etc All this whilst fans on here bemoan the levels of admission prices! Does my head in sometimes!

RIP John - so glad I had the opportunity to exchange some correspondence with you a couple of years ago Have had so much pleasure in reading your wonderful output on speedway over many years - thank you

Legends to reunite - https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17516790.oxford-speedway-legends-to-reunite-at-anniversary-meet/

Exactly why Woffinden probably is the most successful British rider of all time but only possibly the best

Hopes fade - https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17501893.oxford-stadium-hopes-for-future-fade-as-remaining-businesses-leave/

Most successful does not equal best of all time Woffinden better than Craven? No one knows - they never competed against each other or against the same opposition Favourite rider =pure opinion (nothing wrong with that, everybody entitled) Most successful = fact based on achievements Best of all time = pure opinion, cannot be proven over 90 years of British racing

Anybody's / everybody's opinion There's no way of proving who's the best over 90 years of racing - they've all ridden against different opposition Tai's clearly one of the most successful, if not the most successful As an aside - another discussion that's been argued elsewhere - a GP winner nowadays is not the best rider of the event but just the winner of one race (heat 23) The best rider is the highest points scorer in the 20 heats where every rider has raced against every other rider The eighth best rider can then go on to become GP winner

No, they prove he's the most successful in terms of World Championship victories That's not the same as best of all time

A lot tougher than what? One just doesn't know How can anyone say a GP field in 2018 was tougher than the opposition the Farndons, Parkers, Prices, Cravens, etc had to face in their days? One just doesn't know - one can surmise, make all kinds of assertions, but they cannot be proven Successful in his era, yes - best of all time, possible, but nothing more

But the records do not show the standard of the opposition So it's never a level playing field when comparing riders from different eras Woffinden, most successful? Probably Best of all time? Possibly but not definitely

Oxford memories

Terrific pics but . . . why no labels? Fans' memories fade whilst riders' etc looks change over the years Please can you label them? Plus the WSRA pics

Don't you just love his choice of username on the BSF!