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Well the answer was 100 times more interesting than any of your recent posts, and on topic . Suck it up, buttercup

Sold, but some great pics and potted history https://www.mecum.com/lots/EJ0315-211656/1934-crocker-speedway-racer/

This is the bar is saw yesterday, in memory of the Dons......some i guess call it a scandal, but at least there is some sort of memory.

Must admit i had a break from speedway after 1977 until 1983 when i slowly got back into the sport again. lthough i did go to the ocassional meeting during those years. Mostly the National League riders championship, and one England v USA test. So there are quite a lot of riders during that period i haven't heard of. Gunnestad also i think came during my next perdiod away from the sport after the Dons originally closed, as did Kylingstad, so Holta is the only one i really have much of a memory of after the Lovaas, Eide , Stangeland period. Have seen a number of less successful riders though (Rune Sola,, Glenn Moi ) this Century in Denmark. None so far have made an impact of the sport, but see Fredriksen has signed up somewhere

Was it that by the early 70s the Norwegian wave had pretty much passed. I can only off the top of my head think of Kylingstad and Holta afterwards that made any great impact in the following 40 years

Looks like he continues to have this amazing problem that one or two of his threads vanish and then re- appear amazingly !!

Never heard of him. Had he achieved something beforehand like a good performance in the Norwegian championship ? Recommended by another rider? But Reading we’re not alone at the time in signing hopefuls that were disappointing

My nan and grandad did. They were members of the RAC

I doubt that very much. Must have been hundreds of riders better than him over the years that ride at Exeter But the main factor is, there wasn’t a world final anywhere in the mid 40s

I did see a photo earlier of a new bar that is called the Speedway bar with a Dons emblem on it. Guess this is at the Wimbledon football stadium ?

Looks like the Inn Isar team will do a livestream

Well. Think I have looked at this thread a few times and you definitely have as well ….. you haven’t told us anything with that figure

Yes

It wasn't just about the track.....home track. It obviously in the case of Williams helped a lot. But i think you also need to have nerves of steel when you are in touching distance of the title. And i don't think Boocock or Miller of McKinlay for instance had that extra element

Think they have to host this at the end of the ice season, just like i think the ice speedway at Inzell and possibly Berlin have to take what is left after the skating season. Inzell i think is used as a training centre for the speed skaters

My mums Uncle worked as Ronnie Moore's mechanic and then as machine examiner, and my grandfather worked as a St.John's first aid helper at the stadium. Not sure if i have mentioned this before

A tv report from the 1980 Continental Final of the SWC, with a tight race between Egon Müller and Eddie Jancarz Result Poland 36, Czech 29 West Germany 26 USSR 5

A while back it was announced around 50% of the tickets sold No news on riders, apart from some juniors being announced.

Must say, this thread was a bit of a revelation to me I was going regularly in 85 and travelling the country for the first time without it being on a supporters club bus or my old man ferrying me around. But had totally forgotten about this, among other things i have totally forgotten about

Found a fairly comprehensive piece on the Master of Speedway meeting Apparently an idea of Ole Olsen and Peter Adams who romoted it. Originally one or two meetings should have been held in the UK, but of course that was turned down by the BSPA https://www.speedway-forum.de/forum/index.php?thread/18836-master-of-speedway-bremen-1978-1988/&pageNo=2

Looking for something else, i stumbled across this sad news Looking for a new speedway site At the turn of the year they brought an application into the process, which aims to dissolve the Motodrom that exists there in the middle of the forest. The MC Post Leipzig e. V. at home and has a lease until 2028. The Greens have nothing against the motorsport club and its work.But from their point of view, the motorsport facility has no place in the middle of a sensitive forest. “At Cottaweg there is an urban plot of land that has been leased as a motorsport and speedway area since 1975 to the present day - currently to MC Post Leipzig e. V. The club's grounds are in the middle of the Leipziger forest conservation area and are located at one of the most critical points of the Leipzig forest, on the border between the northern and southern forest, "they explain their request in the application to start talks with the MC Post in 2022 and after to look for new club premises so that the area on Cottaweg can become part of the floodplain development concept “According to the decisions of the INSEK, a strengthening of the green corridor along the Cottaweg is planned by the city administration from 2022 onwards. The MC Post Leipzig e. V. has no development opportunities at this sensitive point as an association, as extensions are not permitted in the landscape protection area under building law. " The work of the MC Post Leipzig e.V. with its approx. 60 members is fully appreciated by the proposal of the Greens. But there are no opportunities to grow on Cottaweg. “However, the infrastructure on the site is badly ailing and can no longer be maintained by the association, let alone extensively renewed. Urgently needed pits area and garage systems can no longer be installed. The further development of the sports offers in the direction of ice speedway and trial, which the association is striving for, is hardly feasible. The necessary fitness training and the compulsory fitness tests have to be completed for a long time in sports halls rented for this purpose, ”is how the application goes into more detail about the club and its problems. “In order to give the association a development perspective on the one hand and to strengthen the floodplain system on the other hand, the city must immediately start working on solutions together with the association. For example, the city of Neubrandenburg has recently embarked on the path of building a new speedway facility. " https://www.l-iz.de/politik/brennpunkt/2021/12/2022-was-kommt-ein-kraeftemessen-um-speedway-anlage-und-schiesskeller-im-auwald-427229

Argentina 03.01.2022. Final Semi's

Link to info on the Golden Key - Master of Speedway https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/key-bar-hammer-gala.php