The White Knight

Soupy said HE!!

Crumbs!!!! For some reason I thought Dandelion was a Lady. :unsure:

WHERE? Have you got an address please? Only for a survey I am doing of course. :unsure: :t:

I think Phil Crump would have won a World Title if he had kept his Neil Street Four-Valve under wraps for the Final in 1976. He didn't and it cost him dearly in my book. Actually it is probably just well he didn't - Peter Collins and Malcolm Simmons were first and second that year.

Me neither - but Ludwig might?

A very well thought out and argued Post tigerowl - I agree with every word. The only reason for the highlighted piece is that it shows that I, and one or two others one here are not alone. Thank you.

You can't have Play Offs every week though.

I don't think it is asking too much to have seven Riders per Team. By Team - I mean Riders who I can relate to, Riders who I can support. How the hell can you support a Team that has Riders who you were booing like mad last week and you are supposed to cheer on this week. British Speedway is rapidly becoming a Circus of people who can ride a Speedway Bike. People who drift from Track to Track selling their wares. They have no affection for, or affinity with, the Team? group of Riders that come together to ride in a particular Meeting. I think it is very sad that we are in this mess. One of the really special things about Speedway was the relationship between Riders and Supporters. Now that is gone - I ask - what do we really have left?

I don't know what is wrong with me. I liked him 'Banger' as well.

Only sometimes?

I'm sorry Sidney but I'm afraid Michael Lee, good as he was never really figured with me. I wanted him to win for Great Britain in any Event he was in but he was never my favourite. Maybe some of his off Track activities have affected my judgement. As for Olsen - I never liked him as a Rider, and certainly not as an Administrator in the GP Series. I loved to watch Peter Collins, Chris Morton, Malcolm Simmons, Eddie Jancarz and Ronnie Moore ride though. I could have watched them, and a few others all day long.

What a very good idea - I am surprised that they don't do that. :approve: I must admit that I had never thought about it.

I couldn't agree more. Where are the Jack Millens and Tony Childs of today? :sad: Crikey!!! I know Speedway needs more Supporters - but does this not seem a bit desperate from Belle Vue?

Ivan Mauger - great Rider that he undoubtedly was, didn't really do anything for me. Briggo, however, was my hero. Just shows differing opinions. Others who didn't do anything for me were Jessup, Lee, Olsen, Muller, Kennett (G). Other favourites were Ronnie Moore, Malcolm Simmons, Terry Betts, Peter Collins and Chris Morton.

Kus you are - and - that's part of the fn. :D

Come on Folks - no need for all this aggravation. :nono: It is only a Speedway Forum after all. :sad:

Oh!!! For pete's sake. :rolleyes: I think you have said that before..................... :rolleyes:

They may not have the money.

EXACTLY!!! Unfortunately these days Speedway and Credibility simply do not go together. I have supported Speedway since 1964 which is a total of 53 years. Now I do not attend - basically because of the 'Double Points' Rule. Doubling and Trebling up are also Rules that destroy the credibility of the once wonderful Sport of Speedway. It has already been mentioned regarding your relationship with your Team - that went out of the window years ago. We knew our Riders (they were 'our' Riders), their link with their Supporters was an important part of going to the Speedway. Riders became personal friends. Nowadays the Riders are so busy that they are gone, sometimes, before the Meeting has actually ended - I have attended one such Meeting. Credibility is a big thing with people nowadays - they don't like being conned. Unfortunately I do not know what the future holds for Speedway but I do wonder at times what will happen when all of us 'older' Supporters die off.

I have stated somewhere else on this Forum that if Attendances are good - then yes you could publish them. Sadly Speedway is not exactly well supported at the moment so for that reason - I Voted 'NO'. Who would want to drag themselves along to a Track knowing that there would not be many people there? Personally - I would not publish the Gates at Speedway because if you did it could very well have the effect of putting people off. You know the sort of thing - "What - there were only 347 people there last week - it can't be that good - I think I'll give it a miss". This could happen. So, in my view let them come along in ignorance of the numbers attending - at least that way they will take a look - they may even like it and become regulars - who knows?

One of the nicest Riders I have met in fairly recent Speedway is Chris Kerr of Redcar and Wolverhampton fame. Always ready to have a chat. A real gentleman in my opinion. I don't know what he is doing now - but wherever he is I sincerely hope that he is doing well. Good luck Chris. Thanks for the memories.

I remember him. :unsure:

I hope that he does well for the 'Bears'. Good luck Danny.

I don't mind chants, rattles etc. But Air Horns drive me mad, or used to when I went.

Oh no it wasn't ........................... :unsure: