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are either Ozempic or Wegovy on the banned substances list ?

He had some natural talent, but unfortunately a poor attitude READING Racers reserve Jamie Westacott scored three points from two rides in Sunday's New Year Classic at his local track at Newport. The Welsh teenager started as the meeting reserve and ended up taking the final two rides for Josh Larsen after the American was forced to pull out of the meeting with bike problems. Westacott, whose future with Racers remains uncertain, passed Newport's Kristian Lund to earn a good third place in heat 10, and three heats later made a great start before finishing second to Neils-Kristen Iversen after holding off the more experienced Neil Collins and Robbie Kessler. The meeting was won by Coventry's Chris Harris, who beat Iversen, Stuart Robson and David Howe in the final.

I knew the Mavericks team manager Pete Towersey well, and always sat with him at Wasps meetings, he had problems with Jamie Westacott's attitude to turning up regularly, inspite of others giving him as much support and help as possible, as witnessed below . Towersey is still waiting to hear from the rider although he has spoken to his upset father Fred. Towersey said: "Speedway is a team sport and this is just not acceptable - but until we hear from him we cannot make a judgement. I have tried to contact him but he is not answering his telephone." Westacott senior said: "I don't know what is going to happen but I have a feeling there could soon be speedway bikes and equipment for sale. I am very disappointed after all the work which has been done for him. "I would imagine that if he does get in touch with Newport then it may be too late. This could be the end. After this, I cannot see Tim Stone (promoter at Newport) wanting him back.

last average for Carl 4.94 Newcastle 2018,not sure his leg trailing style would suit the Poole racing surface, but he was 100%tryer !

Frank Smart, head under the inside bar Carl Wilkinson, last of the leg trailers

Yes lots of fun, my mate ran a big block 71 Camaro in street class bracket racing with a breakout dial time of 9,9 sec, car was called Honest John, we all had big yanks in the 80's/90's, I used my Camaro 5.7L as a daily driver, it would do about 26 MPG on cruise at 70MPH on motorways, but was nearer 12/ 14MPG around town and showing off ! sounds Thirsty, but the Sunbeam Alpine IV that replaced it only did about 19 MPG until I chucked the single Stromberg and replaced it with a twin choke Webber off a Mk1 Cortina then if went up to a heady 26MPG, cars have come a long way on economy, whereas motorcycles have gone backwards, I replaced a Francis Barnett 197 with a Honda 175 around 1973 and the fuel consumption doubled!, then again the speed was much better as well.

Fill you boots Price Guide: Buick LeSabre [UPDATED H2 2024] I have ran a Mustang and a Camaro at various times , and probably some will think I am personally responsible for "Climate change", lots of fun, V8 power, only tempered by V8 thirst !

"It seems the bike market as said above is at an all time low" Definitely not at an all time low, I have auction catalogues going back 30 years all marked up, if you go back to around 2000-2005 you can see Honda C50/C90 and CG125's estimated at £50-80 the current price these are making shows where the growth is, similarly BSA 500 Gold stars were estimated £5000-6500 and 350 Gold stars £4000-5000, while the prices are on the way down, they have not yet slid to an all time low, although taking in inflation buying classics is not the "investment " it was, buy it today, sell it tomorrow, make a small profit is the nature these days, keeping the wrong thing for years and expecting a substantial profit has ended I am afraid.

Saab 9-5 3.0 V6 Turbo, low mileage, excellent condition, silky smooth, powerful | eBay Can still be bought cheap enough to have a wager ?

Dean, having a foot in the classic market, a lot of what you say is true, in the bike world generally there is a downward trend, the only areas bucking the trend seem to be military WW2 machines, 1970's Japanese and Italian machines and top of the range limited edition bikes from 1990/2000's ( Ducati especially) The age demographic of the owner now has sealed the fate of many 1940/50/60's British lumps of iron and the forty year old rule for free tax and non-requirement of MOT has driven up the desire for just pre 1984 machines, this is largely why, as you say, the rubbish we were buying for a few hundred quid in the day as a second hand vehicle have now become so desirable in the car world, this includes a lot of what were absolute shockers in the day , allegro, avenger , ital ,marina, Princess, Granada etc. meanwhile anything with a low survival rate from this period like alfasud , Lancia Beta, Saxo etc that rotted to death if they went near a puddle are also now desirable, before we even get onto Escorts, capris,205's Golfs etc Meanwhile, like the bikes, the older cars are in a downward spiral, I have sheds full of bikes which most are now not worth the price I paid for them when I bought them, for example I have a 1966 Triumph TR6 Trophy I bought about 6 years ago for £7k, I doubt even on a good day it would be unlikely to achieve £5k now.

There is one in the back of my van, it will be at Kempton Park autojumble for sale Saturday 26th Oct., 1930's Rudge Martin J.A.P., it could do with a polish 😁

1965 Newport speedway programme, Vol 1 Issue 1 = 1 shilling ( 5p in "new money" for the pre decimal generation 😁) Speedway programme magazine Newport Waspland Whisperings No1 1965 | eBay

"Lol", Lawrence Hare, I was there at the Newport meeting against Exeter, not the worst crash I have seen by far, but devastating consequences Lol back at speedway trackside | Ipswich Star

I was in awe of the shapes Frank Smart used to get in, often leaning off the inside of the bike to keep it more upright, sometimes appearing to have his head under the left hand bar, this picture gives a flavour, but often a lot more extreme than this Frank Smart

I remember Lewis Bridger coming to Newport with a 2 valve upright for the Winter Classic and not having a good day, good thing about that winter meeting was Tim always had riders who would give it a go in the worst conditions, have a look at this final, passing and re-passing ( and a couple of falls)