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I think that's a bit below the belt, considering she is suffering with stage 4 terminal breast cancer. I'm sure you didn't mean it like that though.

I would add David Shields into this list. A talented Aussie, but was happier being at home on the farm. A great season in 1981 for the Heathens, and looked like he was going to kick on, but sadly never returned or (as far as I'm aware) rode in anger again. He could tell all of his friends and family though that he rode with Bruce Penhall and Erik Gundersen.

This is such fantastic news, fingers crossed. Whilst there are many Cradley legends, if this does happen could we have a match with Wolves for the Nigel Pearson trophy?

I started in 1980, so might have been after McCormick. Certainly early 1980's.

If John Downer is behind this (and I stand to be corrected) he seems to be local to Coventry, based in Solihull - according to public record at Companies House. If it is the same John Downer, here is an article about him https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Risk+taking+is+necessary+for+anyone+hoping+to+be+successful+in...-a076840456

I seem to remember that Eddie jumped at a few speedway tracks. He certainly jumped at Dudley Wood during a speedway meeting I was at. Only a small jump, more of a PR thing.

I agree Steve. I'm grateful to both Lee and the former riders for giving up their time to do it though. If it were a professional "paid for" interview, then expectations would be higher.

Great interview with Kelvin last night. There will be a part 2 at some stage. Chris Morton up tonight, and Gary Havelock on Thursday

I've just seen this on youtube. Tragic.

God bless Nigel. Loads of tributes tonight, and rightly so. I'll remember him as s Speedway nut, Baggies fan, and a man who tried to save Cradley. Legend.

Lee did a great two hour interview with Greg Hancock this week. I would encourage anyone interested to take a look on Youtube.

Just to let those who are interested know, on 2nd Feb at 7.00PM Lee will be interviewing 2 former multi World Champions, and Heathens legends, Bruce Penhall and Erik Gundersen. I can't wait. Ommer 'um, Cradley!!

The interview with Ole Olsen was good last night, but unfortunately the link kept dropping out. I agree on Lee's questions, but he should be applauding on bringing all of the legends onto Youtube. These are people we have probably wondered about, but save the odd interview here or there, have long since disappeared from our lives. Lee said last night he was lining up a joint interview in the new year with Penhall & Gundersen. I can't wait for that one.

I saw the one last night with Erik Gundersen. Fantastic. I've enjoyed all of the interviews that Lee has done, and it's great that legends like Penhall & Gundersen are commenting live during the interviews of others as well.

I deal a lot with offshore companies - they are offshore for a reason, and not necessarily good reasons. Also the ownership is likely to be via a complex trust arrangement. The "Beneficial Owners" do not need to be the registered directors, and the directors can be "nominees". I'm not saying that this is the case here, because I haven't researched the company, but it is very easy to hide yourself from public registers. If you were committed to hide your identity, it would be very easy to do it via an offshore company with a nominee structure.

What ever happened to the "pit bike" Plenty of world class riders won on those before the PJR rocket ships came along (or the Eddie Bull Weslakes )

The Australian flag on his back doesn't suggest that he sees himself as British. Was he in the UK on Monday? If so then he should have been at Belle Vue to observe/help/assist and pass on knowledge with Rosco. It seems to me that whilst Rob and Sue were true Brits, and made great sacrifices for Tai's career, they returned to the UK because this was the best place for a "young aussie" to learn his craft, in a Holder, Ward etc kind of way. Fair play, plenty do that. The next thing was the international stage, and with Crump, Adams (I think) and the emerging talent around the best way that "young Tai" would get noticed was by playing the "Brit" card. Let's face it, his first season in the GP was a disaster, and he was only nominated because he was British. He is now undoubtedly the best rider in the world - and that is purely down to him. Hats off for that. I can't help but thinking though that he now considers his "British" background to be a handicap. I think (I don't know) that given the choice he would declare himself Australian. He spends half of his life there, and has said previously he will retire there. His choice - good luck to him. I wish I could retire to Australia. Wearing an England shirt for his TV interviews though doesn't hide the fact for me - Tai doesn't consider himself to be English/British. I'm very glad that he races for us though, and I think that should long continue.

This may be the case, but if you look at the type and diversity of project that Investin have done (as per their website), it is clear that they are major property developers. I come across these type of people and projects in my professional life, and I would be very surprised if this isn't anything but a commercial contract between a willing seller and a willing buyer.

Here is a link to the guys who are "purportedly" buying the site. Companies House suggests that Roger Lal from Solihull is the main driving force behind this successful property business. This isn't to say that Sandhu doesn't know him/them, but there is no obvious link between them. There may be a "nominee structure" in place, but according to Companies House, Sandhu is not a Director or a Shareholder of the acquiring business. http://www.investinplc.com/

I don't post on this forum very often, but I do "lurk" every day. We need some perspective here. Phillip is very clearly "in the know" and has posted many "inside tracks" when the fans of various tracks have been "wetting their knickers" about team building etc. The fans have been happy to receive his knowledge. I think that Phil has been too honest in his postings - and he has been hung out to dry. Be careful what you wish for - come November and your track is about to close, or you don't have a "number 1" then you will be grateful for Phil's knowledge. You could easily force Phillip away from this forum a major source of information. Be careful what you wish for. I don't know Philip Rising, and have never met him. I have no agenda.