steve roberts

Remember watching him at Poole on one occsaion and after doing all the hard work by coming thru' from the back inexplicably proceeded to fall off when well clear.

It was the commentary I was referring too.

Reminds me of the story years ago when Chris Pusey was leaning over the fence laughing at the wild antics of a novice only for Ivan Mauger to comment that's how you look when out on the track but only much faster!

I put him in the same mould as Simon Cross another who tended to ride 'over the top' and sometimes gave the impression that he wasn't totally in control on occasions.

I remember attending an Entomolgical Show there on a couple of occasions.

Didn't Wilson have something to do with ending Jan Stechmann's career?

Gawd almighty!

Great stuff!

Brilliant analysis on one of the best riders never to have won the Individual World Championship.

...ah but it attracted crowds back then.

I recall on one of my "History of Speedway" DVD's a rider having fallen got up and started to adjust his goggles and a back marker ploughed straight into him!

I think he lived in Felixstowe?

Something that John Berry used to refer to whereby he made it very difficult for opponents attempting to pass seemingly covering both the white line and fence!

Recall reading that he was instrumental in Ipswich winning at Sheffield in 1972 when some members of the "Tigers" team were making a nuisance of themselves and Olle decided to get tough with them.

One of Swedish speedway's pioneers. RIP

That's very sad news. One of the greats in my opinion and helped greatly to get Sweden on the map speedway wise. Will always cherish my time when I attended one of his training schools at King's Lynn. RIP Varg-Olle.

I'm working thru' the book and there appears to be more emphasis on his Longtrack exploits which is understandable, I guess, considering his success at that particular discipline of racing but personnally I have little interest in Longtrack racing and would have preferred to have read more about his times at Wimbledon and Coventry, in particular, which was quickly brushed over.

I think that there were three (?) and I attended two. Did the first NEC one (I think that there were two (?) but never bothered with Telford...never appealed to me personally.

Apparently Jason Crump is making a comeback with Plymouth?

Received my latest edition...superb as usual. Interesting analysis (although I couldn't grasp all the permutations) on the differing race formulas. Ordered (and since recieved) the Tatum book as featured in the latest edition. Nice article on the sadly recently deceased Zenon Plech...such an icon.

I checked it up. It was Dave Wills of West Ham who was sadly killed as described in Simmo's book.

From memory he was killed on his way to a meeting at Coventry whilst crossing a dual carriageway in his car during early 1974?

I seem to recall a fallen rider was killed by someone who was some way behind who failed to drop the bike?

Blimey! Just received mine today after ordering it only yesterday!

I've ordered my copy!