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What baffles me is why we have to have two team managers. It's purely a recipe for indecision. It isn't as though they have a packed fixture list to manage,

What's the car parking forecast for Saturday ?

better ask BackPassage(ooops)Straight)Bandit , he'll know the answer

Congratulations to Dan, a well deserved victory and from last to first, got to feel sorry for Vaculik who looked like the winner all through the meeting

Last few seasons lindgren has become a very unpredictable rider, but that was shocking, time fo him to get a ban and miss a GP he is a danger to the others, .

Brilliant final heat with Cierniak missing the gate it gave the others opportunities to win the round, but it just seemed to be a night when Cerniak could do anything he wanted. Hope he goes on to win the series.

He really seems to have made big strides this year whenever I've seen him race. He seems full of confidence and faster and is by far the best on show tonight. It must be racing with the World Champion every week.

I certainly didn't see that coming as Adam hasn't shown his best form this season so far, a few more heats like that and he'll be well on his way

it's called doing a "Doyle" I do believe

Doyle doing his sliding off trick again

Hopefully Frigbo will see these posts as he is the fountain of knowledge on this thread. AS well as Per Olof , commonly called Peo, wasn't there another Soderman of the same era also involved in speedway ?

Happy Birthday Ove, thanks for the memories

Are you sure Jonas ? Hopefully wikipedia is correct and he is still alive and well aged 90.

Brilliant heat 13 pass from Bewley

Smart bit of team riding by Michelsen to get Drabik past Pawlicki

Not my favourite by any means, but Pedersen's taking of Madsen and completing his max was something special. Good to have Speedway back.

Best wishes to Archie, hope you'll soon be back in the saddle once you're mended, horrible injury. Take it steady with the recovery, and good luck to you Archie.

That’s very sad news indeed, father and son have always been a part of Brandon. Difficult to imagine the Bees without a Doc Kenyan. RIP Doc , my thoughts are with your family and the community.

For me Peo Soderman was the first Swede I ever saw ride for my team in the '50s I think, and overnight when he came to ride for Brandon he became my favourite rider, basically because he was different, and a superb rider and nice guy as well. For some reason the various foreign riders who came to ride for the Bees seemed to hold a magical charisma, no disrespect meant to others. But by seeing and meeting these guys I realised that there really is another big bright world out there. Perhaps that was the spark that eventually set me on the way to travelling the world and my fascination with other countries and cultures. Henryk Zyto although not Swedish really sparked my interest in other countries. I thought he was a magician from behind the iron curtain. I suppose in a way in the '60s Gote Nordin replaced Peo for his absolute classy style and consistency. And then of course the great man himself, no it's not Norbold, but Ove was just pure strength and speed, and I clearly remember standing in the pits at Long Eaton one night watching his great calmness throughout a meeting and knowing that I was, I suppose in the presence of greatness in our sport.

I can't believe it, such sad news Jim Lightfoot and Col Smith both gone within a few days of each other, good guys and team mates. Rest in peace Col, my thoughts are with your family and close friends. My era at Brandon is disappearing fast

You are perfectly 100% correct. Tony also used to race a 500 Triumph twin on grass.

I heard that Jim did antiques, but I don't know about Tony. I used to know Tony well, but then work took over my life and travels.

You never know Norman, I can honestly say at the moment I don't remember, the great thing about Wembley was that everybody seemed to get on with everybody else, it was like a great annual social event. I was a fan of Ove and enjoyed my trips to Norwich, and I nearly peeed myself as a second-halfer at Long Eaton one night when Ove's bike packed up and he borrowed my bike and went and won the race in his usual time and gave me a display of how my bike should be ridden. Needless to say it was never ridden again like that. Sadly some of my memories of fifties and sixties got affected by a fractured skull in '66. Loads of empty patches in my memory. I know there was a lad near us at Wembley who reckoned he was gonna win a fortune on a TV programme. I wonder if he ever did.

Very sad news indeed. Jim used to work with my old man and I think it was summer of 1954/5 that Pop took me to Brandon for the first time and introduced me to Jim and that was the start of my love for the sport. He really was an under rated stalwart for the Bees and spent thirteen years at Brandon. I well remember the trip to Wembley on a BTS coach for the World Final in '63. What mad days out they were, but at least that year we had Jim, Nigel, Ron and PO to shout for . He actually ended up getting me the worst and shortest job I ever had, in the unit next to him and Mick in Bayton Road. I only survived polishing out welds inside stainless steel vats for about an hour. I came out deaf and coated in SS dust. RIP Jim and thanks for introducing me to this mad sport, my thoughts and prayers are with all your family and friends. B

Think old Danny passed away about ten or fifteen years ago. He ued to live not far away from me when I was in London late 60's early 70's. If you saw him in the shops or the pub he was just a regular guy. Think some people in those days assumed he wore drag all the time. It's a sin is well worth a watch !