Dean Speedway

Thanks for the info, my mum will be pleased! She used to do a collection for his fuel when he rode at Oxford. He was quite shy/embarressed that my mum did it I think. His mum used to write to my mum to thank her on Colins behalf!! Glad to hear he's still involved, if you see him ask him about his race against Brad Oxley at Reading, no love lost between them! I've never seen punches being thrown whilst racing at full pelt down a straight before or since!! (Actually it must be a Reading thing as I seem to remember Mitch Shirra jumping off his bike and confronting somebody in the crowd during one meeting too!!)

Drove No 29 in the last race of the season 1985 The Winston West 500. Looked it up earlier but have spent the last hour trying to remember my logon name! Link Here

A couple that spring to mind are Marvyn Cox at the first bend at Oxford, his forks or frame collapsed I think, and he went straight into the fence, got up with the bike in a few pieces around him. The commentator Peter York went up to him to get his reaction in went something like "****ing hell, my bike!!!". I also remember Jens Rasmussen having some big crashes one in particular at Oxford was a day meeting (Possibly pairs or 4TT). Looked pretty bad, carried off I think, then the bike a revvin emerges from the pits to a huge roar. He was one tough rider!