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certainly not !!! why do You repreat all this proven nonsense again and again? Tell me who was this Jean Landru ? Never came across this name when researching the Paris speedway meetings of the 1930s ! And You claim he was a world champion in 1934 ! There were no more than FIVE World Championship Finals in Paris ! Champions du Monde de Dirt-Track 1931 - 1935 1931 Billy Lamont 1932 Arthur 'Bluey' Wilkinson 1933 Fernand Meynier 1934 Claude Rye 1935 Claude Rye An interestig note about Charles 'Pee-Wee' Cullum winning it in 1936. He did win the Grand Prix of Paris in 1936, and the trophy on offer for the winner was indeed the one that had been used for all five World Championships from 1931 to 1935. The winners of the World Championships had not been allowed to keep the trophy, and had to give it back to the promoters. But in 1936 it had become obsolete as the FIM now ran the official World Championship, and there was no longer such an event in Paris. Instead of their world championship, the French promoters staged a one-off big international Meeting in July of 1936, the Dirt-Track Grand Prix of Paris, and offered the former world championship trophy to the winner for good. Cullum won it and took the trophy with him back to America, were not so long ago it has been auctioned along with other Cullum memorabilia. The top three of that 1936 Dirt-Track Grand Prix of Paris were: 1st Charles Cullum (America) 2nd Leon Boulard (France) 3rd Dicky Case (Australia)

1934 Rye, Case, Killmeyer 1935 Rye, Murphy, Bellissent. That's all, there were no more than these five annual world championships from 1931 to 1935 in Paris. In 1936 the FIM took over and staged the first officially sanctioned world championship final at Wembley.

April 14 : La Reole 50 Marmande 36 April 21 : Morizes 42 La Reole 42 League standings 2019 La Reole ... 6 ... 3 - 2 - 1 ... 269-243 ... 13 MP Morizes ... 6 ... 3 - 1 - 2 ... 267-241 ... 11 MP Marmande ... 6 ... 3 - 0 - 3 ... 260-254 ... 9 MP Lamothe ... 6 ... 1 - 1 - 4 ... 226-284 ... 4 MP

I have now even found the team line-ups as they were in the program for another early meeting of the team's series, held in Buenos Aires on Thursday, November 22, 1930, at the River Plate track. TEAM RIVER PLATE (#5) Dick WISE (Reserve) (#7) Ernie EVANS (#8) Geoff KILBURN (#9) Oliver LANGTON (#12) Billy LAMONT (Captain) (#13) Eric LANGTON (#15) Bob HARRISON (#19) Juan SALATINO (Reserve) TEAM HURACAN (#1) Arthur WESTWOOD (#3) Frank VAREY (#4) Sprouts ELDER (Captain) (#6) Frank GOLDEN (#10) Joe GOODING (Reserve) (#11) Tom WAINWRIGHT (#29) Juan PAGANO (#32) Enrique MOYANO (Reserve)

Yes there was team racing in Argentina that season, River Plate vs Huracan in a series of home and away meetings, and the accumulated points scored over the season deciding the overall winner. Huracan won the competition by 454 to 445 points. Here is an incomplete fixture list of the 1930-31 Argentinean Teams events Dec. 7 - River Plate vs Huracan Dec. 11 - River Plate vs Huracan (Aggregate: Huracan 132, River Plate 136) Dec. 25 - River Plate v Huracan Dec. 27 - Huracan vs River Plate Jan. 1 - River Plate vs Huracan Jan. 8 - River Plate vs Huracan (Aggregate: Huracan 266, River Plate 270) Jan. 15 - River Plate v Huracan Jan. 17 - Huracan vs River Plate (Aggregate: Huracan 350, River Plate 347) Jan. 23 - Huracan vs River Plate Jan. 29 - River Plate vs Huracan Feb. 4 - Huracan vs River Plate Feb. 11 - Huracan vs River Plate (Huracan win the team competition on aggregate: Huracan 454, River Plate 445) And yes, there were a few Uruguayan riders as well, but as far as I know they rode only in the Montevideo meetings and were not at the same Level as the best of the Argentineans. The opening meeting in Montevideo was held on Saturday, January 31, 1931. Further ones on February 7, 14, 18, and possibly some more.

I wonder what that third one was? I only know of two tracks in Argentina, both in Buenos Aires, Huracan and River Plate, and of course one other track at Montevideo in Uruguay.

The Aussie Championship meeting at Kurri Kurri has been abandoned due to unsafe track conditions ! The Jeff Gittus Sidecar Memeorial at Pinjar Park International Speedway in Perth is a beauty to watch on the livestream. I love the variety of different solo and sidecar classes in this meeting.

Cool, Tai Woofinden as passenger with Trent Headland in the 1000cc sidecars. Good that they don't exclude for tape touching, but instead send the offender back to the 15yard penalty startline ! Provides us with a bit of handicap racing, with Headland / Woffinden off the 15m start going from 4th to second place. Love that ! Great TV quality coverage from Pinjar Park this is worth watching, folks !

You can watch it live here http://www.speedway-forum.de/index.php?thread/18164-speedway-live-stream-s/&postID=344426#post344426

very poor meeting at Kurri Kurri tonight, certainly not a good advert for solo speedway in Australia Better to watch Tai Woffinden in a1000cc sidecar at the Pinjar Park Speedway over in Perth, Western Australia https://www.facebook.com/PinjarPark/photos/a.10152390793038027/10156852547463027/?type=3&theater

Very interesting, and that's quite the same story that Max Grosskreutz told the press. But it just can't have been so in 1933, because only Hitler's 50th birthday, which was April 20, 1939, was a public holiday. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Führergeburtstag

and still some more - The Crocker Story https://thevintagent.com/2017/04/15/the-crocker-story/ I wonder if that's Fay Taylour posing on a Crocker speedway machine in one of those pictures?

Here is another interesting LINK to an article in the Motorcyclist of 1933 about the first appearances of the Crocker speedway machines ridden by the Milne Brothers at the Emeryville Speedway in Oakland, Northern California, in November of 1933.

here https://www.bikermetric.com/vintage-bike-of-the-day-1934-crocker-speedway/

I have this 1934 advert for the Crocker dirt track bike, and on the four corners are small pictures of race events. Bottom left reads Mexico City 1933. The others are Los Angeles 1931 (top left), San Diego 1932 (top right), and Oakland 1933 (bottom right)

the Californians went there and ran several meetings in Mexico City ca.1933/34 but it was a one-off tour and as far as I know rhe sport did not catch on in Mexico.

Fay Taylour first came to Australia at the end of 1928, and she made her racing debut in front of a record crowd at the Claremont Speedway in Perth on January 5, 1929. She made a brilliant first appearance, defeating Frank Brown (N.S.W.) in a match race in a very fast time. Her attempt to break the three-lap record at the next meeting on January 12, unfortunately ended due to bike problems with only a few laps of the opening lap covered. She did not appear again during the evening, and it was announced that she would make her attempt at the next meeting. A considerable stir was caused by the announcement of W.A. Speedways Ltd. that she would not appear at the next meeting on January 19. The following official statement was issued by W.A. Speedways: "After her first ride on her first appearance here, we looked forward to seeing some wonderful racing put up by Miss Taylour. Nevertheless, we were disappointed that she did not fulfill the engagements billed for that night, but we were more disappointed still that she did not complete her ride on the second occasion for which she was billed. This, we understand, was due to mechanical trouble. We think, however, that a person who has been billed to make a record attempt and has brought two machines to the State, would have both in readiness. Apparently Miss Taylour placed all her faith in the one machine. It was announced last Saturday night that Miss Taylour would make her record attempt next Saturday night. At this coming meeting, however, Miss Taylour will not ride." Fay Taylour replied vigorously to the Statement of the W.A.Speedways director (Mr. E. Baker): "His statement is quite unfair, and he has taken the liberty of cutting me out of the programme because he will not agree to put up special prize money ($50) for an international match race between myself and Sig. Schlam. "Mr. Baker has said in his Statement that I did not fulfill my engagements. That is not true because actually I did not have any engagements. Before my arrival at Perth, Mr.Baker, without my consent, advertised me to appear in no fewer than three events, in addition to the usual preliminaries. That is too much to ask of any rider after 40 days' journey aboard ship and taking into account that the riding conditions and the ground were both strange. I told him that on the day I arrived. "Unfortunately I am not under contract with W.A.Speedways. I came to Australia and brought my two machines from England, entirely at my own expense. It was most unfortunate last Saturday that the armature shaft in my magneto broke. I am sure that I was more disappointed than the people who had come to see the racing. I am anxious to appear, but Mr. Baker has cut me out next Saturday. As far as I can see, it is only a childish whim. He knows that I am prepared to ride next Saturday under the same conditions as last Saturday." This is Mr. Baker's reply: "Her complaint that she was entered in three events on her first appearance on Janaury 5 without her authority, was ridiculous. She was entered for the match race, scratch race, and A-grade handicap. These being the three principal events and those which every visiting rider competed in, thus giving them the opportunity of winning the maximum amount of prize money." Mr. Baker said that although he met Miss Taylour on arrival a few days before her first appearance, and saw her frequently after, she did not ask for the nominations to be withdrawn. It was not until she had won her match race with Frank Brown, that she told him she had been advised not to start in the other two events. "Regarding Miss Taylour's statement that she had not been allowed to ride because she had asked for a $50 prize for her match race with Schlam", said Mr. Baker, "this is only partly correct. Miss Taylour demanded a substancial sum as appearance money, and on top of this the substancial prize of $50 for the match race. The management was unable to acede to these extravagant demand, feeling it would be unfair to put her in a position so very different from the other professional riders. She has caused the public great disappointment as she was expected to appear in five events, three on January 5, and two on January 12, but only finished in one. Last week her performance was particularly disappointing. She was advertised to attempt to break a track record and also to ride in a match race with Alf Chick. Her machine broke down, and although she had two machines in the State, she had only taken one to the ground. All experienced riders, who can afford to have two machines, always have both in readiness. When engaged in attempting to break a track record, which is considered a special attraction, a competitor should take every precaution to see that the engagement may be fulfilled." Fay Taylour did not ride in the Claremont Speedway meeting on January 19, but would make another appearance at the track and meet Sig Schlam in a match race in a special association carnival meeting on the following Saturday, January 26. It was in this meeting that Taylour did beat Schlam in the Special International Match Race. In fairness to Schlam, it must be stated that his machine did not function properly. Miss Taylour had the inside and both riders were together for half a lap when the lady shot to the front. She increased her lead to win comfortably by thirty yards. Miss Taylour also made a brilliant, yet unsuccessful attempt to lower the three-lap track record held by Alf Chick. Her time was 1.17 1-5. This was absolutely her last appearance on the Claremont track, as she left for Adelaide by the express on Sunday night. I wonder if Fay Taylour was the very first British dirt track rider ever to race in Australia, or has any other British rider been racing in Australia before her?

nothing on YouTube, but there is a book about him

Should be Enrique Moyano, who rode for the Huracan Speedway in Buenos Aires in 1930/31

From what I remmeber, 1933 was the year when speedway racing (Class C) really got going in the USA (East Coast and West Coast). That was the time when one of the local Mafia bosses in New York City got the idea that there was money to be made with this speedway thing. Hoskins had a meeting in one of the Skyscrapers in down town Manhattan with that man, and afterwards decided that this was not for him and got out of New York pretty quick.

Thanks, that is a great photograph of that opening meeting of the 1933 season at Hamburg I can add an aerial picture of the Dirt-Track-Bahn at Hamburg-Lokstedt

The fatal crash of German rider Walter Diener on Sunday, August 17, 1986 happend in an international grass-track meeting at Schwarme.

Just discovered the same with another German rider Herbert Bauer, who lost his life at Pfarrkirchen on September 7, 1968. He is listed twice, the second time as Herbert Farmer, which of course is only the English translation of the German word "Bauer".

Seems that THIS is the place in Patagonia, where Armando Castanga feels an SGP could take place in the near future. He is already over in Argentna to talk to some influential people in Bahia Blanca and Neuquen. Lot's of work to do at both places. https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lanueva.com%2Fnota%2F2019-12-23-21-27-0-speedway-armando-castagna-se-llevo-una-gran-impresion-tras-conocer-la-nueva-pista and https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fneuquendeportes.com%2Fel-referente-maximo-del-speedway-estuvo-en-la-zona%2F