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What? John thought he only rode one meeting; what's wrong with providing correct information?

I used to get to Plough Lane about an hour before the start, and watch the riders arrive, get autographs etc. For World Finals, big meetings at White City etc, I would usually get there a couple of hours early.

Nope. That was Norman Clay... I would have thought that was common knowledge. Ken Le Breton died after clipping Eddie Rigg's back wheel.

Bring back the old WCQR's!!! Okay, we'd only need one or two...

You just KNOW someone is still going to ask! No Jokers? Really?

Let's not forget Howard Cole/Kid Bodie or Bernie Lagrosse/Roy Williams...

Arthur Woods.

Last I heard he was working for peanuts... (I'll get me coat...)

Ah, variety... God, how I miss that. Singers, comedians, ventriloquists, magicians, jugglers... From 'The Good Old Days' to 'Junior Showtime' to Ralph Reader's 'Gang Show'.

I was sure it was a wrist injury, but I couldn't remember how he did it...

Nope. He also rode at home against Harringay.

Great post... As has been said on here recently, British speedway has suffered from a lot of problems that AREN'T directly related to speedway, the most important of which is the lack of venues. You can run a sport without sponsors, but you can't run a sport without venues. The big problem is that unlike most other motorsports, we can't just use "land"; tracks have to be built, and built a certain way. It is one of the hazards of being the most specialised of motorsports. I do agree though, we need to seek out more venues - but that costs money...

What about (d) all of the above?

What? You want to know what he was carrying too?

Do you think John knows?

What tool bar?

Sorry, I can't read that. Could you make the font a little larger, please?

Thanks for that! Must admit, I'd never seen that one before. What I will say is that - and I know there will be those who disagree - but I LOVE the layout and appearance of the site. For me, staistical websites have no need to be fancy or confusing, and this is so easy to navigate.

Of course, but that goes hand-in-hand with speedway being forced out of the city centres. Look at all the London tracks we had; only Hackney could be considered a "rural" location, and even then, it was only a couple of hundred yards from one of the busiest roads in London.

What I've been saying for years... The state of British speedway isn't solely due to mismanagement within speedway. In particular, speedway used to be a city centre sport, but most of the tracks we have now are out in the sticks, and invisible to most of the population.

Aye, that's where I used to get my results!

That's why I used to watch the second halves from the centre green; we were good friends with Jim!

Well, obviously due to last week's screening, someone has now uploaded the episode to YouTube! So, I have now seen it. The quality of the footage for the time is astounding...

No, just Ventura. I've been to a few other American tracks, including the old Mid-America speedway in Indianapolis, and Lawrenceburg, plus one-off tracks in Duquoin and Springfield (both Illinois)

I was there too. Scary to think it was 40 years ago! Yeah, the sport has never meant anything to the US public - or media. We went to a meeting at Ventura the week before, and it was like no speedway I'd ever been to before. The locals acted like we were all weirdos with our team gear, and one guy saw all my badges, and said, "He must have 20 lbs of metal round his neck"! I had a great time, and we DID have the holiday of a lifetime. We (two coaches) spent the week in LA, and then drove back to Dallas, taking in some great sights. We bumped into dear old Vaclav Verner and Emil Sova in Disneyland...