Trackman

G'Day Sliderphil. Hope you stick around M8, Let us know all the Speedway news. How you getting on with your riding, getting some win's I hope, Good on Ya Regards.

Fankz Bryn. I Hope our Aussie Speedway has been worth all the, OVER HEATING, our 'new tropical bundy dizzy 20 lap grades x5', bush fire, rain, and 10 tonn bull bar up Ya bum. It's not like this all the time Bryn Regards.

courtesy of Margaret Barrett. Via Ron Malm. ;o) Heat Details 1) Todd Wiltshire, Travis McGowan, Rusty Harrison, Scott Smith (fell remounted) 60.78 2) Leigh Adams, Steve Johnston, Ben Shields, Trent Leverington 59.72 3) Rory Schlein, John Jorgensen, Mark Lemon, Ashley Jones 58.79 4) Jason Lyons, Ryan Sullivan, Kevin Doolan, Nathan Headley 59.90 5) Adams, Wiltshire, Doolan, Lemon 58.72 6) Sullivan, McGowan, Johnston, Schlein 59.10 7) Lyons, Harison, Jones, Leverington 60.38 8) Smith, Jorgensen, Fernance (Res), Headley, Shields (exc tapes) 60.04 9) Wiltshire, Johnston, JOnes, Headley 59.60 10) Adams, Jorgensen, Lyons, McGowan (ef) 59.88 11) Sullivan, Lemon, Shields, Harrison (ef) 59.55 12) Schlein, Doolan, Leverington, Smith (fell exc) NTT (Declared heat) 13) Wiltshire, Sullivan, Jorgensen, Leverington 59.15 14) McGowan, Doolan, Shields, Jones (fell remounted) 60.68 15) Adams, Schlein, Harrison, Headley 59.53 16) Lemon, Johnston, Lyons, Smith (ret) 59.25 17) Wiltshire, Lyons, Schlein, Shields 59.15 18) McGowan, Lemon, Headley, Leverington 60.50 19) Johnston, Jorgensen, Harrison, Doolan NTA 20) Sullivan, Adams, Jones, James Holder (Res) Smith (ns) NTA Run off for last place in A Final McGowan, Johnston, Lyons (fell) 60.31 B Final Lyons, Johnston, Jorgensen, Schlein (fell exc) 60.31 A Final Sullivan, Adams, Wiltshire, McGowan NTA

Go fot it jronayne, spread the word! ;o) Regards.

Via Mr&Mrs"Ron Malm" ;O) After 16 heats (4 rides each) Todd Wiltshire 11 Travis McGowan 7 Rusty Harrison 4 Scott Smith 3 Leigh Adams 12 Steven Johnson 7 Trent Leverington 1 Ben Shields 3 Mark Lemon 6 Rory Schlein 8 Ashley Jones 2 John Jorgenson 7 Kevin Doolan 6 Ryan Sullivan 10 Jason Lyons 8 Nathan Hedley 0 A Final 1st Ryan Sullivan 2nd Leigh Adams 3rd Todd Wiltshire 4th Travis McGowan B Final 5th Jason Lyons 6th Steve Johnson 7th John Jorgenson 8th Rory Schlein Regards.

The LongTrack GP meeting has been cancelled until 7th February due to a number of riders not being able to get out of NSW due to flooding. Regards

G'Day Namron Good to see your post M8! I'm going up to Redcliffe to see Ivan's Long Track/Sidecar "Ozi Title". You will get the hang of Trackman. ;o) I'm sure we can get you all the NEWS! from the two meetings, have a look from 9.30am Saturday. All the Best M8. Regards. PS. Bryn has been!....... and gone! ;o) I've not seen him M8, but I have ring him & Chris Brown. 2 TIMES EACH!

The sun was out over Redcliffe today! Regards. PS Its not going to rain. & if you's can't see from the 5th row back! come to the 4th turn, I'm taking 2 or 3 new trucks from work, I can guarantee you a good clear view. We can all keep one eye on the Ozi Titles at the same time!. "who's good at SMS" . See you there

M8 I was on turn 1 under the big tree! Trackman, I must have been standing right next to you. I was standing on the tyres under the big tree on turn 1 with my 2 boys. PS. Are you going to Ivan's Longtrack meeting? and do you know what riders are going to be there? G'day Aussie Troy Batchelor - Aussie Longtrack Champion, Sirg Schutebach - European Champion, Chris Watson, Craig Watson. The Harley Davidson's are back again this year, unlimited cc solo class, 2 valves and also on the programme the Australian Long Track Side car GP. There is a live band from 10pm - midnight. It will be a great nights entertainment. I am looking forward to it, if your 2 lads spot me, say G'day. Regards

M8 I was on turn 1 under the big tree! Trackman, I must have been standing right next to you. I was standing on the tyres under the big tree on turn 1 with my 2 boys. As Sir Lunchalot said Mark Lemon was impressive the other night but I thought Johno would have gone better. G/Day Aussie Bignbeefys lady was having trouble with her shoes, they fell on the floor and being the gent I am, I walked over and put them together at the bottom of the tyres. Can you remember seeing that?... she's a small lassy, spoke in a broad northern accent I was speaking to her in a yorkshire accent I had a black shirt on with green inserts under the arms, most of the racing I was in front of the speaker just to the right of you. Regards. PS. Are you going to Ivan's Longtrack meeting?

M8 I was on turn 1 under the big tree! ;O) You was only 15 minutes away from me today! send me an email. I'd love the pleasure of buying you a beer, Streuth! I'd even buy Bryn a Bundy. BUT it's hard when ppl say where they were, not where they will be! ) I was lucky to have had Martin Porter on one side ;o) & Mick Wild on the other side of me. (that took me back 25 years)....... Now I remember where the Jim Beam's came from!! O my head! Regards.

that disleksick Doctro said I would not miss letters out, he did not say I would also start missing out words, BUGGER! 2004 will be fun Refarts. P.S Sorry to Bryn if I missed the tyer

Silly Bugger's!....HikUP! reGArdS, pS. Was that Bryn I seen sleeping in the water cart at 1am?, I didn't look, was aiming for the front wheel at the time I see Prawn was upset! He was too small for most of the rides at Dreamworld.... HikUUUP!

Sorry M'duck! that was the best I could do at 2.30am after 4 Jim Beams @ the speedway! I did get a little dizzy watching the tractor going round & round & round! a 40 foot wide track!... needs more than a 5 foot wide blade though I think! Regards. ps. Congratulations to all at Labrador Speedway, it was a top night!!! pity they ran out of food by heat 4, thats Proof it was a full house, and the rest ... Long Track next week! (hope the head is ok by then)!!! Regards.

G"Day Aussie Title Round 1 Final Result 1st Ryan Sullivan 2nd Leigh Adams 3rd John Jorgenson 4th Todd Wiltshire 5th Jason Lyons 6th Mark Lemon 7th Travis McGowan 8th Kevin Doolan Where was ya Bryn? Adams fell in the final 1st turn!, Thanks to some help ;O) JJ is my man of the match!! they had also run out of programmes, 2hrs befoe I got there! Regards.

Just a short list! Simon Wigg, The 2 Booey's, Phil Crump, Jellyman, Jim Airey, Billy Sanders, Dave Jessup, Tommy Knudsen, I would love to have seen any of these starts win! & some 20 others Regards.

Jellyman was out with a friend one night, he rang to say they had broke down, when I got there it was a broken throttle cable we were in trainers took out the laces and tied them together, one end on the throttle arm of the carby, left the bonnet popped! the other end in his RIGHT hand Never a dull moment! Regards. PS. Any one see him in his first UK appearence & could TR put KM with Sir KT @ Arena? Now that would be a pairing to see!!!

Wheelies you say! When Kelly was riding for Birmingham, they were invited into the proccession, (I can't remember what it was for but it was in the main centre of Birmingham) half way into the proccession of floats and marching bands etc, Kelly is sat on the bike on a trailer waving to the crowd, being towed by a nice new Citreon CX sedan. He then starts shouting for us to stop, he untied his bike, unloaded it, pulled it back on compression, started running and jumped on it, then done wheelies for the next 10 minutes. That was something the proccession wasn't ready for nor the organisers. The more the people waved and clapped, the more he put a show on. The Citreon sedan was one of his sponsors. I was told by the promoters, Dan and Jeff, that he is not to drive in the British Isles or in Europe at any time as he has no licence, it's not his car and I'm responsible! That was OK for the first couple of meetings until we drove to Poole and I'd had enough of his nagging. I pulled over on the motorway and we swapped over. We took off like we'd just come out of gate 1 and in no time we'd arrived at the speed limit NOT! After 1/2 hour he needed to pull into the services which entailed having to stop at a roundabout behind the cars already there. After using one of the said cars as brakes, and a couple of hundred quids damage, he looked at me and said " God damn, where's the bonnet on these mothers, I can't see it". I said it's under that cars back axle! as we were swapping seats at a rapid pace hoping the 10 or so people who had witnessed the acident, didn't see us swapping. Not that it mattered as half of them knew him anyway and as there was no damage to the Volvo's towbar, Kelly got away with it. Guess who learnt how to panel beat and spray paint over night. All's well that end's well. Regards PS. Cars and Kelly aren't a good mix!

The shay - Halifax, Odsal - Bradford, Brisbane Exhibition Ground, You know how to make a grown Trackman cry! I was talking to Peter who looks after Archerfield Speedway Track, With Hilly, Mazey, & Baz. Peter told them the Ekka is best solo track in Australia! (Peter looked after the Ekka in the Wanless days). This Saturday night at the Brisbane Exhibition ground, they are having a stadium motocross meeting with 100 riders and the Butler's will be turning up with their American monster trucks, also during the year they have veteren speed car meetings. All the Ekka asked for is a deposit from the promoter (well all the costs incurred by the Ekka, paid up front). On another thread should we have a "Lions Tour" of downunder? If a promoter was to put on a 3 match series or 3 out of 5 matches, you would have 3 sell out crowds at the Ekka. I am sure the veteren speed car boys would be interested. As well as the side cars. Oops, Trackman ranting on again. Regards. PS. VIP PET FOODS would be a good start for sponsorship & if Ivan Mauger & Nigel Boocock put their name to it as well! The show would be a Best Seller! The Queensland Government , through Queensland Events Corporation has invested 1.1 milllllion in up grades to Willowbanks drag strip. NSW Goverment just spent 26 million on Sydneys new drag racing complex. Regards. PS. We have the cash BrizHeathen BUT! ......We can't run a state title meeting! TinHats on!

Yes! Regards.

Now there's a blast from the past - does anyone remember the TV commercial that Arthur did - 10 Browning, sorry Brownie points if you can name it. It was filmed in France, all the crew stayed in the village pub next to the jump location, Arthur had them wait for 3 days for the right weather conditions, (He was getting bored by now with that pub) ). He did the jump on the 4th morning! Broke his ankle on landing. in the contract was a clause for injury money incase of a fall! With his loss of earnings at Speedway & Enduro for England at the time and leading scorer. Them were the days! ;o)He was a top team mate to be with! Arthur & John Priest what a pair to have a pint with, & just as much fun as working for jellyman in Jeff May days! Remember him? Never a dull moment ;O)))) come to think of it being with Nigel Booey or Brian Larner! look out for the practical joke ;o) I can remember Tommy Shirra ringing up Mrs Booey (Cynthia), Nigel had invited the team Russian team for a BBQ at 7.30pm! Tommy rang up at 2.23pm! saying he was Iva Bukavolsli, USSR team manager! ve vill koming to ze BBQSKI NOW! All team in bed 6.30PM! SEE YOU IN ZEE 39TH MINITE!!! poor Mrs Booey for the next 30 minites she flew round the house trying to get thing ready, then Tommy walked in putting on the same voice. Never a safe moment with some! ;O) Regards. PS. Woofy, johnno & Darren Boocock! what a mix ;O)

As well as the above names, I'm lucky to have also Cheered on...... Nigel & Eric Booey, Jim Airey, Greg Kentwell All RED!, Phil Crump & Jr, Niel Street! ;o) Bert Kingston, Dennis Gavros, John Bulger, Billy the kid! Ove, Briggo, Gordon Guasco, "Bill Landels The Big Yin"!!, Arthur Browning! John Langfield, Roy Trigg. Best I stop! wish I could name the 1,000's, I have and would pay to see! Why can't we have a track that has speedway 24/24? or even 7/11. ))) Regards.

Sorry to say this cheetahhawk but the "r" was to get the English to "say" Garrry! not Gary. ;o) All the Best! ;o) PS. I had a look in "A History of Australian Speedway" by Jim Shepherd 2003! Now that is a Speedway Book )) Only one r. He got Ya's ;O))))

PMSL! your not wrong SCB, never did like that swan ;O) Regards. PS. Merry Xmas!