stevehone

been out in my garage today going through some of my old programs... for Wimbledon 1974/75 all there was reference to was taping, not cine or anything... it was called 'Tape-a-Sport' and they were sold in the supporters club kiosk. so sorry, can't help you.

i wasn't disagreeing with LC possibly being past his best...just that Davy said he was 3rd in a world final when he was actually 2nd :roll:

hey Norbold.... on the subject of old riders.... do you know how long ago it was that dear old Lionel Crossley passed away? I used to chat to him a lot at Wimbledon and various tracks he was timekeeping at, and found him to be one of the nicest blokes i have ever met in the sport. Never heard anything about him after Wimbledon closed in '91 and didn't know he was gone until i saw it in the VSRA membership book.... i would have written to him had he still been around. Fantastic bloke (always pipe in mouth!)...much missed.

you're doing him down a bit Davy.... he was actually #2 in '82, and could have won it had the referee made the correct decisions...

Well an Ivan Mauger fan, yes, you should appreciate that alot of people liked to see Ivan beaten, and downed him all the time. Just seems like you are dropping into the same catagory as them. It seems weird to me why some people have got to be so anti-Tony. Go to Poole one day and watch the class of Tony and you will see a big difference between him and Ivan Mauger. already had this debate elsewhere...no-one will know who the greatest is or was... i've seen them both ride as i am older than 3.... both great in their own way. if only Ivan hadn't won his first world title aged 29, who knows....???? yes i used to watch Ivan race and listen to people booing him, but the funny thing was, he would come back to our house after, have a drink, and have a laugh at those people as he had probably gone out and beaten all those people's favourite riders.

Well I thought you had to be over 14 to be on this forum? You've just shown your correct age... 3. :roll: Well whoever you want to win the world championship, I'm sure Tony will be the first one to congratulate him. He has still many years to claim that 6th title and more. sorry to be showing my real age there... nothing to do with you possibly being a TR fan perhaps..? i don't give a stuff who wins... i'm not a fan of Crump or Pedersen...would have prefered Nicholls or Loram to win, but hey, they didn't. being a massive ivan mauger fan is the only reason i don't want TR to win... but then i suppose Mauger did win 3 longtrack world titles too....

YES YES YES YES YES.... rickardsson is out of it....WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO come on ANYONE but rickardsson..... with crump now leading it, it's down to him.... another mickey mouse track to come in norway so who knows.....

1 Crump 2 TR 3 Gollob 4 Nicholls i reckon NP will have a bit of a 'to do' with the fence ending his challenge tonight....

doubtful considering he would have been 5 or 6 years old..... :roll:

...unless they ask who won in 1963

love it when you have to backtrack..... by the way... at the TT you must have been looking at someone else....

i'm deliberately keeping away from this thread as HG is already in serious poop with my missus :!:

thanks mate...

sorry, don't have the number for the Pathe News.... don't remember anyone being around doing that back then. wonder if the Speedway Star would have info in some of their video archives..

it's probably why so many ex-riders still stay around the sport as team manager, promoter, coach, machine examiner etc etc speedway is pure adrenalin and to try and replace that after many years of having this 'fix' is going to be extremely difficult. good post Sandman

does this mean you're at the big Thomas Cook place in Peterborough...?

Norbold.... my 2001 VSRA membership book shows Tyburn Gallows as deceased. the plot thickens...i'll see if i can find more recent info steve

mine too... never know what to say. steve

i don't even bother filling in a program... too much hassle. there's always someone around to tell me who's in the races

you also gotta ride JJ.... thought you'd jacked it in?

wasn't quite heat 14...it was as they went over the finish line. you can see quite clearly NP flick his back wheel out as Adams was on the outside of him... good job Adams had gone past, could have been dodgy for the pair of them.... at least i wasn't alone in what i saw... taken from another post.

ha ha ha ha it worked!!!

got to agree there, but this is a World Final..oops...GP