Jeff. Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 1976 Inter Continental, what a meeting that was. In front of a pretty poor (by the standards of the day) Wembley crowd, I believe it was around 30,000 who were there, PC pulled off the most amazing victory. He ran a lst first time out to give all his fans a bit of a fright but won his remaining four rides to force a run off with Ivan for the Inter Continental Title, which PC went on to win. Anders Michanek had virtually booked his World Final ticket with two wins out of two rides and looked a safe bet for the title and yet in the final reckoning he didnt even qualify for Poland losing out in a run off for the last qualifying place to John Louis. The defending Worl Champ Ole Olsen started with an exclusion and an engine failure and he too failed to make the cut. Not totally sure but wasnt this the year the Inter Continental Final came ino being, replacing the old European Final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Come on the Skipper Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Well I shall be buying the book solely to relive my memories of the Halifax Hackney meeting in 1980..........What a fantastic weekend that was for us Hawks fans having defeated Wolves away on the Friday night and then beating Halifax on the Saturday night. Excellent stuff!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Well I shall be buying the book <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's what we like to hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 I'd like to buy a copy too. I hope you can keep us posted when it finally hits the bookshops. As they say nostalgia is a thing of the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 1976 Inter Continental, what a meeting that was. In front of a pretty poor (by the standards of the day) Wembley crowd, I believe it was around 30,000 who were there, PC pulled off the most amazing victory. He ran a lst first time out to give all his fans a bit of a fright but won his remaining four rides to force a run off with Ivan for the Inter Continental Title, which PC went on to win. Anders Michanek had virtually booked his World Final ticket with two wins out of two rides and looked a safe bet for the title and yet in the final reckoning he didnt even qualify for Poland losing out in a run off for the last qualifying place to John Louis. The defending Worl Champ Ole Olsen started with an exclusion and an engine failure and he too failed to make the cut. Not totally sure but wasnt this the year the Inter Continental Final came ino being, replacing the old European Final <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wasn't there, but saw the TV highlights (as I recall) - was certainly a great meeting. Everything PC did in those days was a thrill a minute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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