ianmartin Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hi Ian, only just seen your posting as I've been very busy recently. I'm not at all sure that the promotion up at Boldon park would have lasted any longer with my input as a rider even though it's nice of you to speculate, the side was fairly competant from the begining of that season as it contained a balanced cross section of team members. From what I heard from various sources at the time it appeared the new promoters vastly undercapitalised the business from day one, although their collective efforts weren't nearly enough to prevent lack of support from dropping dramatically causing the demise of the Stars. As I stated in the article it's such a pity teams like that always seem to go under because the track lent itself to good racing. If ever Sunderland were given a chance to emerge again for racing it would be interesting to see how a new promoter could drum up adequate support by actually diong some old fashioned PROMOTING ( remember that ) in the region. Regards Rod Haynes. Hi Rod Thank you very much for your kind reply. Please keep doing your pieces for Backtrack - I enjoy reading them very much. I do wish we could go back to the old days - upright two valves etc. Speedway was better then. There were accidents in those days but not as many as now. Tracks haven't changed that much from 1928 BUT the bikes are so much faster. Your articles bring back many memories. THANK YOU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayTShirts Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Tommy Knudsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian L Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Zenon Plech Andrew Silver Andy Galvin Barry Thomas Karl Fiala Paul Whittaker Laurie Etheridge Garry Tagg Daily Mirror / Volkswagen Grand Prix Durex Test Series Golden Greats Meeting Paul 'Jumpin' Johnson Briggo was still a top rider in the 70's Iwade Edited September 11, 2008 by Brian L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Bruce Cribb Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff. Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Bruce Cribb Regards. Already been done in issue 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I'v not got Issue 26 yet.... Nigel Booey! he was still going strong in the 70's & 80's.... Regards. Already been done in issue 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I would like to see something about Christer Lofquist - I thought he was great. Bernie Aldridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocktread Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 How about Tony Clarke, by the way what happened to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Perhaps there could be a piece on the CHARACTERS/HARD MEN of Speedway. Jack Millen, Tony Childs, Frank Auffret - there must have been loads over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJTyrrell Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 There is news on the Official Oxford website that Arne Pander is staying in an old folks home in Kings Lynn. I know that he rode in an earlier era than is covered by Backtrack but an article on him in one of the excellant magazines would be long overdue. Ronnie Genz is another who springs to mind. I still have a scrap book with the Oxford Mail cutting in it headlined 'Genz beats the world champion' when he beat Ove Fundin at Cowley one night. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Cowboy Cook - surely John Berry keeps in touch?! Egon Muller Dennis Sigalos some of the big hitters in the National League too... Steve Lawson Tom Owen Steve Schofield As for non-riders... Gary Newbon Ian Thomas Peter Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 There has been a big article on Egon.Set up by one of our members here.Take a bow,Herman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Cowboy Cook - surely John Berry keeps in touch?! Egon Muller Dennis Sigalos some of the big hitters in the National League too... Steve Lawson Tom Owen Steve Schofield As for non-riders... Gary Newbon Ian Thomas Peter Adams I think Steve Lawson and Tom Owen have been featured already. Good ideas on the non-riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalerash Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Chris Turner or Jim Brett, me being a Belle Vue fan of the 70s . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Chris Turner or Jim Brett, me being a Belle Vue fan of the 70s . Brian Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesy Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Has George Major been mentioned? He spent some time with Doncaster in 1970 and Birmingham after that so although he had a lengthy career before the 1970's he would still fit the timeframe. He was a top rider and is my first Speedway memory from the first meeting i went to in my home town of Doncaster aged 12! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulboy Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Peter Prinsloo, Tormod Langli, John Titman, Mike Farrell, Nigel Boocock, Neil Middleditch, Pekka Hautamaki, Steve Regeling, Neville Tatum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Has George Major been mentioned? He spent some time with Doncaster in 1970 and Birmingham after that so although he had a lengthy career before the 1970's he would still fit the timeframe. He was a top rider and is my first Speedway memory from the first meeting i went to in my home town of Doncaster aged 12! And do you remember those 'cowhorn' handlebars on George's Bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 John Titman We're in touch with John's son in Brisbane, with a view to interviewing his Dad for the next issue. John recently made a comeback and did a few exhibition laps in Oz. Do you have any particular memories of him that you'd like to share....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asturmer Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hmmmm.... What's Larry Ross up to? Dennis Sigalos too...very classy rider... Larry Ross is up to a lot. Go to worldspeedway.com and type in his name. His son is a good rider too over in New Zealand, and Larry has not retired from the sport!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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