tiger74 Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Bob Valentine and Doug Wyer if only to put their view across on John Berry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Bob Valentine and Doug Wyer if only to put their view across on John Berry <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Â Â Kai Niemi, Stefan Salommonssen and Rudy Mutts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 (edited) Surprised that we still have no interview with Malcolm Simmons. Edited September 16, 2005 by spin king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Jimmy McMillan - Involved at Coventry as Engine examiner I think and easy to get hold of. Â Bruce Cribb - Dont know where he has gone as he was at Wolves every week until a few years back. He would have some great stories ! Â Hasse Danielsson - A swede at Birmingham who was one of my favourites. Â Sam Nikolajsen - Never thought much of him until he rode for Wolves and was a real entertainer. Battled for every point and possibly the shortest rider to have ridden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bee Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 I would love to see an anterview with Tommy Knudsen as he was my favorite rider when I started following the sport in the late 80s. Best rider never to be world champion is my opionion. Suffered terrible spinal injuries and then made a comeback. Never quite got back to his old self. Inspirational skipper who despite being Danish was Coventry through and through. I remember his April Fools joke in '88 that hit the UK national papers when he said he was changing his nationality to British as he was fedup with being in the shadows of Nielsen and Gundersen. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Â I too would love an interview with TK. Have to agree Neil, TK was definitely the best rider never to win the world final. I remember when I was little and he bought his bike to our school, i think for the school fete, and we all had pictures taken on it. A true team man in every sence of the word having been bought up under the wing of another true great Ole, who after just looking through my Back Tracks we haven't had too much on either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siggytastic Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 I bet John Cook has a tale or two to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Tuesday Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) Steve Lawson would be one I would like to see. Edited September 19, 2005 by Ruby Tuesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinderfella Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 (edited) How about a Templeton/McMillan feature? Two set of brothers who were also uncles/nephews in the same team! Â Or a feature on brothers; Tom & Joe Owen, Bobby & Jimmy Beaton, Soren & Christer Sjosten, Sid & Mick Sheldrick etc Edited September 21, 2005 by cinderfella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Moose Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Peter Craven, Chris Morton, Peter Collins, The Moran Brothers, Dave Jessup, Tommy Knudsen, Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Hans Nielsen and Tony Rickardsson. Oh and not forgetting Jason and Phil Crump!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Peter Craven, Chris Morton, Peter Collins, The Moran Brothers, Dave Jessup, Tommy Knudsen, Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Hans Nielsen and Tony Rickardsson. Oh and not forgetting Jason and Phil Crump!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Â Moose man, where have you been hibernating? Â In the previous 10 issues, the following have previously been featured as Main Cover Man, with in-depth exsclusive interviews...Ivan Mauger (issues 8 & 9), Phil Crump (issue 5), Peter Collins (issues 3 & 4). Â These have been featured prominently: Shawn Moran & Jason Crump. Â Hans Nielsen is lined up as our next main man for issue 11... Â Peter Craven doesn't fit Backtrack's 70s-80s timeframe, but he's mentioned regularly in our sister retro magazine, VSM. Â Check it all out at: http://www.retro-speedway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggo Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Tony,  How about an article on riders from lesser known speedway countries.  I can think of three who spring to mind....Henny Kroeze, Peter Prinsloo, Ila Teromaa.  I'm sure there must be many more  Your thoughts please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenTiger76 Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 As it is Mildenhall's 30th Anniversary how about Bob Coles.  I hear he now resides in Spain, so you could get a decent trip out of it as well Tony  Up the Hammers  Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest speedyguy Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 What about a middle page photo spread on the German riders who have appeared over the years.Uhlenbrock,Müller,Maier....Rolling back the years this weekend Egon and Karl will be appearing alongside the likes of Jiri Stancl in an "oldies" competition at Cloppenburg. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>  Yes and where are the old German riders like Sebastian Roth and Alfred Rumrich who also raced in England? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenTiger76 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Arne Pander - Oxford's first 'Great Dane'.His first meeting as an unknown -v- Coventry, 27th March 1959, 12 paid 14 points from five rides. Was the Danish Champion at a time when many people didn't know speedway even existed in Denmark. 13 points the next night, paid 14, at Poole, and 13 at Oxford -v- Poole the following week. After a couple of weeks in Denmark for a family bereavement he returned with 12 points against Belle Vue. And so on! Where is he now? Regards <{POST_SNAPBACK}>   Sounds too much like ALan Pardew for you to consider interviewing him, hey Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBELS77 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 CAN we do an interview with Gordon Kennett or say Marek Cieslak whats he up to now days ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Sounds too much like ALan Pardew for you to consider interviewing him, hey Tony <{POST_SNAPBACK}>   I certainly wouldn't insult a very talented and nice man like Arne by comparing him to the other AP you mentioned! Blimey, Pander had real talent  He is apparently very well and living in Norfolk and we hope to interview him very soon for VSM Mag...but not Backtrack, which is 1970-1989 remember! Wrong bit of the history section! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepturningleft Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I would like to see articles on people prominent in the sport who are not neccesarily ex riders. Someone like Dave Lanning from the TV commentating point of view would be an interesting subject, as would high profile promoters from the era. Â More feature based articles would add variety - the possibilites would be endless. Â I reckon eventually you must run out of the really big name interviews. In fact, who is there left of the truly big stars from the 70'sand 80's? Gundersen, Olsen, Morans - who else? Not many. Â Fantastic mag Keep up the good work. Â PS Minor Nitpick Hackney reunion (clearly of personal interest to the author) gets a whopping four pages, other tracks with equally long histories get substantially less!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The SAINT Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 SHOOEY MORAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 SHOOEY MORAN <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Â Been there already Saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tyrrell Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 TMC, Good to know that there will be something in one of your magazines about Arne Pander soon, I am looking forward to it. As an addition, I got over to Czech recently for the Golden Helmet for the first time. Also took in the Lubos Tomicek Memorial meeting in Prague. I was surprised to see that the meeting was the 37th in the series, quite something for a memorial where, sadly, many get forgotten along the way. Any chance of a revealing article about Tomicek in one of your mags - I did see him ride in the 1965 World Final and for Prague at Oxford on tours in 1967/68 and it would be great to know more about him. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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